Medium Dives is where we chat about anything we find interesting enough to share - society, science, history, cults, crime, or just finding the answers to the things that keep us up at night. Our promise to you is that we will look into things at least a medium amount, but we are too lazy to commit to a deep dive. We absolutely will get off topic, but we think you’ll be entertained. We try to post a new episode every month - follow our Instagram where we will post when a new episode is up! Feel free to email us with topic requests, comments, questions, or just to say hi!
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Alicia and Tyler delve into the lesser-known stories of microchip doodles and China's disastrous Four Pests Campaign, revealing the dark side of innovation and progress.
23 Jul 2024
E6: Monkey Selfie Copyright Qualms and Big Milk Propaganda
Let's pretend like this almost 4 month long break was intentional, shall we? This episode, Alicia talks about several legal cases involving animals, including one involving copyright disputes over a selfie taken by a monkey. Then we get into a discussion about animal rights activism and whether it's ethical to own pets. Tyler follows up on cheese caves, mentioned in Episode 4! A surplus in dairy products led to the U.S. government owning a bunch of cheese and a nationwide promotion of milk.
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Email: mediumdives@gmail.com
Intro/Outro Music Credit:
"The Show Must Be Go" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
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Sources:
Monkey Selfie/Animal Rights:
The Animal Turn Podcast S6E5 - https://youtu.be/yfnBnnLKvWQ?si=MXO3fC4jYaynu608 (https://youtu.be/yfnBnnLKvWQ?si=MXO3fC4jYaynu608 )
https://technology.ie/monkey-selfie-photographer-david-slater-tells-story-audio (https://technology.ie/monkey-selfie-photographer-david-slater-tells-story-audio/ )
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Macaca_nigra_self-portrait_large.jpg (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Macaca_nigra_self-portrait_large.jpg)
https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/09/12/550417823/-animal-rights-advocates-photographer-compromise-over-ownership-of-monkey-selfie (https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/09/12/550417823/-animal-rights-advocates-photographer-compromise-over-ownership-of-monkey-selfie)
https://ecojurisprudence.org/initiatives/cetacean-community-v-bush/ (https://ecojurisprudence.org/initiatives/cetacean-community-v-bush/)
https://www.mass.gov/news/do-animals-have-standing-to-sue-part-2-animals-filing-as-individuals (https://www.mass.gov/news/do-animals-have-standing-to-sue-part-2-animals-filing-as-individuals)
https://animalfreedom.org/english/column/francione.html (https://animalfreedom.org/english/column/francione.html)
https://www.projetogap.org/en/the-project/ (https://www.projetogap.org/en/the-project/)
https://www.nonhumanrights.org/litigation/ (https://www.nonhumanrights.org/litigation/)
Cheese Caves/Big Milk:
https://www.sfhscollegeprep.org/news-detail?pk=1237113# (https://www.sfhscollegeprep.org/news-detail?pk=1237113#)
https://dairymarkets.org/pubPod/pubs/EB9505.pdf (https://dairymarkets.org/pubPod/pubs/EB9505.pdf)
https://www.tennessean.com/picture-gallery/insider/extras/2017/03/02/looking-back-milk-shortage-caused-by-protesting-dairy-farmers-in-1967/98640658 (https://www.tennessean.com/picture-gallery/insider/extras/2017/03/02/looking-back-milk-shortage-caused-by-protesting-dairy-farmers-in-1967/98640658/)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dominos-pizza-and-the-usd_b_780868 (https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dominos-pizza-and-the-usd_b_780868)
https://plantbasednews.org/opinion/twisted-history-milk-america (https://plantbasednews.org/opinion/twisted-history-milk-america/ )
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7 Apr 2024
E5: Groundhog Day Ridiculousness and How Do You Scratch an Itch in an Iron Lung?
Alicia talks about the origins of Groundhog Day, going all the way back to Imbolc, then Candlemas, then finally to Pennsylvania Dutch culture. We also have a lot of fun talking about the lore surrounding Punxsutawney Phil, the most famous weather-predicting groundhog. Tyler explains iron lungs and answers some questions that have kept him up at night, like how do people scratch an itch or prevent bed sores when in an iron lung? We also talk about Paul Alexandar, a man who achieved amazing things while in an iron lung.
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Email: mediumdives@gmail.com
Intro/Outro Music Credit:
"The Show Must Be Go" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
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Sources:
Groundhog Day
https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2022/02/groundhog-day-ancient-origins-of-a-modern-celebration/ (https://blogs.loc.gov/folklife/2022/02/groundhog-day-ancient-origins-of-a-modern-celebration/)
https://www.groundhog.org/ (https://www.groundhog.org/)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2018/02/01/a-groundhog-day-scandal-potomac-phil-denies-rumors-of-collusion/ (https://www.washingtonpost.com/express/wp/2018/02/01/a-groundhog-day-scandal-potomac-phil-denies-rumors-of-collusion/)
https://wtop.com/dc/2019/02/potomac-phil-defies-punxsutawney-with-prediction-of-his-own (https://wtop.com/dc/2019/02/potomac-phil-defies-punxsutawney-with-prediction-of-his-own/slide/1/)/
https://archive.org/details/yearinireland00kevi/page/14/mode/1up (https://archive.org/details/yearinireland00kevi/page/14/mode/1up)
https://web.archive.org/web/20141129095147/http://www.stormfax.com/ghogday.htm (https://web.archive.org/web/20141129095147/http://www.stormfax.com/ghogday.htm)
https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/groundhog-day-forecasts-and-climate-history (https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/news/groundhog-day-forecasts-and-climate-history)
Iron Lungs/Paul Alexander
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240315-iron-lung-led-to-creation-of-modern-day-intensive-care-unit (https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20240315-iron-lung-led-to-creation-of-modern-day-intensive-care-unit)
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/13/us/paul-alexander-iron-lung-dead.html (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/13/us/paul-alexander-iron-lung-dead.html)
https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stories/medicine/iron-lung (https://www.sciencemuseum.org.uk/objects-and-stories/medicine/iron-lung)
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20 Mar 2024
E4: Chest Deep in Butter and Stick it to the Man
This week, Alicia talks about four different non-water floods. We've got whiskey, molassess, chocolate, and butter, y'all. Tyler tells the history of the Kowloon Walled City and reminds us of the resiliency of the human spirit.
