Episode notes
Alex Schmidt and Katie Goldin explore why gypsum 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:
- Naica’s crystal cave captivates chemists (Chemical & Engineering News)
- Common Minerals: Gypsum (University Of Minnesota)
- National Soil Erosion Research Laboratory: Fact Sheet: Gypsum (U.S. Department of Agriculture)
- Minerals: Gypsum — selenite (Ohio Department of Natural Resources)
- Gypsum: an old product with a new use (Iowa State University Extension and Outreach)
- Versatile Gypsum Minerals (Rock & Gem Magazine)
- White Sands National Park: Geology: Gypsum (U.S. National Park Service)
- Desert Rose: Crystals, Types, and Where to Found it (GeologyIn.com)
- Gypsum Flowers (National Speleological Society)
- This Mexican Mineral Looks Like a Shimmering Serpent (Atlas Obscura)
- Online Etymology Dictionary entries for “gypsum” and “gypsy”
- Gypsum Conservation (Knossos Scientific Committee)
- An Exciting History of Drywall (The Atlantic)
- Augustine Sackett (National Inventors Hall Of Fame)
- How the Paris Catacombs Solved a Cemetery Crisis (JStor Daily)
- The man who saved Paris from sinking (Radio France Internationale)
- Parts of Paris, Built Over Old Gy psum Quarries, Are Sinking (The New York Times)
- The geology of Paris (Geo-Sports.org)
- Plaster of Paris–Short History of Casting and Injured Limb Immobilzation (Open Orthopaedics Journal)
- Chilean gypsum could help us find biosignatures on Mars (Astronomy Magazine)
- This Desert Crystal Keeps Organisms Alive for Eons. It Could Be Key to Finding Extraterrestrial Life. (Popular Mechanics)
- Gypsum on Earth and Mars (NASA)
- Borderland Smuggling: Patriots, Loyalists, and Illicit Trade in the Northeast, 1783-1820 (The Canadian Historical Review)
- 200 years ago, anti-American sentiment may have caused eagles at N.S. Legislature to lose their heads (CBC News)
- Object: The Main Question (Smithsonian National Museum of American History)
- Plaster War of 1820 (Mining Association of Nova Scotia)
- Nova Scotia’s unique gypsum karst: An interview with Sean Blaney (Nova Scotia Nature Trust)
- Maine’s Border Treaty (Maine State Archives)
- Secretly Incredibly Fascinating: Salt
- Secretly Incredibly Fascinating: Popcorn Ceilings
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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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