Smologies #25: LIGHTNING with Chris Giesige

Ologies with Alie Ward

Alie Ward

Comedy, Science, Society & Culture

4.9 • 23.8K Ratings

🗓️ 19 July 2023

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

It’s a kid-friendly episode on … 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, the link between lightning scientists and firefighters, volcanic lightning, ice particle mosh pits, how many gigawatts in a lightning strike, and how to enjoy a storm without getting zapped.

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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	Alley Ward, I'm back with another episode, Fiery One of Oligies.
0:08.7	This is one of those very, very many years in the making episodes where
0:12.7	as soon as I decided to make this podcast, Oligies, I was like,
0:15.9	I got a hit of this expert and I put them on a list.
0:18.0	This interview, it's electric.
0:20.1	Okay, so full monology, let's get into it.
0:22.5	Very much a thing.
0:23.7	It's a science of those streaks in the sky.
0:27.2	And it comes from the Latin word full gare,
0:30.3	which means to shine or to flash.
0:32.4	Also, if you have a fear of thunder and lightning,
0:35.2	you're not alone.
0:36.0	I'm looking straight at you, my dog, Grammy,
0:38.4	and also my dear sister, friend, Shannon Feltis.
0:40.9	You have something that is called Quranophobia.
0:44.1	It's also inexplicably named astrophobia,
0:48.1	rontophobia, and tonotrophobia.
0:50.6	So let's learn a little bit more about it.
0:52.0	So kick your boots up, lean back on your porch chair,
0:54.8	and enjoy some facts about thunder.
0:57.0	And lightning and storms and volcanoes.
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