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ReNouned

ReNouned is a podcast for the curious. If you want to polish the mundane, dust off the commonplace, and rediscover the world around us in a fun and educational way, then join us! Hosts and co-creators Mark Schulz and Alison Hager challenge themselves to research and think critically about one noun selected at random each episode. Where did it come from, and why? What is special about it? Has it influenced human history? Does it spark questions about our nature? Is it a key from the past that might unlock the future? Tune in to appreciate our world in surprising new ways.

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In this episode, hosts Mark Schulz and Alison Hager discuss the noun “American Harvest Mouse.” ReNouned is a podcast for the curious. We dust off the commonplace to look for shiny new relevance as we challenge ourselves to think critically about the objects that surround us. How do they echo humanity’s past, reflect the present, or foreshadow the future? ENJOYING THE SHOW? Follow us on social media, share your thoughts, and #BeReNouned! www.instagram.com/reNounedPodcast  Visit www.ReNounedPodcast.com to access links for all the fun stuff below and more. STUFF TO CHECK OUT FROM THIS EPISODE Things to Watch: All Creatures Great & Small – TV Series TÁR – Movie Things to Do: Check out these photographs of harvest mice snuggling up in tulips. You really don’t want to miss this! Scroll down to the end of this article to access an actionable list of everyday things you can do to combat extinction. Remember to visit www.reNounedPodcast.com for additional content and other works cited in the show.

8/7/23 • 70:41

In this episode, hosts Mark Schulz and Alison Hager discuss the noun “alcohol.” ReNouned is a podcast for the curious. We dust off the commonplace to look for shiny new relevance as we challenge ourselves to think critically about the objects that surround us. How do they echo humanity’s past, reflect the present, or foreshadow the future? ENJOYING THE SHOW? Follow us on social media, share your thoughts, and #BeReNouned! www.instagram.com/reNounedPodcast  Visit www.ReNounedPodcast.com to access links for all the fun stuff below and more. STUFF TO CHECK OUT FROM THIS EPISODE Things to Watch: Another Round – Movie Everything You Think You Know About Addiction is Wrong – TED Talk Dr. Strange – Movie Slightly Less Than Two Drinks – Comedy Sketch Remember to visit www.reNounedPodcast.com for additional content and other works cited in the show.

6/29/23 • 84:51

In this episode, hosts Mark Schulz and Alison Hager discuss the noun “appendix.” ReNouned is a podcast for the curious. We dust off the commonplace to look for shiny new relevance as we challenge ourselves to think critically about the objects that surround us. How do they echo humanity’s past, reflect the present, or foreshadow the future? ENJOYING THE SHOW? Follow us on social media, share your thoughts, and #BeReNouned! www.instagram.com/reNounedPodcast  Visit www.ReNounedPodcast.com to access links for all the fun stuff below and more. STUFF TO CHECK OUT FROM THIS EPISODE Things to Read: An Unsung Hero: Tom Crean - Antarctic Survivor – Michael Smith Antarctic Life: No Dogs, Few Vegetables and ‘a Little Intense’ in the Winter – NYT article about Villa Las Estrellas Things to Watch: The Endurance – Documentary Movie about Ernest Shackleton’s Endurance expedition The Story of Tom Crean - Unsung Hero – YouTube Interview with Michael Smith Things to Check Out: Go see & Juliet on Broadway. Go see Once Upon a One More Time on Broadway. Remember to visit www.reNounedPodcast.com for additional content and other works cited in the show.

