The Lightning Tamers - UI Podcast #214

Useless Information Podcast

Airwave Media Podcast Network

History, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.6 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 21 February 2024

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Our modern world is dependent on electricity. But did you ever stop to wonder where it all began? Guest Kathy Joseph, author of the book The Lightning Tamers and host of the popular YouTube channel Kathy Loves Physics, joins me to talk about some of these amazing stories. Video of this interview: https://uselessinformation.org/the-lightning-tamers-podcast-214/ Purchase The Lightning Tamers by Kathy Joseph at https://shorturl.at/cwzKS Kathy Loves Physics & History on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Weirdly_wonderful Kathy Joseph’s website: https://kathylovesphysics.com/ Images, links, and transcripts for this podcast can be found at https://uselessinformation.org/the-lightning-tamers-podcast-214/ The Useless Information Podcast is a member of the Airwave Media podcast network. Visit https://www.airwavemedia.com/ to listen to more great podcasts just like this one. Please contact [email protected] if you would like to advertise on our podcast. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to an Airwave Media Podcast.
0:05.0	You care about your money. Of course you do.
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0:29.0	Everyone, I just want to mention before playing the audio for today's podcast that I've also edited the video
0:35.0	version of it. It's identical audio but you actually get to see me and my guest Kathy Joseph speaking.
0:41.9	So if you prefer to watch the podcast instead of listening to it, just head on over
0:45.8	to my website that's useless information.org and click on the story for the lightning
0:50.5	tamer's. The link to the video is on that page. Again the website is
0:56.4	useless information.org and click on the story the Lightning Tamers. Anyway let's
1:01.7	roll the tape. Can you imagine a world without electricity? I mean, no cell
1:09.6	phones, TV, radios, computers, you know, coffee makers, lights, I can just go on and on.
1:16.5	All I can tell you is that I don't want to live in that world.
1:20.6	But did you ever wonder how the amazing world of electricity came to be?
1:24.0	I mean it all had to start somewhere, right?
1:27.0	Well, my guest today, Kathy Joseph, has recently written a book titled The Lightning Tamers,
1:32.0	and it tells the true stories of the dreamers and schemers who harness electricity and transformed our world.
1:39.0	After thinking this could be a boring read with complex science and lots lots of math I assure you that it's
1:44.8	not this is a book that has been written with the non-scientist in mind in fact
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