Episode notes
Alex Schmidt and Katie Goldin explore why telephone poles are secretly incredibly fascinating.
Visit http://sifpod.fun/ for research sources, handy links, and this week’s bonus episode.
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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:
- A Natural History Of The Wooden Utility Pole (California Public Utilities Commission)
- How Napoleon’s semaphore telegraph changed the world (BBC News)
- Encyclopedia Britannica entry for Claude Chappe, French engineer and clergyman
- The Rise and Fall of the Visual Telegraph (“Parisian Fields” blog, which we used as a source for photos)
- Imagining The Internet: A History And Forecast: 1830s – 1860s: Telegraph (Elon University)
- Imagining The Internet: A History And Forecast: 1870s – 1940s: Telephone (Elon University)
- What Hath God Wrought? (The Library Of Congress)
- Non-virtual Reality: Do you ever notice the forest of utility poles? (Fremont News Messenger) — the piece is by Prof. Ken Baker of Heidelberg University.
- Should the US put power lines underground? (The Conversation)
- Why don’t we put power lines underground? (Popular Science)
- Questions on Telephone Poles and Subway Globes (The New York Times)
- The Story Behind Chester’s Abandoned Telephone Pole Farm (New Jersey Monthly)
- Telephone Pole Farm — Chester Township, New Jersey (Atlas Obscura)
- Encyclopedia Britannica entry for AT&T Corporation, American company
- Pentachlorophenol is on its way out as a utility pole preservative. Here’s what might take its place (Chemical & Engineering News)
- Stobie poles are a South Australian icon, but how did they come about? (Australian Broadcasting Corporation News)
- How the 5G coronavirus conspiracy theory went from fringe to mainstream (Vox.com)
- Electrical devices ‘disrupt bird navigation’ (BBC News)
- Aging Utility Poles (Fermilab website)
- Robert R. Wilson (Atomic Heritage Foundation)
- Mickey Pylon — Walt Disney World Resort, Celebration, Florida (Atlas Obscura)
- “1 Way To Make An Emoji” – The Bison Emoji Podcast
- Secretly Incredibly Fascinating: Undersea Cables
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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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