5/23/23 • 81:55

In this episode, hosts Mark Schulz and Alison Hager discuss the noun “payment.” ReNouned is a podcast for the curious. We dust off the commonplace to look for shiny new relevance as we challenge ourselves to think critically about the objects that surround us. How do they echo humanity’s past, reflect the present, or foreshadow the future? ENJOYING THE SHOW? Follow us on social media, share your thoughts, and #BeReNouned! www.instagram.com/reNounedPodcast  Visit www.ReNounedPodcast.com to access links for all the fun stuff below and more. STUFF TO CHECK OUT FROM THIS EPISODE Things to Read: Longitude: The True Story of a Lone Genius Who Solved the Greatest Scientific Problem of His Time – Dava Sobel Things to Watch: Longitude – TV Movie Things to Do: Check out these images of the Imago Mundi (Babylonian Map of the World – earliest known map in human history). We mentioned you can see John Harrison’s Sea Clocks at the Horology Museum in London – I was wrong! You can see them at the Royal Museums Greenwich. Here’s a photo of the amazing H1. Want to see what a map with Rhumb Lines looks like (hint – very overwhelming!) Check this out. Remember to visit www.reNounedPodcast.com for additional content and other works cited in the show.

4/24/23 • 87:12

In this episode, hosts Mark Schulz and Alison Hager discuss the noun “payment.” ReNouned is a podcast for the curious. We dust off the commonplace to look for shiny new relevance as we challenge ourselves to think critically about the objects that surround us. How do they echo humanity’s past, reflect the present, or foreshadow the future? ENJOYING THE SHOW? Follow us on social media, share your thoughts, and #BeReNouned! www.instagram.com/reNounedPodcast  Visit www.ReNounedPodcast.com to access links for all the fun stuff below and more. STUFF TO CHECK OUT FROM THIS EPISODE Things to Read: The Complete Brothers Grimm Fairytales Crime And Punishment – Fyodor Dostoevsky The Pied Piper of Hamelin – Robert Browning Things to Watch: The Big Short - Movie Things to Listen to: “The Ceremony” – RadioLab Podcast - (on cryptocurrency launch) “Too Little, Too Much: How Poverty and Wealth Affect Our Minds” – Hidden Brain Podcast - (on Scarcity Mindset) Remember to visit www.reNounedPodcast.com for additional content and other works cited in the show.

4/10/23 • 78:12

In this episode, hosts Mark Schulz and Alison Hager discuss the noun “difference.” ReNouned is a podcast for the curious. We dust off the commonplace to look for shiny new relevance as we challenge ourselves to think critically about the objects that surround us. How do they echo humanity’s past, reflect the present, or foreshadow the future? ENJOYING THE SHOW? Follow us on social media, share your thoughts, and #BeReNouned! www.instagram.com/reNounedPodcast Visit www.ReNounedPodcast.com to access links for all the fun stuff below and more. STUFF TO CHECK OUT FROM THIS EPISODE Things to Read: Bad Blood: The Tuskegee Syphilis Experiment - James H. Jones Medical Apartheid: The Dark History of Medical Experimentation on Black Americans from Colonial Times to the Present – Harriet A. Washington The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams Things to watch: Black Mirror – TV Series Race: The Power of an Illusion – Documentary Miniseries The Matrix – Movie Things to Check Out: Check our Brene Brown – She’s the researcher/podcaster/author/speaker who said, “I’m not here to be right, I’m here to get it right.” ead about Vasily Arkhipov – the Soviet Naval officer who prevented a Soviet nuclear torpedo launch during the Cuban Missile Crisis Remember to visit www.reNounedPodcast.com for additional content and other works cited in the show.

3/1/23 • 86:22

In this episode, hosts Mark Schulz and Alison Hager discuss the noun “rehearsal.” ReNouned is a podcast for the curious. We dust off the commonplace to look for shiny new relevance as we challenge ourselves to think critically about the objects that surround us. How do they echo humanity’s past, reflect the present, or foreshadow the future? ENJOYING THE SHOW? Follow us on social media, share your thoughts, and #BeReNouned! www.instagram.com/reNounedPodcast Visit www.ReNounedPodcast.com to access links for all the fun stuff below and more. STUFF TO CHECK OUT FROM THIS EPISODE Things to watch: Avengers: Age of Ultron - movie Bringing Up Baby - Movie Stage Door – Movie Stage Door Canteen - Movie Things to Listen to: Helga podcast Things to Check Out: This short snippet of a documentary-in-development about the NY Rehearsal Club’s history. Remember to visit www.reNounedPodcast.com for additional content and other works cited in the show.

