Episode notes
Alex Schmidt and Katie Goldin explore why road atlases are secretly incredibly fascinating.
Visit http://sifpod.fun/ for research sources and for 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:
- On the Map: A Mind-Expanding Exploration Of The Way The World Looks by Simon Garfield
- The Oxford Map Companion: One Hundred Sources in World History by Patricia Seed
- The Atlas of Atlases: Exploring The Most Important Atlases In History And The Cartographers Who Made Them by Philip Parker
- Happy Motoring (The Paris Review)
- The History of Being Found (DesignObserver.com)
- Plotting The Past: Where maps were static, now they are dynamic. Where before we turned the page of an atlas, now we pan and zoom our way around a screen. (Digital-Archaeology.org)
- TRAVEL ADVISORY; Some New Wrinkles In Rand McNally Atlas (The New York Times)
- Rand McNally files Chapt. 11, sees early exit (Chicago Tribune)
- Troubled ELD provider Rand McNally sold out of bankruptcy (FreightWaves.com)
- When Rand Met McNally (Mental Floss)
- Map: Burlington Route — Rand McNally and Company (The Library Of Congress)
- De Dion-Bouton Engine, circa 1900 (The Henry Ford Museum)
- Great Chicago Fire of 1871: Topics in Chronicling America (The Library Of Congress)
- Atlas (Theoi.com)
- Car by Gregory Votolato
- Some More News: “Do Cities Really Need All These Cars?” (YouTube)
- Secretly Incredibly Fascinating: The Interstate Highway System
- Secretly Incredibly Fascinating: Maps
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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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