Episode notes
Alex Schmidt and Katie Goldin explore why bismuth is secretly incredibly fascinating.
Visit http://sifpod.fun/ for research sources, handy links, and this week’s bonus episode.
LINKS FOR KATIE GOLDIN:
- Katie Goldin on Bluesky
- @ProBirdRights on Bluesky
- ‘Creature Feature’ podcast (iHeartRadio)
- When Is a Bird a ‘Birb’? An Extremely Important Guide (Audubon)
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)
- “Finding Lenapehoking” (YouTube / Hudson River Maritime Museum)
- Why Do They Call It Beacon? (The Highlands Current)
- Dutch & Native American Heritage In The Hudson River Valley (National Park Service)
RESEARCH SOURCES:
- The deadly, life‑giving and transient elements that make up group 15 of the periodic table (The Conversation)
- The bismuth crystal: why it looks so amazingly trippy and why it’s actually a big deal for science (ZME Science)
- Fact Box: Bismuth (Royal Society Of Chemistry)
- Opinion: Oliver Sacks: My Periodic Table (The New York Times)
- Molecule Of The Week: Bismuth subsalicylate (American Chemical Society)
- About Pepto-Bismol (UK National Health Service)
- GrrlScientist: Element of the week: bismuth (The Guardian)
- Pepto’s in the Pink for a Reason (Los Angeles Times)
- Greenville once had bragging rights to Pepto-Bismol (Greenville News)
- An Entirely Unnecessary Chemistry Lesson About Bismuth. Please Stay Awake. (American Council On Science And Health)
- Effect of bismuth nitrate given in combination with cis-diamminedichloroplatinum(II) on the antitumor activity and renal toxicity of the latter in nude mice inoculated with human bladder tumor (Cancer Chemotherapy Pharmacology)
- Diseases and conditions: Lead poisoning (Mayo Clinic)
- Newsroom: Ultra-thin bismuth holds unexpected promise for green electronics (McGill University)
- SciShow on YouTube: “Is Bismuth The Future Of Tech?”
- SNAPSHOT: This Element’s Weird Behavior Could Lead to Faster Electronics (Discover Magazine)
- Not Just ‘Rare Earths’: U.S. Gets Many Critical Minerals From China (The New York Times)
- How China came to rule the world of rare earth elements (NPR)
- Japan’s shifting strategy on rare earths could be a model for the U.S. (NPR)
- Fact or Fiction?: Lead Can Be Turned Into Gold (Scientific American)
- Alchemy Is Possible—If You Have a Nuclear Reactor (Mental Floss)
- Reflections on the Legacy of a Legend: Glenn T. Seaborg, 1912-1999 (Los Alamos Science)
- Glenn T. Seaborg — Director of Plutonium Research, Met Lab, 1942-1945 (U.S. Department of Energy)
- Glenn Seaborg — Nuclear Chemist — University of California, Berkeley (Atomic Heritage Foundation)
- The Princes of Saxony Collected These Kitschy Miniature Mountains (JStor Daily)
- South American ice chemistry records rise of Incas, arrival of Spanish (Ars Technica)
- Family Name BISMUT (ANU Museum Of The Jewish People)
- Ten years of Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (Dazed Magazine)
- Pierre Bismuth — Molly Warnock (ArtForum)
- News: Oscar-Winning Artist Pierre Bismuth on Why He Developed His Own Chocolate Bars to Poke Fun at the Art Industry (Artnet.com)
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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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