2/21/23 • 70:32

In this episode, hosts Mark Schulz and Alison Hager discuss the noun “writer.” ReNouned is a podcast for the curious. We dust off the commonplace to look for shiny new relevance as we challenge ourselves to think critically about the objects that surround us. How do they echo humanity’s past, reflect the present, or foreshadow the future? ENJOYING THE SHOW? Follow us on social media, share your thoughts, and #BeReNouned! www.instagram.com/reNounedPodcast Visit www.ReNounedPodcast.com to access links for all the fun stuff below and more. STUFF TO CHECK OUT FROM THIS EPISODE Things to read: Anything by or about Gabriel García Márquez Anything by or about James Baldwin Anything by or about Kurt Vonnegut The Bad-Ass Librarians of Timbuktu Subway Art Things to watch: Amadeus Cosmos Episode 11 – “The Persistence of Memory” Things to Listen to: De La Soul A Tribe Called Quest Remember to visit www.reNounedPodcast.com for additional content and other works cited in the show.

2/3/23 • 73:11

Alison and Mark wish the ReNouned podcast audience a very Happy New Year.  We will return on January 12th, 2023 with Episode 12, "Writer."

12/29/22 • 02:16

In this episode, hosts Mark Schulz and Alison Hager discuss the noun “slab.” ReNouned is a podcast for the curious. We dust off the commonplace to look for shiny new relevance as we challenge ourselves to think critically about the objects that surround us. How do they echo humanity’s past, reflect the present, or foreshadow the future? ENJOYING THE SHOW? Follow us on social media, share your thoughts, and #BeReNouned! www.instagram.com/reNounedPodcast Visit www.ReNounedPodcast.com to access links for all the fun stuff below and more. STUFF TO CHECK OUT FROM THIS EPISODE Things to read: The Grapes of Wrath John Steinbeck Slab City: Dispatches from the Last Free Place Charlie Hailey, Donovan Wylie Things to watch: Living Without Laws: Slab City, USA Vice video Sail Parts Explained Names, Terminology & Diagram YouTube video Welcome to Slab City Documentary film Things to Listen to: Slab City Song by Mike Bright Things to do:  Check out these evocative black and white photos of Slab City residents Check out Sailing Trivia for Savvy Sailors for some everyday phrases that come from the sailing world Remember to visit www.reNounedPodcast.com for additional content and other works cited in the show.

12/14/22 • 70:43

In this episode, hosts Mark Schulz and Alison Hager discuss the noun “height.” ReNouned is a podcast for the curious. We dust off the commonplace to look for shiny new relevance as we challenge ourselves to think critically about the objects that surround us. How do they echo humanity’s past, reflect the present, or foreshadow the future? ENJOYING THE SHOW? Follow us on social media, share your thoughts, and #BeReNouned! www.instagram.com/reNounedPodcast Visit www.ReNounedPodcast.com to access links for all the fun stuff below and more. STUFF TO CHECK OUT FROM THIS EPISODE Things to read: Into Thin Air. John Krakauer. The Power of Myth. Joseph Campbell. (Really, pick up ANY Joseph Campbell – you won’t regret it). Upanisads. In translation. Things to watch: 14 Peaks: Nothing is Impossible. Documentary Movie. Things to Listen to: Running Up That Hill by Kate Bush. Remember to visit www.ReNounedPodcast.com for additional content and other works cited in the show.

