Raccoons

Episode notes

Alex Schmidt is joined by comedian/podcaster Kath Barbadoro (‘What A Time To Be Alive’ podcast), writer/podcaster David Roth (Defector, ‘The Distraction’ podcast), and comedian Martin Urbano (The Tonight Show), live at Caveat NYC, for a look at why raccoons are secretly incredibly fascinating.

Visit http://sifpod.fun/ for research sources, handy links, and the video version of this live episode.

Recorded LIVE at Caveat Manhattan!

LINKS FOR THE GUESTS:

• What A Time To Be Alive podcast
• What A Time To Be Alive on Patreon
• Lie, Cheat & Steal podcast
• Lie, Cheat & Steal on Patreon
• Kath Barbadoro on Twitter
• David Roth’s writing for Defector
• The Distraction: A Defector Podcast (Stitcher)
• David Roth on Twitter
• Martin Urbano on Twitter
• Martin Urbano’s stand-up on Jimmy Kimmel Live
• ‘Who Wants $2.69 With Martin Urbano’ Is the Perfect Game Show for End Times (Vice)

RESOURCES USED TO INFORM THE EPISODE’S LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:

• native-land.ca
• U.S. Department Of Arts And Culture
• The True Native New Yorkers Can Never Truly Reclaim Their Homeland (Smithsonian)
• Mapping Manahatta: 10 Lenape sites in New York City (6sqft)
• “Finding Lenapehoking” (YouTube / Hudson River Maritime Museum)

RESEARCH SOURCES:

• Raccoons: A Natural History by Samuel I. Zeveloff
• East Village’s fallen Vladimir Lenin statue rises on the Lower East Side (Curbed NY)
• walking directions from Caveat NYC to the Manhattan Lenin Statue
• Citi Field Really Does Have a Raccoon Problem (The Big Lead)
• Raccoon Gets Loose in Citi Field Weight Room, Mets Cage It (Bleacher Report)
• Francisco Lindor, Jeff McNeil blame ‘rat’ debate for frantic Mets scene (New York Post)
• Mets’ Francisco Lindor, Jeff McNeil Rat-Raccoon Mystery Finally Uncovered (Sports Illustrated)
• Subway raccoon shows his stripes, refuses MTA capture in Brooklyn (New York Post)
• Viral video of raccoon on subway causes widespread freak-out (Metro.us)
• Viral video captures ‘terrifying’ moment raccoon attempts to claw through ceiling (The Today Show)
• Raccoon hunts for snack in NYC apartment, terrifying occupants (New York Post)
• Raccoons: It’s All In The Hands (Northern Woodlands Magazine)
• PBS Nature: Raccoon Facts
• Inside the massive effort to tackle one of America’s greatest rabies threats (National Geographic)
• It’s not ketchup packets falling from the sky, it’s rabies vaccine (WITF Radio Harrisburg)
• When Rebecca the Raccoon Ruled the White House (The Library Of Congress)
• Raccoon Was Once a Thanksgiving Feast Fit for a President (Smithsonian Magazine)
• Why President Coolidge Never Ate His Thanksgiving Raccoon (Atlas Obscura)
• Presidential pets: Calvin Coolidge’s White House raccoon (CBS News)