Episode notes
Alex Schmidt and Katie Goldin explore why rye 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 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 Kingdom of Rye: A Brief History of Russian Food by Darra Goldstein
- How a $60 loaf of rye bread went viral in New York City: ‘It’s a conversation piece’ (The Guardian)
- A New Bakery Makes One Bread and One Bread Only (New York Magazine)
- X.com upload of online store catalog pages for “RYE” bakery in Manhattan
- 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann
- Relationships of cereal crops and other grasses (PNAS)
- 10 Things You Didn’t Know About Rye, The World’s Most Underrated Grain (FoodRepublic.com)
- The Weed Scientist Who Brought Down the Wrath of Stalin (JStor Daily)
- Vavilovian Mimicry: Nikolai Vavilov and His Little-Known Impact on Weed Science (Weed Science journal)
- The Soviet Era’s Deadliest Scientist Is Regaining Popularity in Russia (The Atlantic)
- Four different listing for Russian cosmonaut rye bread packages: Smithsonian National Air & Space Museum, U.K. National Space Centre, Russian Museum of Aviation and Cosmonautics, and an eBay seller in Canada
- Translating Corn: To most of the world, “corn” is “maize,” a word that comes from the Taíno mahizwas. Not for British colonists in North America, though. (JStor Daily)
- Russia’s Patriotic Alternative to Coca-Cola Is Made Out of Bread (Atlas Obscura)
- What’s the Difference? Light Rye, Dark Rye, Pumpernickel, and Marbled (TheKitchn.com)
- IMDb listing for “The Scarlet Pumpernickel” short, 1950
- Seinfeld: The Real Story Behind The Marble Rye Episode (ScreenRant.com)
- Rye, a Grain With Ancient Roots, Is Rising Again (The New York Times)
- The Caraway Seed Is A Spice Worth Meeting (NPR)
- Rye: The Underappreciated “Poverty Grain” Enjoys A Renaissance (KGOU Oklahoma)
- Appetites: The rye grain comeback (Minnesota Public Radio)
- Smørrebrød (Gastro Obscura)
- The Icelandic Bakery That Buries Its Bread in Hot Springs (Atlas Obscura)
- St. Anthony’s Fire, the Salem Witch Trials and the Beatles (McGill Office for Science and Society)
- King Philip’s War (History.com)
- CropWatch: Has Ergot Altered Events in World History? (University Of Nebraska-Lincoln Extension)
- Mold Caused Hundreds to Share Strange Hallucinations—And Experience Mass Hysteria, Research Suggests (Popular Mechanics)
- These Psychedelics Spark Visions of Elves, Gods, and Rebirth—And May Have Changed Human History Forever (Popular Mechanics)
- Triticale: Production and Use (Government of Saskatchewan)
- Ask Westchester, June 2012: How Rye Got Its Name (Westchester Magazine)
- Playland’s Dragon Coaster, Nearing 100, Roars Back From Its Slumber (The New York Times)
- image upload of Rye NY “forgotten obelisk” (FindAGrave.com)
- The Obelisk on I-95, Gilda Radner Way in White Plains, and the Westchester County Fair (Westchester Magazine)
- Something Wild: What NH’s ‘drowned forest’ reveals about the past – and future (ForestSociety.org)
- Sunken Forests of Rye — Rye, New Hampshire (Atlas Obscura)
- Camber Castle — Rye, Englnad (Atlas Obscura)
- Ypres Tower — Rye, England (Atlas Obscura)
- Rye Town Hall (Government of Rye U.K.)
- The butcher who tried to kill a Lamb (blog “Quirky Sussex History by Kevin Gordon”)
- Secretly Incredibly Fascinating: Grass
- Secretly Incredibly Fascinating: Sliced Bread
- Secretly Incredibly Fascinating: Apples
- Secretly Incredibly Fascinating: Carrots
- Secretly Incredibly Fascinating: Yeast
- Secretly Incredibly Fascinating: Toasters
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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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