Special Episode: Electricity

This Podcast Will Kill You

Exactly Right and iHeartPodcasts

Health & Fitness, Science

4.8 • 17.7K Ratings

🗓️ 29 March 2022

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

While last week’s episode covered ample ground when it came to lightning strikes, there is so much more to the world of electricity left to explore. Fortunately, there’s a bonus episode for that! This week, we’re joined by a familiar voice, Dr. Timothy Jorgensen, whose previous appearance on the podcast (see Ep 53 Radiation: X-Ray Marks the Spot) helped to lay out the basics of radiation. In this bonus episode, Dr. Jorgensen, Professor of Radiation Medicine and Director of the Health Physics Graduate Program at Georgetown University, returns to the pod to help us dig deeper into the vast topic of electricity. His latest popular science book, Spark: The Life of Electricity and the Electricity of Life, gives us much to talk about, from how electricity works to the difference between direct and alternating current, from electric fish to ECT, and beyond. As an accomplished science writer, Dr. Jorgensen also shares some insights into using storytelling as a teaching tool and advice for those who may want to become better science communicators themselves. Tune in wherever you get your podcasts!

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1:05.0	Hi, I'm Erin Welsh, and this is This Podcast Will Kill You.
1:28.0	Welcome back, everyone.
1:29.8	I'm very excited that you're joining me for this latest bonus episode in our mini-series
1:35.3	of bonus episodes that have been coming out for the past few months.
1:40.0	Just as a refresher, I'm putting together these bonus episodes as a way to hopefully accomplish
1:45.3	two things at once.
1:46.9	First, I get to explore in more detail some aspect of what we covered the previous week,
1:52.2	helped along by an expert guest, of course.
1:55.4	And second, I get to then ask that guest all about their experiences in their career,
2:01.3	what they like about it, how the field could be improved, and he advice they may have
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