Episode notes
Alex Schmidt and Katie Goldin explore why sliced bread 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:
- Bread: A Global History by William Rubel
- “White vs. Whole Wheat Flour” by Avery Ashley (NC Cooperative Extension) — that page also features one example diagram of the bran, endosperm, and germ in a wheat grain.
- The Invention of Sliced Bread (Priceonomics)
- Who Made That Sliced Bread? (The New York Times Magazine)
- The Life And Death of Wonder Bread (Smithsonian Magazine)
- Recipe: Pullman Loaf (Serious Eats)
- biography of George M. Pullman (U.S. National Park Service)
- Why People Stopped Eating Wonder Bread (Mashed.com)
- How Wonder Bread Helped Eliminate 2 Diseases In The US (Tasting Table Magazine)
- Reliving the Wonder Years of Wonder Bread (JStor Daily)
- Bread End: Why are the heel pieces, or end pieces, of bread seen as undesirable compared to the rest of the loaf—and what kind of waste does that create, anyway? (Tedium.co)
- Words, Images and Music Convey the Life of Richard “Red” Skelton (Indiana Historical Society)
- How Sliced Bread Became the ‘Greatest Thing’ (Time Magazine)
- A Missouri town almost forgot it invented the greatest thing since anything: sliced bread (KCUR Public Radio)
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- Secretly Incredibly Fascinating: Baking Soda
- Secretly Incredibly Fascinating: Toasters
- Secretly Incredibly Fascinating: Windmills
- Secretly Incredibly Fascinating: Salt
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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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