Stainless Steel

Episode notes

Alex Schmidt is joined by comedy writer Joey Clift (‘Spirit Rangers’ on Netflix, short film ‘My First Native American Boyfriend’) and podcaster Nnekay FitzClarke (‘Minority Korner’ podcast) for a look at why stainless steel is secretly incredibly fascinating.

Visit http://sifpod.fun/ for research sources, handy links, and this week’s bonus episode.

LINKS FOR THE GUESTS:

• Netflix page for Spirit Rangers (coming later in 2022)
• trailer for “My First Native American Boyfriend”
• Joey Clift on Twitter
• Joey Clift on Instagram
• ‘Minority Korner’ podcast (Maximum Fun)
• Nnekay FitzClarke on Twitter
• Nnekay FitzClarke on Instagram

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)
• Mapping Manahatta: 10 Lenape sites in New York City (6sqft)

RESEARCH SOURCES:

• Why doesn’t stainless steel rust? (Scientific American)
• Why don’t magnets work on some stainless steels? (Scientific American)
• Steel: From Mine To Mill by Brooke C. Stoddard
• How does rust work? (HowStuffWorks)
• Bacteria Live in the Titanic Wreck (Smithsonian Ocean) — this is more info about what Joey describes, re: the Titanic and its rust.
• Harry Brearley: The man who discovered stainless steel (City Museums of Sheffield)
• Automotive Hall Of Fame page for Elwood Haynes
• Stainless steel revolutionised eating after centuries of a bad taste in the mouth (The Guardian)
• Chromium crucible steel was first made in Persia (Journal of Archaeological Science)
• Glastonbury Festival Orders Thousands of Cups to Help the British Steel Industry (Atlas Obscura)
• Not Just a Fence: The Story of a Stainless Steel Status Symbol (The New York Times)
• A fireproof copy of ‘Handmaid’s Tale’ auctioned for $130,000 to help fight book bans (NPR)

FUN SIF-SPECIFIC STUFF:

• Here’s the Spotify playlist from listener Xander, cataloguing songs from the stats/numbers segment: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3S1Ul7ZWEl2U85FbL59xJV?si=141ef07283c0465f
• Here’s the stats/numbers from the very first SIF membership drive: https://www.patreon.com/posts/all-of-mini-are-44122527 Back in November 2020, there were SIF patrons in 42 U.S. states and Washington D.C..
• I went and looked in the back end today, and there are three Montana-based patrons (plus anyone who lives there and hasn’t provided an address). Thank you Montana!!!