Episode notes
Alex Schmidt and Katie Goldin explore why cathode ray tubes are 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:
- Inside the Machine: Art and Invention in the Electronic Age by Megan Prelinger
- Philo Farnsworth (Lemelson-MIT)
- Vladimir Zworykin (Lemelson-MIT)
- Scientist of the Day: Philo Farnsworth (The Linda Hall Library)
- In 1926, TV Was Mechanical: John Logie Baird’s television was based around a spinning metal disk (IEEE Spectrum)
- History of the BBC: John Logie Baird (BBC)
- Phantoscopes, Radiovision, and the Dawn of TV (JStor Daily)
- Case Files: Francis Jenkins (The Franklin Institute)
- Imagining The Internet: 1920s – 1960s: Television (Elon University)
- Mechanical TV: How it works (EarlyTelevision.org)
- Charles Francis Jenkins (EarlyTelevision.org)
- Why Don’t We Have Princess Leia Holograms Yet? (NPR)
- Spectral Illusions: The Pepper’s Ghost Effect (ArtOfPlay.com)
- Crookes tube, England, 1874-1900 (London Science Museum)
- Sir William Crookes, 1832-1919 (London Science Museum)
- Sir William Crookes, 1832-1919 (TheIET.org)
- The Existential Horror Created by the First X-Ray Images (Atlas Obscura)
- The Unlikely Story of the First Video Game (Popular Mechanics)
- Newsroom: Celebrating ‘Tennis for Two’ With A Video Game Extravaganza (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
- Cathode Ray Context: A few ways cathode ray tubes were used that you might not have been aware of by simply watching the boob tube. (Tedium.co)
- Magnetic Core Memory (ComputerHistory.org)
- Secretly Incredibly Fascinating: Batteries
- Secretly Incredibly Fascinating: The Letter X
- Secretly Incredibly Fascinating: Video Game Controllers
- Here’s a link to Alex talking about “The Inspectors” and our bonus show about it. Please become a member at MaximumFun.org/join to enjoy that show! (And support SIFpod, so it can exist!)
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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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