{"podcast":{"title":"WeatherBrains","slug":"weatherbrains-7522","podcast_index_feed_id":7522,"rss_url":"https://weatherbrains.libsyn.com/rss","website_url":"http://www.weatherbrains.com","image_url":"https://static.libsyn.com/p/assets/1/4/e/f/14ef5d17401102e9/unnamed.png","author":"Big Brains Media LLC","episode_count":100,"summary":"The world's oldest and greatest weather podcast. Join weather geeks James Spann, Bill Murray, Kim Klockow-McClain, Dr. Neil Jacobs, Rick Smith, Aubrey Urbanowicz, Jen Narramore, and Troy Kimmel along with some of the most brilliant minds in the weather enterprise every week!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-28T06:20:21.909695+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/weatherbrains-7522"},"episode":{"title":"WeatherBrains 1062:  It's Those Kentucky Aliens","slug":"weatherbrains-1062-it-s-those-kentucky-aliens","published_at":"2026-05-27T11:46:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/weatherbrains-7522/weatherbrains-1062-it-s-those-kentucky-aliens","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/weatherbrains-7522","url":"https://weatherbrains.libsyn.com/weatherbrains-1062-its-those-kentucky-aliens","audio_url":"https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/weatherbrains/wb052626.mp3?dest-id=143088","summary":"This week's WeatherBrains episode is all about lightning. Joining us tonight will be Dr. Mary Ann Cooper, internationally recognized for her work in lightning injury prevention. She's an emergency physician, and has received awards from both the medical and the lightning communities. She has a BS in biochemistry and completed her medical internship in Cincinnati. We are also joined by John Jensenius, longtime NWS meteorologist and lightning safety specialist. He's been in the weather business for over four decades. We will discuss lightning injuries, safety, myths, and how to better protect people during thunderstorms. Thanks for joining us! Our email officer Jen is continuing to handle the incoming messages from our listeners. Reach us here: email@weatherbrains.com. Getting the media involved in lightning safety (24:30) Annual lighting fatalities and average trends (25:30) 30/30 lightning rule (34:00) \"When Thunder Roars, Go Indoors\" (37:30) Lightning back to basics: Voltage, temps, thunder, ect (39:30) What is a flashover? (46:30) Lasting nervous system injuries after lightning strike (01:01:00) \"The Deadly Dozen\" (01:10:30) Lightning safety and cars: What is fact and fiction? (01:15:00) ACLE (African Centres for Lightning Education Network) (01:23:00) The Astronomy Outlook with Tony Rice (No segment this week) This Week in Tornado History With Jen (01:28:45) Sneak peak at future WeatherBrains Episodes (01:31:00) E-Mail Segment and more! Web Sites from Episode 1062: African Centres for Lightning Education Network National Lightning Safety Council Alabama Weather Network Books - Cope Disaster Champions Picks of the Week: John Jensenius - \"The Clouds Outside My Window\" by John Jensenius James Aydelott - May 26-27, 1984 Tulsa Memorial Day Flood Jen Narramore - Forecaste…","meta_description":"This week's WeatherBrains episode is all about lightning. Joining us tonight will be Dr. Mary Ann Cooper, internationally recognized for her work in light…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":6144,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/weatherbrains-7522/episodes/weatherbrains-1062-it-s-those-kentucky-aliens/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/weatherbrains-7522/weatherbrains-1062-it-s-those-kentucky-aliens.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}