Episode notes
Alex Schmidt and Katie Goldin explore why Esperanto 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:
- Esperanto and Its Rivals: The Struggle for an International Language by Roberto Garvía
- Bridge Of Words: Esperanto and the Dream of a Universal Language by Esther Schor
- List of Wikipedias: Active editions (Wikipedia)
- ‘Saluton!’: the surprise return of Esperanto (The Guardian)
- Esperanto Is Not Dead: Can The Universal Language Make A Comeback? (NPR “Goats And Soda”)
- Soviet and German Occupation of Bialystok (United States Holocaust Museum)
- Turner Classic Movies listing and trivia for ‘The Producers’ (1968)
- Vienna, Austria: Esperanto Museum: Museum devoted to the artificial language of Esperanto. (Atlas Obscura)
- Why Hitler and Stalin Hated Esperanto, the 135-Year-Old Language of Peace (Smithsonian Magazine)
- Main Organs of the League of Nations (The United Nations Office at Geneva)
- The dangerous language: Can there be anyone in the world more harmless than an Esperanto enthusiast? (British Library)
- Feliĉa Ferioj! Toasting the Holidays in Esperanto (The New York Times)
- At the Hundredth Universal Esperanto Congress, and Other News (The Paris Review)
- Universal Soldiers: The Individuals Keeping the Esperanto Language Dream Alive (Mental Floss)
- How the U.S. Army Made War with the Language of Peace (Mental Floss)
- YouTube upload of William Shatner speaking Esperanto in ‘Incubus’ (1965)
- Duolingo onboarding web pages promoting Klingon and High Valyrian
- Secretly Incredibly Fascinating: World’s Fairs
- You can hear our bonus show about the Scots language Wikipedia in SIF Bonus Show #141, the bonus for Secretly Incredibly Fascinating: Bagpipes.
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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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