Episode notes
Alex Schmidt is joined by comedy podcasters Miles Gray (The Daily Zeitgeist, 420 Day Fiance) and Rivers Langley (The Goods From The Woods, The Corona Diaries) for a look at why refrigerators are secretly incredibly fascinating.
Visit http://sifpod.fun/ for research sources, handy links, and this week’s bonus episode.
LINKS FOR THE GUESTS:
- The Daily Zeitgeist (iHeartRadio)
- 420 Day Fiance (iHeartRadio)
- The Goods From The Woods, and special version The Corona Diaries
RESOURCES USED TO INFORM THE EPISODE’S LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
- native-land.ca
- U.S. Department Of Arts And Culture
- Museum of Durham History
- Removal of the Muscogee Nation (Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian)
RESEARCH SOURCES:
- The Huge Chill: Why Are American Refrigerators So Big? (The Atlantic)
- Pelosi to Trump: Ice cream in freezer is ‘better than having Lysol in somebody’s lungs’ (Politico)
- 23% of American homes have 2 (or more) fridges (CNN Business)
- Your Giant American Refrigerator Is Making You Fat And Poor (Gawker Domesticity)
- Sabbath Mode: Adapting Modern Technologies to Ancient Religious Restrictions (99% Invisible)
- Elvis was a Shabbos Goy (KCRW)
- The real story of Colonel Sanders is far crazier than this bland inspirational meme (The Verge)
- The Real Colonel Sanders Hated Everything that KFC Became (Food & Wine)
- Breakdown of refrigerator coolant cycle from ExplainThatStuff.com
- GE ‘Monitor Top’ refrigerator (Museum of Applied Arts & Sciences)
- The History Of The Refrigerator (Sandvik)
- The Ice King (99% Invisible)
- When Everyone Wanted to Be the Iceman (Atlas Obscura)
- Will F. Denny “How’d You Like To Be The Iceman?” 1899 Edison cylinder (YouTube upload)
- 15 Icy Cool Facts About Refrigeration (Mental Floss)
- When The Final Score Doesn’t Matter: How Prop Bets Changed The Way We Gamble On The Super Bowl (SBNation)
- How William ‘Refrigerator’ Perry Changed Betting Forever (The Atlantic)
- William ‘The Refrigerator’ Perry’s Super Bowl touchdown remembered (SkySports)
- Buddy Ryan certainly did it his way (Chicago Tribune)
- William “Refrigerator” Perry – Touchdown Super Bowl XX (YouTube upload)
- Super Bowl Prop Bets 2021: Bettors Playing Heavy Favorites (Covers.com)
- USA Today’s pre-Super Bowl LV write-up of key prop bets
- “Mr. Ice” logo from Rivers:
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Guests
- Miles Gray
- Rivers Langley
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A weekly podcast about the history, science, lore and surprises that make everyday things secretly incredibly fascinating. Hosted by comedy writer, emoji creator, and ‘Jeopardy!‘ champion Alex Schmidt. Join Alex & his co-host Katie Goldin for a joyful deep dive into seeing the world a whole new way!
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