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Podcast: An Americanist
Episode: NASA Explains Sprites And A TikTok Shopping Spiral
Description: TALK TO ME, TEXT ITA glowing red âjellyfishâ above a thunderstorm looks like sciâfi until you hear the science. We start with a simple birthday fitness winâstanding up from the floor without using handsâand follow that thread of intentional choices into the sky, where NASA explains sprites: rare, vermilion flashes that bloom 50 miles up and vanish in milliseconds. The images echo Stranger Things, but the truth is better than fictionâa peek at the upper atmosphereâs hidden electrical theater and how storms can spark beauty we rarely see.From awe to impulse, we...