Episode notes
Alex Schmidt and Katie Goldin explore why pumpkins 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 Compleat Squash: A Passionate Grower’s Guide to Pumpkins, Squashes, and Gourds by Amy Goldman
- Sweet Land of Liberty: A History Of America In 11 Pies by Rossi Anastopoulo
- The Garden Scoop: The History of Squash (University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Extension)
- Is canned pumpkin actually made from a mixture of butternut and other squashes? (Iowa State University Extension and Outreach)
- GRIN-U Education: Regenerating the Cucurbita pepo Collection (National Plant Germplasm System / YouTube)
- photo examples of Cucurbita mixta
- Hirshhorn Unveils Yayoi Kusama’s Giant “Pumpkin” for Holiday Season (Smithsonian)
- Yayoi Kusama: Pumpkin (Serpentine Galleries)
- Just What Is In Pumpkin Spice Flavor? Hint: Not Pumpkin (NPR’s “The Salt” food blog)
- How did Illinois become the ‘Great Pumpkin State?’ (NPR Weekend Edition)
- We Taste-Tested Nine Canned Pumpkins—Here Are Our Favorites (Serious Eats)
- Canned Pumpkin Actually Is Pumpkin, but Not the Kind You Carve (AllRecipes.com)
- Your Decaying Pumpkins Are Basically Methane Bombs. Here’s How to Recycle Them (Popular Mechanics)
- Smithsonian Insider: Study reveals ancient link between mammoth dung and pumpkin pie (Smithsonian)
- Bats And Tequila: A Once Boo-tiful Relationship Cursed By Growing Demands (NPR’s “The Salt” food blog)
- How the Formerly Ubiquitous Pumpkin Became a Thanksgiving Treat (Smithsonian Magazine)
- When FDR moved Thanksgiving: the presidential power grab that tore a nation apart (Vox.com)
- How Jack O’Lanterns Originated in Irish Myth (History.com)
- The Jack-O-Lantern’s Origins (Carnegie Museum of Natural History)
- Secretly Incredibly Fascinating: Turkeys
- Secretly Incredibly Fascinating: Cinnamon
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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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