Episode notes
Alex Schmidt and Katie Goldin explore why the letter Q is 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:
- Language Visible: Unraveling the Mystery of the Alphabet from A to Z by David Sacks (not the venture capitalist)
- Alphabetical: How Every Letter Tells A Story by Michael Rosen
- Star Trek “Memory Alpha” fan wiki entry for the character Q
- archived article from 1897: “The Letter Q.” (The New York Times)
- “Milk Toast” by Representative Emmet O’Neal (the “Cookin’ With Congress” blog)
- The strange life of Q-tips, the most bizarre thing people buy (The Washington Post)
- Facts about Q fever (European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control)
- Q-ships during World War II (U.S. Naval History And Heritage Command)
- U.S. Social Security Administration: “Top Names Over the Last 100 Years”
- Taiwan Dispatch: In Italy, ‘Al Dente’ Is Prized. In Taiwan, It’s All About Food That’s ‘Q.’ (The New York Times)
- Language Log: Is Q a Chinese Character? (blog of Victor Mair, professor of Chinese language at the University of Pennsylvania)
- Q Is For Qiaowanlong (National Geographic)
- Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies: Introduction to pinyin: “What is pinyin?” (University Of Cambridge)
- Eustachian Tubes (The Cleveland Clinic)
- Secretly Incredibly Fascinating: The Letter X
- Secretly Incredibly Fascinating: The Letter Y
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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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