Faraday cages are one of those peculiar miracles of nature that we can actually explain – not to mention, they save us from potentially fatal electrocutions and electronic eavesdropping which are bonuses. Learn about this amazing hidden technology here.
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# Stuff You Should Know: Faraday Cages
Josh and Chuck dive into the fascinating world of Faraday cages, exploring how these ingenious conductors protect everything from airplanes to your microwave. Starting with Ben Franklin's puzzling cork ball experiment and Michael Faraday's brilliant investigations, they break down the surprisingly counterintuitive science of how electrical charges stay on the outside of a conductor while the inside remains completely safe. The episode covers real-world applications ranging from hospital MRI rooms to government buildings protecting state secrets, plus some entertaining detours into preppers' survival plans and the controversial world of electromagnetic hypersensitivity.
Better Call Saul
2015
TV-MA
★ 8.7
"like better call Saul's brother on the show. I still haven't seen that. — Josh referenced the character Chuck McGill from Better Call Saul, who has an electromagnetic hypersensitivity condition, in context of EMF allergies and Faraday cages."
— Josh
Red Heat
1988
R
1h 44m
★ 6.2
"We also went to that Turkish bath that the beginning of red heat was filmed in. — Chuck mentioned visiting the Turkish bath in Budapest where the beginning of the movie Red Heat was filmed during a trip to Hungary."
— Chuck
Stand by Me
1986
1h 29m
★ 7.8
"like the kid in standby me basically, right? That was a train. — Chuck used the famous train scene from Stand By Me as a metaphor for what happens when you touch a live electrical conductor."
— Chuck
The Ice Storm
1997
1h 53m
★ 6.9
"The ice storm. The movie. Does that happen in that movie? — Josh referenced the movie while discussing a downed power line scenario and lightning, mentioning it as one of the great movies he hasn't seen."
— Josh
The Langoliers
1995
★ 6.4
"you end up in an alternate universe that the Langoliers are eating, that's the other way to know your plane was struck by lightning. — Josh joked about The Langoliers as an absurd indicator that a plane was struck by lightning, referencing Stephen King's made-for-TV movie."
— Josh
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