Episode notes
Alex Schmidt and Katie Goldin explore why hyenas are secretly incredibly fascinating.
Visit http://sifpod.fun/ for research sources, handy links, and this week’s bonus episode.
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LINKS FOR KATIE GOLDIN:
- Katie Goldin on TikTok
- Katie Goldin on Twitter
- @ProBirdRights
- ‘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:
- Princeton Field Guide: Felids and Hyenas of the World by José R. Castelló
- The Social Lives of Animals by Ashley Ward
- How the Zebra Got Its Stripes by Léo Grasset
- Photo Ark: Spotted Hyena (National Geographic)
- Brookfield Zoo page for African Painted Dog
- Fear and Sport Imperil Lebanon’s Striped Hyenas (The New York Times)
- Kruger Park page for Aardwolf
- Cincinnati Zoo page for Aardwolf
- These Neanderthals Weren’t Cannibals, So Who Ate Them? Stone Age Hyenas. (The New York Times)
- Hyenas Hoarded Thousands of Human, Animal Bones in Saudi Arabian Lava Tube (Smithsonian Magazine)
- Bones of 30,000 Plague Victims Decorate This Church (National Geographic)
- What does a hyena sound like? (RangerRick.org)
- Decoding The Hyena’s Laugh (NPR)
- Stephen Glickman, father of world’s only captive hyena colony, dies at 87 (UC Berkeley News)
- Disney Fandom Wiki page for Shenzi, Banzai, and Ed
- How to see the animals from ‘The Lion King’ for real in Africa (Lonely Planet)
- The original ‘Lion King’ had a racist hyenas problem. The new film fixes that, with mixed results. (Fast Company)
- Lion King Fandom Wiki page for “The Lion King II: Simba’s Pride”
- Pseudopenis and penis in comparison (Ngorongoro Hyena Project)
- For Some Species, the Girls Come with Boy Bits (PBS Nature)
- Secretly Incredibly Fascinating: Ducks
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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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