Episode notes
Alex Schmidt, Katie Goldin, and special guest Jason Pargin explore why ladders are secretly incredibly fascinating.
Visit http://sifpod.fun/ for research sources, handy links, and this week’s bonus episode.
LINKS FOR JASON PARGIN:
- PRE-ORDER the next novel by Jason Pargin: There Are No Giant Crabs in This Novel: A Novel of Giant Crabs
- BUY the new paperback edition of I’m Starting To Worry About This Black Box Of Doom
- Jason Pargin on Tiktok — and Jason Pargin’s ladders video on TikTok
- “Bigfeets” (1900HOTDOG and Apple Podcasts)
- Jason’s website
- Jason’s Substack
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:
- Falls from ladders: age matters more than height (The Journal of Surgical Research)
- Safety & Health: Ladder Safety (Washington State Department of Labor & Industries)
- Ladder Safety resources from the International Association of Certified Home Inspectors
- It’s National Ladder Safety Month! Follow these life-saving ladder safety tips (University of South Florida)
- Half Dome Day Hike (U.S. National Park Service)
- EarthWord: Batholith (U.S. Geological Survey)
- Putucusi Mountain Trek (TheOnlyPeruGuide.com)
- Putucusi to Machu Picchu Trek (TierrasVivas.com)
- Putucusi Mountain (MacchuPicchuTerra.com)
- China’s hottest new tourist attraction is 5,000 feet in the air (CNN Travel)
- “Kara and Nate” on Youtube: ‘China Built the World’s Highest Ladder (and we climbed it)’
- LadderSafetyMonth.com: “About the American Ladder Institute”
- American Ladder Institute’s Ladder Safety Training
- Found: A 7,500-Year-Old Cave Painting of Humans Gathering Honey (Gastro Obscura)
- Cave Art May Have Been Handiwork Of Neanderthals (NPR)
- A History Of The World: The ladder (The British Museum / BBC)
- Flickr upload of scan of Balsley step ladder advertisement, 1861
- Ladders to Other Worlds (Sapiens Magazine)
- The Ancient Origins of Modern Board Games (NPR)
- Granary Ladders: A Connection to the Other Side of the World (Chapman University)
- Learn More: Dogon Granary Ladder (Pacific Lutheran University)
- Jacob’s Ladder (ReformJudaism.org)
- Jacob’s-Ladder Christianity vs. Babel-Tower Christianity (TheGospelCoalition.org)
- Genesis 28:10–22 — Jacob’s Ladder (TheVCS.org)
- A Lyrical Analysis of “Stairway to Heaven” (KRUI 89.7 FM)
- Immovable Ladder on the Church of the Holy Sepulchre (Atlas Obscura)
- Ladders weren’t always important to firefighters, but now they are essential (London Fire Brigade)
- Hero Firefighters: Edward Millais, Victorians, and the origin of the firefighter as your neighborhood hero (Denver Firefighters Museum)
- Early Firefighting (The Henry Ford)
- Fire Safety Net (The National Mississippi River Museum & Aquarium)
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- Jason Pargin
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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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