Episode notes
Alex Schmidt and Katie Goldin explore why emergency phone numbers 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:
- Crisis hotlines and resources (American Psychological Association)
- 911 and Other Special Service Numbers (Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission)
- 711 for TTY-Based Telecommunications Relay Service (U.S. FCC)
- 9-1-1 Origin & History (U.S. National Emergency Number Association)
- The nation’s 911 system is on the brink of its own emergency (USA Today)
- Is 112 a valid emergency number in America? (European Emergency Number Association)
- U.S. Embassy & Consulates In China: “Emergency Contacts — All Locations”
- What are the important emergency phone numbers in Italy? (CiaoFlorence.it)
- Mexico adopts ‘911’ for emergency calls (KUSI News San Diego)
- Re-imagining New York City’s mental health emergency response (New York City Mayor’s Office of Community Mental Health)
- Text to 911: What You Need To Know (U.S. FCC)
- Here’s what happens when you call 911 (WCCO CBS Minnesota / YouTube)
- From Call to Assistance, How 911 Dispatch System Works (Voice Of America / YouTube)
- How does 911 call routing work? (Tech Brew)
- Here Are the States 911 Is Impacted Due to the Microsoft Outage—And What to Do (TIME Magazine)
- Phone companies want to eliminate traditional landlines. What’s at stake and who loses? (USA Today)
- Dial 999: 75 years of emergency phone calls (BBC News)
- RTÉ Archives: “Making An Emergency Call (1976)”
- Seriously…: “999 – Which Service Do You Require?” (BBC Radio 4)
- London’s Forgotten Disasters: The Tragedy That Sparked The 999 Service (Londonist.com)
- “This is 9-1-1. What is your emergency?”: A history of raising the alarm (Smithsonian National Museum Of American History)
- Calling 911, 1970-2014: Technology That Changed Chicago (Chicago Public Library)
- Dial Up the Story of the First 911 Call, Which Was Placed on This Day in 1968 (Smithsonian Magazine)
- The Rise and Fall of Telephone Operators (History.com)
- 99% Invisible: “Freedom House Ambulance Service”
- Intention To Treat: “Race Relations and the First Paramedics” (The New England Journal Of Medicine)
- Secretly Incredibly Fascinating: Telephone Poles
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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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