Episode notes
Alex Schmidt and Katie Goldin explore why purple 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 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:
- The Secret Lives Of Color by Kassia St. Clair
- In Custodia Legis: America’s Blackcurrant Ban (The Library Of Congress)
- Why the Purple Skittle Tastes Different Outside America (Gastro Obscura)
- In Niagara-On-The-Lake, native flag born in Buffalo raised as sign of peace (The Buffalo News)
- People Of The Longhouse: Haudenosaunee or Iroquois? (New York State Museum / YouTube)
- Species Directory: Northern Quahog (National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration)
- School’s New Iroquois Flag Stirs Protest (The New York Times)
- Born To The Purple (Carnegie Museum of Natural History)
- In Israel, a 3,000-Year-Old Purple Factory (The New York Times)
- Camila Cabello Reveals Why She Carried a Melting Block of Ice as a ‘Purse’ to the 2024 Met Gala (People Magazine)
- Perkin’s purple (The Royal Society)
- A history of colours: The invention of the colour purple (The Guardian)
- The History of the Purple Heart (The National WWII Museum New Orleans)
- A History Of The Purple Heart (NPR)
- Why parents still try to ban ‘The Color Purple’ in schools (National Geographic)
- Top 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books: 2010-2019 (American Library Association)
- Why is it called ‘The Color Purple’? (WeGotThisCovered.com)
- Prince’s Other Sister: Purple Was His Favorite Color, Not Orange (Billboard)
- Genius.com lyrics page for “Purple Rain”, citing NME Magazine
- Behind the Meaning of “Purple Rain” by Prince (American Songwriter Magazine)
- Prince Finally Gets His Own Purple Pantone Color and It’s Called ‘Love Symbol #2’ (Billboard)
- Ology: Brain: Seeing Color (American Museum Of Natural History)
- Education: Infrared Vision (National Geographic)
- Animals see the world in different colours than humans – new camera reveals what this looks like (The Conversation)
- Super seers: why some people can see ultraviolet light (New Scientist Magazine)
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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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