Episode notes
Alex Schmidt and Katie Goldin explore why Easter eggs 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:
- Why Easter is called Easter, and other little-known facts about the holiday (The Conversation)
- Easter: Its Story and Meaning by Alan Watts
- Sacred hares, banished winter witches and pagan worship – the roots of Easter Bunny traditions are ancient (The Conversation)
- These intricate Easter egg designs are made using wax (The Smithsonian)
- Traditionally Dyed Eggs Spring Into Action for Ukraine (Smithsonian Magazine)
- Largest Easter egg hunt (Guinness World Records)
- Guinness World Record Easter Egg Hunt at Cypress Gardens, FL (TheDisneyBlog.com)
- Cypress Gardens Sold to Legoland (archived story from the Star-Ledger newspaper, in New Jersey)
- Pastel legacy: Iconic Easter product roots back to 19th century Newark pharmacist (NJ.com / The Star-Ledger)
- listings for “The Best Easter Egg Dyeing Kits” (Wirecutter.com)
- Tens of Thousands of Plastic Eggs Washed Up on a German Beach (Smithsonian Magazine)
- Mega, extra chunky and luxurious: how Easter eggs roll in 2024 (The Guardian)
- ‘They’ll explode’: Former Hershey’s worker spots Reese’s Eggs at Costco. Then she reveals this little-known warning (The Daily Dot) — NOTE: this story is about a TikTok myth.
- The Easter Egg Museum — A collection of decorative eggs to admire in the off-season. (Atlas Obscura)
- Crack the Cascarón: A Texan Mexican Easter Tradition Continues (Smithsonian Folklife Magazine)
- How To Texas: Making Cascarones, a Longtime Texas Tradition (Texas Highway Magazine)
- What is Lent? (United States Conference of Catholic Bishops)
- DID YOU KNOW? Clean Monday March 18 (Greek Orthodox Archdiocese Of America)
- The existence of God: Creation stories in Hinduism (BBC “Bitesize” Learning Guides)
- Why Georgians Dine in Cemeteries for Orthodox Easter (Gastro Obscura)
- The Origins of 11 Easter Traditions (Mental Floss)
- text upload of “Sermon 55 on the New Testament” by St. Augustine Of Hippo, translated from Latin into English
- text upload of the Book Of Genesis, Chapter 1, Verse 2 (Biblehub.com)
- Every Easter, a Sicilian Town Builds a Cathedral Out of Bread (Gastro Obscura)
- Fabergé: Imperial Jeweler to the Tsars (Bowers Museum)
- Fabergé in the Royal Collection (Royal Collection Trust UK)
- The Mysterious Fate of the Romanov Family’s Prized Easter Egg Collection (History.com)
- The Emancipation of the Russian Serfs, 1861 (HistoryToday.com)
- “Swedening the Deal: Food, Famine, and Power in the Great Northern War” by Beth Rogers (Dublin Gastronomy Symposium “Food And Power” 2018)
- How Easter Egg Trees Almost Became an American Tradition (Gastro Obscura)
- GlobalPost: Meet Volker Kraft, the man of 10,000 Easter eggs (PRI “The World”)
- Why Easter never became a big secular holiday like Christmas (Vox.com)
- Secretly Incredibly Fascinating: Christmas Trees
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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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