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Email: mediumdives@gmail.com
Intro/Outro Music Credit:
"The Show Must Be Go" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
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Sources:
mashed.com/493134/the-shocking-story-behind-the-great-whiskey-fire-of-dublin (https://www.mashed.com/493134/the-shocking-story-behind-the-great-whiskey-fire-of-dublin/)
irishtimes.com/news/offbeat/the-night-a-river-of-whiskey-ran-through-the-streets-of-dublin (https://www.irishtimes.com/news/offbeat/the-night-a-river-of-whiskey-ran-through-the-streets-of-dublin-1.2743517)
history.com/news/great-molasses-flood-science (https://www.history.com/news/great-molasses-flood-science)
edp.org/molpark.htm (https://edp.org/molpark.htm)
newspapers.com/article/the-brooklyn-daily-eagle-rockwood-chocol (https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-brooklyn-daily-eagle-rockwood-chocol/31468896/)
newspapers.com/article/the-standard-union-rockwood-plant-fire (https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-standard-union-rockwood-plant-fire/107820289/)
wisfarmer.com/story/opinion/columnists/2022/05/11/over-20-m-lbs-commodities-lost-great-butter-fire-1991 (https://www.wisfarmer.com/story/opinion/columnists/2022/05/11/over-20-m-lbs-commodities-lost-great-butter-fire-1991/9650051002/)
upi.com/Archives/1991/05/04/Dairy-warehouse-fire-melts-butter-lots-of-it (https://www.upi.com/Archives/1991/05/04/Dairy-warehouse-fire-melts-butter-lots-of-it/9579673329600/)
tonemadison.com/articles/butter-where-butter-shouldnt-be (https://tonemadison.com/articles/butter-where-butter-shouldnt-be/)
mediakron.bc.edu/edges/a-history-for-hong-kong/the-yamen-an-inquiry-into-identity-and-place-in-the-kowloon-walled-city/the-magistrate-and-the-suburbs-1843-1899 (https://mediakron.bc.edu/edges/a-history-for-hong-kong/the-yamen-an-inquiry-into-identity-and-place-in-the-kowloon-walled-city/the-magistrate-and-the-suburbs-1843-1899)
thetravelclub.org/articles/travelogues/664-kowloon-walled-city-life-in-the-city-of-darkness (https://www.thetravelclub.org/articles/travelogues/664-kowloon-walled-city-life-in-the-city-of-darkness#:~:text=The%20history%20of%20the%20Kowloon,who%20controlled%20the%20salt%20trade)
history.howstuffworks.com/world-history/kowloon-walled-city (https://history.howstuffworks.com/world-history/kowloon-walled-city.htm#:~:text=Suffering%20another%20loss%20in%20the,land%20within%20Kowloon%20Walled%20City)
atlasobscura.com/articles/kowloon-walled-city (https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/kowloon-walled-city)
archdaily.com/800698/heres-what-western-accounts-of-the-kowloon-walled-city-dont-tell-you (https://www.archdaily.com/800698/heres-what-western-accounts-of-the-kowloon-walled-city-dont-tell-you)
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3 Mar 2024
E3: Who Is That Behind Me, and Is That a Trillion Bugs Underneath You?
Apologies for our impromptu month-long break!
In episode 3, Alicia talks about the Third Man Syndrome, a phenomenon where people feel/see a helpful presence in life-threatening scenarios. Tyler talks about cicadas, primarily the periodical ones that emerge every 13 or 17 years and ruin everyone's lives for a couple weeks - it turns out they are quite mysterious.
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Intro/Outro Music Credit:
"The Show Must Be Go" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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31 Jan 2024
E2: How to Gaslight Yourself, Banshees are Just Owls, and an Un(der)-Trained Veneer Tech
Sorry for the delay in posting Episode 2! (But not that sorry because we have full-time jobs)
This week Alicia talks about how our memory is worse than we think it is. Tyler explores the origin of the Boogeyman and Banshees, and discusses an under-trained veneer tech.
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Intro/Outro Music Credit:
"The Show Must Be Go" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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14 Jan 2024
E1: Socialist Trees, (No) Dying at Disney, and Cocomelon in NY Water
Alicia talks about how trees use fungi to communicate with each other (the “wood wide web”), and Tyler explains Disney’s no-dying-on-grounds policy and how New York water is superior.
Instagram: @mediumdivespod
Intro Music Credit:
"The Show Must Be Go" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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