Episode

1626: "Can You Hear Electricity?"

Podcast: Interesting Things with JC
Published: Apr 18, 2026
Duration seconds: 213
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Interesting Things with JC #1626: "Can You Hear Electricity" – A glass globe spins under a hand in a London lab as charge builds and sharp snaps break the air, but the sound isn’t electricity and the same effect continues from lab sparks to lightning strikes to power lines as air keeps expanding under sudden energy.