Episode notes
Alex Schmidt and Katie Goldin explore why lint 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:
- Lint used to remake da Vinci’s Last Supper (CBC News)
- Michigan Woman Re-Creates A Masterpiece — With Lint From Her Dryer (NPR)
- Online Etymology Dictionary entry for lint (n.), late 14c., “flax prepared for spinning,” also “refuse of flax used as kindling”
- The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History by Kassia St. Clair
- How does a dryer extract lint from your clothes? (Popular Science)
- U.S. Fire Problem: Home fires involving clothes dryers and washing machines (National Fire Protection Association)
- Why You Should Clean Your Dryer Vent Every Year, According to a Repair Technician (Popular Mechanics)
- Lint, Filtered (Tedium.co)
- A memorial in Yiddish, Italian and English tells the stories of Triangle Shirtwaist fire victims − testament not only to tragedy but to immigrant women’s fight to remake labor laws (The Conversation)
- Civil War Nursing History (Museum Of Nursing History Philadelphia)
- Collection Listing: bandages, lint (Smithsonian National Museum Of American History)
- The Lint & Bandage Mania in Boston (“Civil War Quilts” blog)
- Accumulation of Microplastic on Shorelines Woldwide: Sources and Sinks (Environmental Science & Technology)
- The dark side of synthetic fleece—Speaking of Chemistry (American Chemical Society)
- Even Caves Need a Spring Cleaning (Smithsonian Magazine)
- Fighting Fluff (National Parks Conservation Association)
- Mammoth Cave Lint Bunnies (U.S. National Park Service)
- The curious truth about belly button fluff (BBC Future)
- Here’s Why Some People Have More Bellybutton Lint Than Others (Smithsonian Magazine)
- Researchers Track the Tick Boom With Linen Squares and Lint Rollers (Atlas Obscura)
- US north-east sees record tick season as climate crisis sparks arachnid boom (The Guardian)
- U.S. CDC Tick Bite Data Tracker
- U.S. CDC: “About Alpha-gal Syndrome”
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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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