Episode notes
Alex Schmidt, Katie Goldin, and special guest Jason Pargin explore why salt is secretly incredibly fascinating.
Visit http://sifpod.fun/ for research sources, handy links, and this week’s bonus episode.
LINKS FOR JASON PARGIN:
- PURCHASE I’m Starting To Worry About This Black Box Of Doom, the new novel by Jason Pargin!
- Jason Pargin on Tiktok
- “Bigfeets” (1900HOTDOG and Apple Podcasts)
- Jason’s website
- Jason’s Substack
- Jason Pargin on Twitter
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:
- Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky
- A Pinch of Salt Has Never Tasted So… American? (Smithsonian Magazine)
- Salt Statistics and Information (U.S. Geological Survey)
- Chlorine Supply Chain — Executive Summary (U.S. Environmental Protection Agency)
- Where Kosher Salt Comes from & Why It’s Called Kosher (The Kitchn)
- Making Meat Kosher: Between Slaughtering and Cooking (MyJewishLearning.com)
- What Is Kosher Salt — And Is It Really The Best? (Bon Appétit)
- Table salt, kosher salt, sea salt, Himalayan salt. Which one should I buy? (McGill Office for Science and Society)
- Sodium in Your Diet: Use the Nutrition Facts Label and Reduce Your Intake (U.S. Food & Drug Administration)
- Salt vs. sodium: What are they, what’s the difference, and why do we use them? (University Of Illinois Extension)
- Warning: Measure Your Salt (The New York Times)
- How To Substitute Salt (America’s Test Kitchen / Cook’s Illustrated)
- Morton vs. Diamond Crystal Kosher Salt: What’s the Difference? (Food & Wine)
- government document: “Technology of Salt Making in the United States” (University Of North Texas Digital Library)
- Curious City: The man who built the old Morton Salt complex helped shape Chicago (WBEZ Chicago)
- How Do You Make Salt? (UK Salt Association)
- Arbor Day Origins (Nebraska State Historical Society)
- How the arrival of iodized salt 100 years ago changed America (The Washington Post / Retropolis)
- In Raising the World’s I.Q., the Secret’s in the Salt (The New York Times)
- Gunpowder and Seaweed: The Story of Iodine (National Museum of Civil War Medicine)
- The Milbank Quarterly: A Grain of Salt (Milbank Memorial Fund)
- Center For Research On Ingredient Safety: Anti-Caking Agents (Michigan State University)
- Morton Salt Company, est. 1848 (Made In Chicago Museum)
- The Intriguing History Of Salt And Pepper Shakers (TastingTable.com)
- Would You Like Some Salt and Pepper? How About 80,000 Shakers’ Worth? (Smithsonian Magazine)
- Secretly Incredibly Fascinating: Salt Mines
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Guests
- Jason Pargin
About the show
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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