Episode notes
Alex Schmidt and Katie Goldin explore why prunes are 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:
- The Chemistry of Plums & Prunes: Constipation & Chewing Gum (“Compound Interest” by Andy Brunning)
- U.K. politician issues prune-eating challenge (CBC News)
- Guardian Diary: “Europe’s getting a bad press at the moment. But, regardless, our people are in Brussels, working hard for you. Such as Sir Graham Watson, MEP for the south-west of England, who was this week forced to challenge the idiocy of the European Food Safety Authority.”
- Why Do Prunes Make You Poop? (Mental Floss)
- Constipation Relief: Can Prune Juice Make You Poop? (Cleveland Clinic)
- 4 Surprising Reasons You Should Eat More Prunes (AARP)
- Prunes can help bowel movement after all, says EFSA in about face (NutraIngredients.com)
- YouTube upload of the Ray Bradbury commercial for Sunsweet Prunes
- Stan Freberg, Madcap Adman and Satirist, Dies at 88 (The New York Times)
- Cooking: Recipe From The White House: Prune Pudding (The New York Times)
- B.W. Kilburn: The Prune Knight, California Building, Columbian Exposition (National Galleries of Scotland)
- Books Of The Times: NO PLACE OF GRACE. Antimodernism and the Transformation of American Culture 1880-1920. By Jackson Lears. (The New York Times)
- Unbuckling the history of the prune belt of Sonoma County (The Press Democrat)
- Preserve Smart: Drying Plums/Prunes (Colorado State University)
- Food Of The Week: Plum (Iowa State University Extension)
- Home and Garden Education Center: Plums (University Of Connecticut)
- Recalling Plums from the Wild (Arnold Arboretum, Harvard University)
- Green’s Dictionary of Slang entry for prune, noun
- Online Etymology Dictionary entry for prune, noun and prune, verb
- Oxford English Dictionary entries for prune, noun and prune, verb
- When the Dried Plum Lobby Tried to Make Pruneburgers Happen (Gastro Obscura)
- Where’s the beef? Kids give prune burgers the taste test (Seattle Post-Intelligencer)
- The Secret to Juicy Burgers (California Prune Board)
- Secretly Incredibly Fascinating: Beans
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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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