11/29/22 • 78:43

In this episode, hosts Mark Schulz and Alison Hager discuss the noun “tongue.” ReNouned is a podcast for the curious. We dust off the commonplace to look for shiny new relevance as we challenge ourselves to think critically about the objects that surround us. How do they echo humanity’s past, reflect the present, or foreshadow the future? ENJOYING THE SHOW? Follow us on social media, share your thoughts, and #BeReNouned! www.instagram.com/reNounedPodcast Visit www.ReNounedPodcast.com to access links for all the fun stuff below and more. STUFF TO CHECK OUT FROM THIS EPISODE Things to read: Eloquence in the Electronic Age. Kathleen Hall Jamieson Metamorphoses. Ovid Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat: Mastering the Elements of Good Cooking. Samin Nosrat The Way We Live Now. Anthony Trollope Things to watch: Band of Brothers. TV miniseries. Paradox of Tolerance: To Tolerate or Not to Tolerate? YouTube video. Things to Listen to: The !XÓÕ language Things to do:  *Check out DeniseGraveline.org for examples of women owning their voices. *Know that there are 24/7 resources available to anyone who has experienced sexual assault. National Sexual Assault Hotline *1-800-656-HOPE(4673) *See what a scold bridle looks like. *View Tereus’ Banquet, painted by Peter Paul Rubens. Remember to visit www.reNounedPodcast.com for additional content and other works cited in the show.

11/14/22 • 75:11

In this episode, hosts Mark Schulz and Alison Hager discuss the noun “jewel.” ReNouned is a podcast for the curious. We dust off the commonplace to look for shiny new relevance as we challenge ourselves to think critically about the objects that surround us. How do they echo humanity’s past, reflect the present, or foreshadow the future? ENJOYING THE SHOW? Follow us on social media, share your thoughts, and #BeReNouned! www.instagram.com/reNounedPodcast www.twitter.com/reNounedPodcast Visit www.ReNounedPodcast.com to access links for all the fun stuff below and more. Are you an Amazon Music user? Be sure to follow the show from our Amazon Music show page. STUFF TO CHECK OUT FROM THIS EPISODE Things to watch: Hilarious video of bumbling jewelry shop robbers John Oliver’s bit on the Kohinoor Diamond on Last Week Tonight. Lupin on Netflix Things to do:  Check out Kimaï for lab-grown diamonds Remember to visit www.reNounedPodcast.com for additional content and other works cited in the show.

11/1/22 • 73:21

In this episode, hosts Mark Schulz and Alison Hager discuss the noun “dirt.” ReNouned is a podcast for the curious. We dust off the commonplace to look for shiny new relevance as we challenge ourselves to think critically about the objects that surround us. How do they echo humanity’s past, reflect the present, or foreshadow the future? ENJOYING THE SHOW? Follow us on social media, share your thoughts, and #BeReNouned! www.instagram.com/reNounedPodcast www.twitter.com/reNounedPodcast Visit www.ReNounedPodcast.com to access links for all the fun stuff below and more. Are you an Amazon Music user? Be sure to follow the show from our Amazon Music show page.” STUFF TO CHECK OUT FROM THIS EPISODE Things to read: “Digging” Seamus Heaney poem “Dirt” Kwame Dawes poem How to Talk Dirty and Influence People. Lenny Bruce autobiography “NASA scientist arrested after chaining himself to Chase Bank as part of global climate protests.” Business Insider article. Things to watch: “Digging” The Matrix Things to listen to:  “Dust in the Wind” Kansas. “Woodstock” Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Remember to visit www.ReNounedPodcast.com for additional content and other works cited in the show.

10/25/22 • 75:37

In this episode, hosts Mark Schulz and Alison Hager discuss the noun “production.” ReNouned is a podcast for the curious. We dust off the commonplace to look for shiny new relevance as we challenge ourselves to think critically about the objects that surround us. How do they echo humanity’s past, reflect the present, or foreshadow the future? ENJOYING THE SHOW? Follow us on social media, share your thoughts, and #BeReNouned! www.instagram.com/reNounedPodcast www.twitter.com/reNounedPodcast  Visit www.ReNounedPodcast.com to access links for all the fun stuff below and more. Are you an Amazon Music user? Be sure to follow the show from our Amazon Music show page. STUFF TO CHECK OUT FROM THIS EPISODE Things to read: The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate: Discoveries from a Secret World. Wohlleben, Peter. Things to watch: Black Panther “Field Trip” The Good Place The Ruins Things to do:  Learn more about Skynano Technologies Learn more about Gideon Ponder whether or not humans have free will. Remember to visit www.reNounedPodcast.com for additional content and other works cited in the show.

