Saying Goodbye To The Kojo Nnamdi Show
On this last episode, we look back on 23 years of joyous, difficult and always informative conversation.
Guest Host: Frank Stasio
Lightning flashes worldwide about 4 million times per day and causes more deaths than either hurricanes or tornadoes, yet scientists still don’t know why lightning happens. But researchers are getting a better understanding of it, including how it emits x-rays as it travels from the sky to the ground.
Guests
- E. Philip Krider Professor of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Arizona; also contributor to "Benjamin Franklin: In Search of a Better World" (Yale Univ. Press Oct. 2005)
- Joseph Dwyer Professor of Physics and Space Sciences, Florida Institute of Technology
- Hugh Christian Lightning Reseach Team Leader, NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center
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