The bison emoji is now available on iPhones! And there's more good news where that came from. [This is not a whole new episode of the miniseries, it's an extra bonus update.]

Welcome to Episode 4 out of 4. [CONTENT WARNING: grief & loss]

Guests on this episode:

Chet Wild (comedian & podcaster) -- @ChetWild/#FastballAtChets

Charles Brewer (food program manager for Charging Buffalo Meat House, Pine Ridge Reservation, South Dakota) -- nativeprogress.org

Visit bisonemojipodcast.com for episode show notes, full guest information, and source links for this episode’s history, science, and stories.

Contact [email protected] with your questions about the emoji proposal process, or anything else.

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/

Welcome to Episode 3 out of 4!

Guest on this episode:

Katie Goldin (comedy writer & host of the ‘Creature Feature’ podcast) -- @KatieGoldin/@ProBirdRights

Visit bisonemojipodcast.com for episode show notes, full guest information, and source links for this episode’s history, science, and stories.

Contact [email protected] with your questions about the emoji proposal process, or anything else.

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/

Welcome to Episode 2 out of 4!

Guests on this episode:

Julia Heffernan (emoji artist) -- juliaheffernan.com

Gretchen McCulloch (Internet linguist) -- gretchenmcculloch.com

Greg Welch (Unicode board member & V.P.) -- unicode.org

Visit bisonemojipodcast.com for episode show notes, full guest information, and source links for this episode’s history, science, and stories.

Contact [email protected] with your questions about the emoji proposal process, or anything else.

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/

Welcome to Episode 1 out of 4!

Guest on this episode: Mark Bramhill (podcaster & audio storyteller) -- markbramhill.com

Visit bisonemojipodcast.com for episode show notes, full guest information, and source links for this episode’s history, science, and stories.

Contact [email protected] with your questions about the emoji proposal process, or anything else.

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/

Alex Schmidt created an emoji...and there is a whole lot more to it than that.

In this one-off limited time podcast miniseries, discover how Alex created the new BISON EMOJI. You’ll also discover insane American history, fascinating animal facts, the artisanal unicorn emoji industry, Internet linguistics, hoax supervolcanoes, and a few big secret things not listed here.

Show website: bisonemojipodcast.com

Episode music: “Disco Sheik” by Podington Bear (soundofpicture.com)