Maddie, if you're like me, maybe you're spending a lot of time

lately reading the news, scrolling through Twitter, maybe too much time.

Which probably means you need a little break.

So, we're trying something new here, a shortwave movie club,

where we talk about a movie and the science in them

with someone who has a lot to say about both.

And personal host promise, we will not be doing contagion.

Okay, here's the show.

You're listening to shortwave from NPR.

Ali Bergo still remembers the first time she saw it.

I mean, we all do.

I was about in fourth grade.

It was maybe around midnight, probably not that late,

because my parents probably wouldn't let me stay up that late.

But Curtin's drawn, I was knitting and I happened to come across.

I was knitting, yeah.

And I happened to come across this movie on TV.

It's just flipping channels, you know.

And I saw a tornado.

So I started watching it and I was just mesmerized.

I remember my dad coming down and yelling at me to go to bed.

I was like, just wait one more minute.

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