Fulminology (LIGHTNING) with Chris Giesige

Ologies with Alie Ward

Alie Ward

Comedy, Science, Society & Culture

4.9 • 23.8K Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2020

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

Thunder and lightning: very, very frighteningly interesting! Wildfire researcher and lightning scientist Chris Giesige answers questions about thunderclaps and lightning flashes in a laid back way that will put him at the top of your Fulminologist list. He explains everything from clouds to positive and negative charges, volcanic lightning, fire tornadoes, getting struck by lightning, fractal scars, sprites, elves, how many gigawatts in a lightning strike, and how to enjoy a storm without getting zapped. Also, heartbreak vs. heart damage from electricity. Follow Chris at Twitter.com/Cgiesige39 or Instagram.com/chrisgiesige A donation went to International Relief Teams: irteams.org and Westcats.com Sponsors of the show: www.alieward.com/ologies-sponsors For more links: alieward.com/ologies/fulminology Transcripts & bleeped episodes at: alieward.com/ologies-extras Become a patron of Ologies for as little as a buck a month: www.Patreon.com/ologies OlogiesMerch.com has hats, shirts, pins, totes and uh...bikinis? Hi. Yes. Follow twitter.com/ologies or instagram.com/ologies Follow twitter.com/AlieWard or instagram.com/AlieWard Sound editing by Jarrett Sleeper of MindJam Media & Steven Ray Morris Theme song by Nick Thorburn Support the show: http://Patreon.com/ologies

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0:00.0	Oh hey, it's your mom's neighbor who dresses up that ceramic goose on her porch.
0:04.3	Now in a tiny scarecrow costume for fall.
0:07.2	Alliwards, and back with another episode, FireyOne of Oligies.
0:11.6	This is one of those very, very many years in the making episodes where
0:15.6	as soon as I decided to make this podcast Oligies, I was like,
0:18.8	I got to hit up this expert and I put them on a list.
0:20.9	This interview, it's electric.
0:23.0	But first, let's thank everyone in the club at patreon.com,
0:26.1	Sasha Oligies, you're like fam, you submit questions,
0:29.5	and you find out what episodes are coming up.
0:31.6	I love you. Thanks to everyone who's recommended Oligies on like message boards
0:36.0	and group texts and socially distance barbecue.
0:39.0	Thanks to everyone wearing Oligies merch from Oligiesmerch.com.
0:42.6	Thank you to the folks who press subscribe and who rate it.
0:46.2	We're like number three on the science charts.
0:48.7	It's bananas, especially thank you to the folks who leave reviews.
0:51.6	For me to read a days when I feel like a dirty,
0:55.2	nervous, prairie dog, which is often, sometimes,
0:58.2	I read them all. And so here's a fresh one to prove it.
1:00.7	This is from Love This, who said,
1:02.6	you think scientists would be very serious,
1:04.4	people who get straight to the point.
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