Episode 1: Particles Start Accelerating

The Fermilab History & Archives Project

History of Ecological Land Management at Fermilab

The Guardian — “How big is a quark?”

Illinois State University — “Results from Four Decades of Successional Prairie Restoration and an Update on Ecological Land Management at Fermilab in Batavia, Illinois”

Gizmodo — “Why I Went Birdwatching At A Particle Physics Lab”

MoMA — “The Original NTT DOCOMO Emoji Set Has Been Added to The Museum of Modern Art’s Collection”

Unicode.org

Mark Bramhill’s website

99% Invisible — “Person In Lotus Position”

Emojipedia

World Emoji Day

⬇️⬇️⬇️HANDY LINKS for getting started on your own emoji proposal! ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Unicode instructions for proposing an emoji

Mark’s proposal to Unicode for a “Person Meditating” emoji

Alex’s proposal to Unicode for a “Bison” emoji

Direct your questions about the emoji proposal process to: bisonemojipodcast@gmail.com

🎶Music used in this episode:

  • “Disco Sheik” by Podington Bear (soundofpicture.com)

  • “Tweedlebugs” by Podington Bear

  • “Pixelland” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

  • “Giving Tree” by Podington Bear

  • “Bass Rider” by Podington Bear

  • Sound effects in this episode via freesound.org

Music & sound effects licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/

Episode 2: Emoji Are Worthwhile!

Julia Heffernan’s website

Gretchen McCulloch’s website

Unicode.org — “About Adopt A Character”

Unicode online form for adopting a character

Quartz — “Move over Shakespeare, teen girls are the real language disruptors”

Wired — “New Emoji Are So Boring—but They Don't Have to Be”

The Lingthusiasm podcast

The Guardian — “Don't know the difference between emoji and emoticons? Let me explain”

Atlas Obscura — “How Flower-Obsessed Victorians Encoded Messages in Bouquets”

Emojipedia page for the Pinched Fingers emoji

Cracked — “3 Emoji With Awesomely Bizarre Origin Stories”

Smithsonian — “The Accidental History Of The @ Symbol”

Unicode.org — Unicode Directors, Officers, Staff

Unicode.org — Unicode Maya Hieroglyph Project

🎶Music used in this episode:

  • “Disco Sheik” by Podington Bear (soundofpicture.com)

  • “Magic Scout - Northern Glade” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

  • “Giving Tree” by Podington Bear

  • “Thick Irony” by Podington Bear

  • “Tech Live” by Kevin MacLeod

  • Sound effects in this episode via freesound.org

Music & sound effects licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/

Episode 3: Bison Are Incredible!

The Creature Feature podcast

@ProBirdRights on Twitter

Katie Goldin on Twitter

The Chicago Zoological Society's Brookfield Zoo

U.S. Department of the Interior -- “15 Facts About Our National Mammal: The American Bison”

Yellowstone National Park -- “Frequently Asked Questions: Bison”

National Wildlife Federation — “6 Amazing Facts You Never Knew About Bison”

National Pesticide Information Center (Oregon State University) page about Diatomaceous Earth

National Geographic — “Marking the 100-year Anniversary of Historic Transfer of Bison from the Bronx Zoo to Wind Cave National Park”

Earther -- “Bison Are Helping Rewild the Last of the Midwest's Prairies”

Smithsonian — “A Beefalo Invasion Is Causing Trouble in the Grand Canyon”

Nature -- “The Remarkable Story of How the Bison Returned to Europe”

Nature -- “Mysterious origin of European bison revealed using DNA and cave art”

UNESCO — Białowieża Forest

National Park Service — “Bison Bellows: What’s Wallowing All About?”

The Atlantic -- “What America Lost When It Lost the Bison” (with secret url title “How Bison Create Spring”)

Gizmodo -- “Look at These Bison Running! Obviously a Volcanic Eruption Is Nigh!”

Gizmodo -- “The Odd Tale of the Hollywood Bison and the Quest to Save It”

U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service -- “Sparky the Survivor - Lightning Won't Stop This Bison”

Scientific American -- “Quetzalcoatlus: the evil, pin-headed, toothy nightmare monster that wants to eat your soul”

National Wildlife Federation -- “10 Festive Facts About Reindeer”

National Geographic -- “Why Are Reindeer Eyes Golden In Summer But Blue In Winter?”

National Geographic -- “Why These Birds Carry Flames In Their Beaks”

🎶Music used in this episode:

  • “Disco Sheik” by Podington Bear (soundofpicture.com)

  • “Magic Scout - Northern Glade” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

  • “Got Spark” by Podington Bear

  • “Frogs Legs Rag” played by Kevin MacLeod, composed by James Scott

  • Sound effects in this episode via freesound.org

Music & sound effects licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/

⬇️⬇️⬇️HANDY LINKS for the bison photos in this episode! ⬇️⬇️⬇️

“A bull bison in the process of losing its winter coat: they rub against rocks and trees to hasten this along.” (@YellowstoneNPS photo)

“Signs of summer: #Solstice is upon us and bison have nearly shed their winter coats. #SummerSolstice” (@YellowstoneNPS photo)

Adult Bison and Red Dog (photo by Jan Maguire)

Red Dog jumping (photo by Tom Munson)

“Bison can plow snow out of their way thanks to their powerful neck muscles. #WinterEcology #Yellowstone” (@YellowstoneNPS photo)

European Bison / Wisent (photo by David Santiago Garcia)

Bison latifrons skeleton (photo by James St. John)

Sparky the bison (photo by U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service)

Episode 4: Everyone’s Bison

Chet Wild on Twitter

Unpopular Opinion Podcast Network — “Fastball At Chet’s – A Blow By Blow Synopsis”

One Spirit (nativeprogress.org) ➡️ How To Get Involved

Voice Of America — “Nonprofit Works to Reintroduce Buffalo to Oglala Lakota Diet”

CityLab — “The Eccentric Design and Cutting-Edge Science of Fermilab”

Encyclopedia Britannica entry for Cathedral of Saint-Pierre, Beauvais, France

The Buffalo News — “The story behind the new bison emoji that everyone in Buffalo will be texting soon”

J-Archive.com — “Alex Schmidt”

BuffaloBills.com -- “Important dates in Bills history: How the Bills got their name”

Food & Wine -- “Butter Lambs Are the Most Adorable Easter Tradition You Need to Know About”

Montana Public Television documentary Facing The Storm: Story Of The American Bison

🎶Music used in this episode:

  • “Disco Sheik” by Podington Bear (soundofpicture.com)

  • “Giving Tree” by Podington Bear

  • “Small Bummer” by Podington Bear

  • “Thick Irony” by Podington Bear

  • “Bass Rider” by Podington Bear

  • “Now Son” by Podington Bear

  • “Fortress Europe” by Dan Bodan, from the free YouTube Audio Library (youtube.com/audiolibrary/)

  • “Got Spark” by Podington Bear

  • “Magic Scout - Northern Glade” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

  • “Smolder” by Podington Bear

  • “Tweedlebugs” by Podington Bear

  • Sound effects in this episode via freesound.org

Music & sound effects licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 License https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/

“Bison” pronunciation study: “S vs. Z: How NDSU pronounces Bison” by North Dakota State University Student News

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