10/12/22 • 112:22

In this episode, hosts Mark Schulz and Alison Hager discuss the noun “highway.” ReNouned is a podcast for the curious. We dust off the commonplace to look for shiny new relevance as we challenge ourselves to think critically about the objects that surround us. How do they echo humanity’s past, reflect the present, or foreshadow the future? ENJOYING THE SHOW? Follow us on social media, share your thoughts, and #BeReNouned! www.instagram.com/reNounedPodcast www.twitter.com/reNounedPodcast Visit www.ReNounedPodcast.com to access links for all the fun stuff below and more. Are you an Amazon Music user? Be sure to follow the show from our Amazon Music show page. STUFF TO CHECK OUT FROM THIS EPISODE Things to read: The Highway Man Alfred Noyes. The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York Caro, Robert A. Things to watch: The Brady Bunch – Don’t Shoot on YouTube ENG 2361: Ancient Engineering OSU- Group 9: Chorobates on YouTube Groma Video Project on YouTube Levelling - Chorobates | Water technology in ancient Vienna on YouTube Things to listen to: Highway Playlist *Coming Soon* Things to do:  Live in NYC? Go see Straight Line Crazy Remember to visit www.reNounedPodcast.com for additional content and other works cited in the show.

10/4/22 • 93:03

In this episode, hosts Mark Schulz and Alison Hager discuss the noun “glory.” ReNouned is a podcast for the curious. We dust off the commonplace to look for shiny new relevance as we challenge ourselves to think critically about the objects that surround us. How do they echo humanity’s past, reflect the present, or foreshadow the future? ENJOYING THE SHOW? Follow us on social media, share your thoughts, and #BeReNouned! www.instagram.com/reNounedPodcast www.twitter.com/reNounedPodcast Visit www.ReNounedPodcast.com to access links for all the fun stuff below and more. Are you an Amazon Music user? Be sure to follow the show from our Amazon Music show page. STUFF TO CHECK OUT FROM THIS EPISODE Things to read: Kaku, Michio. The God Equation Perlroth, Nicole. This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race Polchin, James. Indecent Advances: A Hidden History of True Crime and Prejudice Before Stonewall Wright, Robert. Nonzero: The Logic of Human Destiny Things to listen to: Glory from the musical Pippin. One Song Glory from the musical Rent. Remember to visit www.reNounedPodcast.com for additional content and other works cited in the show.

9/27/22 • 95:16

In this episode, hosts Mark Schulz and Alison Hager discuss the noun “shopping.” ReNouned is a podcast for the curious. We dust off the commonplace to look for shiny new relevance as we challenge ourselves to think critically about the objects that surround us. How do they echo humanity’s past, reflect the present, or foreshadow the future? ENJOYING THE SHOW? Follow us on social media, share your thoughts, and #BeReNouned! www.instagram.com/reNounedPodcast www.twitter.com/reNounedPodcast Visit www.ReNounedPodcast.com to access links for all the fun stuff below and more. Are you an Amazon Music user? Be sure to follow the show from our Amazon Music show page. STUFF TO CHECK OUT FROM THIS EPISODE Things to read: “Monkey Business.” Dubner, Stephen J. & Levitt, Steven D. The New York Times. Things to do:  Make sure you know what materials your municipal recycling program does and DOESN’T take. Shop Fair Trade & Sustainable EndSlaveryNow.org GoodOnYou.eco Take a tour of your local recycling plant, if available. For anyone in NYC, you can book a tour with Sims Municipal Recycling. Use Freecycle.Org to rehome your no-longer-needed items that can’t be donated to a not-for-profit organization. Remember to visit www.reNounedPodcast.com for additional content and other works cited in the show.

