Episode notes
Alex Schmidt and Katie Goldin explore why turkeys are 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 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:
- National Geographic Field Guide to the Birds of North America, 7th Edition by Jon L. Dunn and Jonathan Alderfer
- 100 Birds and How They Got Their Names by Diana Wells
- Turkey — Meleagris gallopavo (Smithsonian’s National Zoo)
- Wild Turkey: Sounds (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
- A Brief History of the Turkey (OhioHistory.org)
- Birds Of The World: Numididae Guineafowl (Cornell Lab of Ornithology)
- A Farewell to Arms: Ending the War and Negotiating the Treaty of Lausanne, 1922-1923 (University of Michigan Library)
- This is one video example of Turkish people saying and pronouncing the name “Türkiye”.
- Turkey changes its official name to Türkiye (NPR Morning Edition)
- How many turkey feathers does it take to make an ancient blanket? 11,500 (Ars Technica)
- DCA archeologist weaves a blanket made of 17,000 turkey feathers (New Mexico Wildlife Magazine)
- Researchers Dig Into the Juicy History of Taming the Turkey (Smithsonian SmartNews)
- An arrow to the chest? This wild turkey is unruffled (The Guardian)
- Calif. neighborhood obsessed with turkey who survived arrow impaling (The San Francisco Chronicle)
- Can Staten Island learn to love its ‘nuisance’ wild turkeys? (The Guardian)
- Turkeys can swim and other fun facts (National Geographic)
- Why Do Birds Have White And Dark Meat? And Do We? (SciShow on YouTube)
- TV Legends: Was WKRP’s Famous Turkey Drop Based in Reality? (CBR.com)
- Benjamin Franklin and the Kite Experiment (The Franklin Institute)
- Did Benjamin Franklin Want the National Bird To Be A Turkey? (The Franklin Institute)
- When Benjamin Franklin Shocked Himself While Attempting to Electrocute a Turkey — book excerpt from Spark by Timothy J. Jorgensen (Smithsonian Magazine)
- Bald Eagle — Channel Islands National Park (U.S. National Park Service)
- Viewing Bald Eagles In New York State (NY State Department Of Environmental Conservation)
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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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