Episode notes
Alex Schmidt and Katie Goldin explore why penny-farthings are secretly incredibly fascinating.
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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:
- Bicycle Design: An Illustrated History by Tony Hadland and Hans-Erhard Lessing
- Wheels of Change: How Women Rode the Bicycle to Freedom (With a Few Flat Tires Along the Way) by Sue Macy
- Old money: The pre-decimal system of pounds, shilling and pence (The Royal Mint Museum)
- U.K. And Ireland Celebrate 50 Years Since ‘Decimal Day’ (NPR)
- New pence: The story of 1971’s Decimal Day (BBC)
- How do bicycles balance themselves? New research picks up momentum (Ezra Magazine / Cornell University)
- Learn how a bicycle stays in an upright position while in motion and few misconceptions related to it (Encyclopedia Britannica)
- Deciphering the Mystery of Bee Flight (Caltech)
- Bicycles have changed, but fellowship remains (Smithsonian National Museum of American History)
- Penny Farthing Bicycle (London Science Museum)
- Blast from the Past: The eruption of Mount Tambora killed thousands, plunged much of the world into a frightful chill and offers lessons for today (Smithsonian Magazine)
- The Real-Life Places That Inspired Frankenstein: How Mary Shelley used ideas, events and places to invent her famous monster (Smithsonian Magazine)
- Smith Pony Star bicycle (Smithsonian National Museum of American History)
- 1889 Overman Bicycle (Smithsonian National Museum of American History)
- The Great British Bicycle Bubble (The Indicator From Planet Money / NPR)
- 1870s – 1880s : Penny-farthing Bicycle (National Museum of Transportation)
- How bicycles boosted the women’s rights movement (Vox.com)
- Kids These Days: Worrisome fashions of younger generations. (Lapham’s Quarterly)
- Thomas, Samuel Webb (London Science Museum)
- The Quirky Victorian Invention That Inspired a Risky Race (Atlas Obscura)
- 19th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution: Women’s Right to Vote, 1920 (U.S. National Archives)
- Women get the vote (UK Parliament)
- Secretly Incredibly Fascinating: Frankenstein (1818 novel)
- Secretly Incredibly Fascinating: Tires
- Secretly Incredibly Fascinating: Ball Bearings
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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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