9/20/22 • 84:35

In this episode, hosts Mark Schulz and Alison Hager discuss the noun “construction.” ReNouned is a podcast for the curious. We dust off the commonplace to look for shiny new relevance as we challenge ourselves to think critically about the objects that surround us. How do they echo humanity’s past, reflect the present, or foreshadow the future? ENJOYING THE SHOW? Follow us on social media, share your thoughts, and #BeReNouned! www.instagram.com/reNounedPodcast www.twitter.com/reNounedPodcast Visit www.ReNounedPodcast.com to access links for all the fun stuff below and more. Are you an Amazon Music user? Be sure to follow the show from our Amazon Music show page. STUFF TO CHECK OUT FROM THIS EPISODE Things to read: Some We Love, Some We Hate, Some We Eat: Why It's So Hard to Think Straight About Animals. Herzog, Hal. Never Let Me Go. Ishiguro, Kazuo The Poisonwood Bible. Kingsolver, Barbara. Things to watch: Army Ant Bridge on YouTube Army Ants Build Bridge to Invade Wasp Nest on YouTube Never Let Me Go Swarm Robotics - From Local Rules to Global Behaviors on YouTube Vacuuming Up Army Ants for Science! On YouTube What Are Robotic Swarms? An Overview on YouTube Remember to visit www.reNounedPodcast.com for additional content and other works cited in the show.

9/20/22 • 78:58

In this episode, hosts Mark Schulz and Alison Hager welcome viewers and listeners to the first episode. They introduce themselves, share what ReNouned is all about, and then dive into discussion of the show's first noun: “orbit.” ReNouned is a podcast for the curious. We dust off the commonplace to look for shiny new relevance as we challenge ourselves to think critically about the objects that surround us. How do they echo humanity’s past, reflect the present, or foreshadow the future? ENJOYING THE SHOW? Follow us on social media, share your thoughts, and #BeReNouned! www.instagram.com/reNounedPodcast www.twitter.com/reNounedPodcast Visit www.ReNounedPodcast.com to access links for all the fun stuff below and more. Are you an Amazon Music user? Be sure to follow the show from our Amazon Music show page. STUFF TO CHECK OUT FROM THIS EPISODE Things to read: De Cosmo, Leonardo. “Google Engineer Claims AI Chatbot Is Sentient: Why That Matters.” Scientific American. Dobbs, David. “Beautiful Brains”. National Geographic. Poe, Edgar Allan. (1843). The Tell-Tale Heart Poe, Edgar Allan. (1829). Sonnet to Science. Tufte, Edward R. The Visual Display of Quantitative Information. Things to watch: Orb it. Camp, Nicholas & Thiel, Don III. (2019). Cosmos: A Space Time Odyssey with Neil deGrasse Tyson Órbita 9. Khraiche, Hatem. (2017). Things to listen to: Music and sounds from Earth included on NASA Voyager’s “Golden Record.” (Includes images, as well!) Things to do:  Check out the first images from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope! Consider supporting Wikipedia.org if it’s a resource you use on the regular. Generate your own random words and Go Down the Rabbit Hole with your friends! Support your local libraries! Visit Hogpen Hill Farms – Edward Tufte’s landscape sculpture park with 5 miles of walking trails. Remember to visit www.reNounedPodcast.com for additional content and other works cited in the show.

9/20/22 • 87:14

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9/19/22 • 00:45

In this episode, hosts Mark Schulz and Alison Hager welcome viewers and listeners, providing an introduction about the show.   ReNouned is a podcast for the curious. We dust off the commonplace to look for shiny new relevance as we challenge ourselves to think critically about the objects that surround us. How do they echo humanity’s past, reflect the present, or foreshadow the future? ENJOYING THE SHOW? Follow us on social media, share your thoughts, and #BeReNouned! www.instagram.com/reNounedPodcast www.twitter.com/reNounedPodcast Visit www.ReNounedPodcast.com to access links for all the fun stuff below and more. Are you an Amazon Music user? Be sure to follow the show from our Amazon Music show page. Remember to visit www.reNounedPodcast.com for additional content and other works cited in the show.

9/18/22 • 12:35