Tuna!

Episode notes

Alex Schmidt is joined by writers/comedians Kandice Martellaro (Stan Against Evil, ‘Hanging With Doctor Z’) and Valerie Tosi (Conan, new stand-up album ‘Beach Trash’) for a look at why tuna are secretly incredibly fascinating.

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

(Alex’s podcast hosting service requires a minimum of 5 characters per episode title, so that’s why this episode’s title has 1 exclamation point)

LINKS FOR THE GUESTS:

• “Hanging With Doctor Z”
• Valerie Tosi’s new stand-up album Beach Trash
• Kandice Martellaro on Twitter, and on Instagram
• Valerie Tosi on Twitter, and 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:

• How Will Commercial Fishing Pressure Affect Skipjack Tuna? (Hakai Magazine / Smithsonian Magazine)
• Tuna: A Love Story by Richard Ellis
• Biggest Bluefin Tuna Fishing Record (Marlin Magazine)
• What is the Biggest Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Ever Recorded? (AmericanOceans.org)
• Do Subway Sandwiches Contain Any Tuna? It’s a Bit of a Mystery (Mental Floss)
• Threatened Bluefin Tuna Sells For $3 Million In Tokyo Market (NPR)
• Sushinomics: How Bluefin Tuna Became a Million-Dollar Fish (The Atlantic)
• From Cat Food to Sushi Counter: The Strange Rise of the Bluefin Tuna (Smithsonian Magazine)
• Tuna Eye (Gastro Obscura)
• We’re Pulling Tuna Out Of The Ocean At Unprecedented — And Unsustainable — Rates (NPR’s The Salt)
• Everything You Didn’t Know About Chicken of the Sea, as Not Told by Jessica Simpson (Chowhound.com)
• The Great Pacific Migration of Bluefin Tuna (Smithsonian Ocean)
• Meet the Comical Opah, the Only Truly Warm-Blooded Fish (National Geographic)
• Scientists Tracked Truly Enormous Tuna From Way Up in the Air (Atlas Obscura)
• A Taste of Lobster History (History.com)
• The Difference Between Sardines and Anchovies (Food and Wine)

Picture of the 1,496 lb. tuna catch: