Episode notes
Alex Schmidt is joined by comedians/podcasters Caitlin Durante and Jamie Loftus (‘The Bechdel Cast’ and many amazing miniseries) for a look at why tires are secretly incredibly fascinating.
Visit http://sifpod.fun/ for research sources, handy links, and this week’s bonus episode.
LINKS FOR THE GUESTS:
- The Bechdel Cast
- Sludge: An American Healthcare Story
- My Year In Mensa
- Lolita Podcast (brand-new show!)
RESOURCES USED TO INFORM THE EPISODE’S LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT:
RESEARCH SOURCES:
- Exhibit: Dunlop tyre (National Museums Scotland)
- John Boyd Dunlop (Undiscovered Scotland)
- John Boyd Dunlop (Encyclopedia Britannica)
- Fordlandia (99% Invisible)
- Henry Ford’s Abandoned Factory in the Amazon – Brazil with Michael Palin (BBC)
- How Henry Ford Found the Right Tires for Model T Cars (Smithsonian)
- Rolling, rolling, rolling: Lego, the world’s biggest tire maker (CNET)
- Our Waste Tire Problem Is Getting Worse (Popular Mechanics)
- Tires: The plastic polluter you never thought about (National Geographic)
- Dumped on: first there were fridge mountains, now the government is faced with the prospect of figuring out what to do with Britain’s millions of used tyres (The Guardian)
- Visionary Concept Tire, 2016-2019 (Michelin/Cooper Hewitt)
- Airplane Tires Don’t Explode on Landing Because They Are Pumped! (Wired)
- Charles Goodyear and the Vulcanization of Rubber (ConnecticutHistory.org)
- TVTropes page for The Amazon Trail
- Google Arts & Culture page for Maya Quest
- PCGamer.com look back at Detective Barbie
- The Middle Class Took Off 100 Years Ago … Thanks To Henry Ford? (NPR)
- Canadian Tire money – love it, hate it, can’t bear to throw it out: Don Pittis (CBC News)
- Your Canadian Tire money might be priceless (Maclean’s)
- Only in Canada: Saskatoon man buys canoe with briefcase full of Canadian Tire cash (CBC News)
- With $1,053 in Canadian Tire money, man rides off with dream lawnmower (The Toronto Star)
- 7 surprising things bought with Canadian Tire money (Maclean’s)
- the “Fun Facts” page at Zamboni.com
In this episode...
Guests
- Jamie Loftus
- Caitlin Durante
About the show
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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