April 13, 2024 • 13 mins
"When the lights go off, what's a kid to do? Join Emily and Winston in this exciting power outage adventure and discover the mysteries of electricity together as they dive into the fascinating story of Benjamin Franklin, the famous inventor known for his experiments with electricity and his portrait on the 100 dollar bill. Can they learn something new about how electricity lights up our world? This episode of Lingokids: Growin' Up podcast is packed with fun, learning, and adventure, perfect for curious kids.
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A Lingokids Original podcast produced by Paradiso Media
Starring Emily Calandrelli as Herself and Brock Powell as Winston.
Executive Producers: Emi Norris, Benoit Dunaigre, Lorenzo Benedetti, Louis Daboussy
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Hey there, Welcome to Growing Up with Emily, a Lingo
kids podcast. It helps kids discover how to be whatever
they want to be.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Growing up will be tall enough bowing up up the
we grow.
Speaker 1 (00:31):
Hey, Winston, do you know what electrician invented the light bulb?
Speaker 2 (00:35):
Oh? I okay, I think I know this one, uh
professor lightbulb sign.
Speaker 1 (00:42):
It's kind of a trick question, but we'll find out
on today's episode of Growing Up. Oh whoa, that's weird.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
Hey, all the lights went out and all the machines
in the lab just stopped working. What's happening, Emily.
Speaker 1 (00:59):
There must be a power outage. But don't worry, Winston.
I'm sure the electricians will fix it soon. Why don't
we light some candles so we're not just bumbling around
in the dark. Can you help me find some?
Speaker 2 (01:11):
Sure, it's like a treasure hunt in the dark.
Speaker 1 (01:17):
Oops. Oh gosh, just bumped into the big telescope. Be careful, Winston.
We don't want to knock over any of our super
cool lab equipment.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
Okay, I'm being careful, Emily. I'm being careful while I
sneak around in the dark like a ninja.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
If you find a candle, shout eureka.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
Oh okay, Eureka, I found one. It was hiding behind
the squishy moon model in your desk.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
Oh great job. Oh eureka, I found one behind the
test tubes. Nice, let's light them up. But remember we
always have to be super careful with candles.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
Oh okay, Emily, that's better. So why do you think
the lights went out? Emily.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
Sometimes during a big storm or when there's a problem
with the power lines, we lose electricity. That's why it's
always good to have candles or flashlights.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
Handy. Eureka, eureka, eureka, here's a whole bunch of candles.
Speaker 1 (02:13):
Perfect. Let's like those two. Do you know what's really
important when the power's out?
Speaker 2 (02:19):
M staying safe and not bumping into things, and also
having an emergency supply of bubblegum.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
Yes, all of those things, but also keeping each other
company too. It's an adventure, and our lab is getting
cozier with each candle we light.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
Aw it's so beautiful and magical. It's like our labs
decorated for Christmas. You know, I didn't realize how much
electricity we used here, Emily, but it's kind of nice
not having all the computers and lights on all at
the same time.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
And we can watch from here when the electricians come
with special ladders to fix the wires.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
Oh yeah, I've seen them in those buckets that get
raised up real high from the trucks before, Emily exactly.
Speaker 1 (03:02):
And they don't just check the wires you can see
like power lines, but also secret underground tunnels where electric
wires run to all the buildings, especially in big cities.
Electricians also look at the different parts of the electrical
system to make sure everything's working properly. But they always
have to be safe.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
Going up on the ladders and touching wires would be
so dangerous.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
It is risky. Electricians who do that work are called
outdoor linemen. They make sure electricity from power plants gets
to power lines that go to all the buildings. In fact, Winston,
I've got a crazy story about that.
Speaker 2 (03:40):
Oh boy, it's not too scary, is it? Because you
know it's still dark? What is it? Emily?
Speaker 1 (03:46):
Not too scary? There's one electrician in South Dakota whose
job is especially dangerous.
Speaker 2 (03:52):
What makes their job even more dangerous.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
Well, twice a year he has to climb straight up
the super tall tower that's almost fifteen hundred feet high.
That's nearly four hundred and fifty meters tall.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
WHOA, that's like, really really really high, isn't it Exactly?
Speaker 1 (04:10):
To put it in perspective, the world's tallest roller coaster
is just over four hundred and fifty feet or almost
one hundred and forty meters. So this electrical tower is
four times as high as that.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
Nikes, that's scary. And he climbs all the way up
on his own with no help or anything.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
That's right. He changes the bulb twice a year so
that airplanes can see there's a tower at night and
won't fly into it.
Speaker 2 (04:37):
Yeah, I don't know if i'd like a job like that,
even if it was twice a year.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
It could also be incredibly windy when you get that
high up and the wind can blow like you're in
the middle of a big storm.
Speaker 2 (04:49):
WHOA, seems risky. If I went to school to be
an electrician, I think I'd stick to installing light bulbs
a bit closer to the ground.
Speaker 1 (04:57):
Oh, I'm with you. That seems way too high for me.
And you know working with electricity can be dangerous enough
without that height.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
Well, I know you definitely should never touch electric power lines,
especially if they're on the ground exactly.
Speaker 1 (05:12):
And electricians work with high voltage electricity, which means it
is super duper strong, so they have to be especially
careful and do their work safely.
Speaker 2 (05:22):
Because electricity can shock people, right like lightning. So is
that why you have to be careful not to use
electronics around water too, Emily, Yeah.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
Very true. Electricians spend years learning how electricity works so
that they can be safe. Some go to college and
some learn by working for master electricians. They're called apprentices.
Speaker 2 (05:42):
Oh so they're kind of like assistance first, like me, Hey,
an electric company truck just drove by outside.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
Oh yeah. They might be trying to figure out what
part of the system isn't working, and then they'll try
to fix it.
Speaker 2 (05:56):
Well, no, rush, This is kind of fun.
Speaker 1 (05:59):
It is nice to slow down sometimes, isn't it. Winstin,
Just sit back and enjoy the candlelight. Think about what
it must have been like before people used electricity at all.
They could sit around reading books in the candlelights.
Speaker 2 (06:15):
Yeah, what did people do before electricity was invented?
Speaker 1 (06:18):
Well, electricity wasn't invented really, It's part of nature.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
Oh right, like lightning. Lightning is made of electricity, yep.
Speaker 1 (06:28):
But it took people a long time to figure out
how to use electricity to power things like lights and machines.
Speaker 2 (06:37):
I wonder who used electricity first.
Speaker 1 (06:40):
A lot of people were experimenting with electricity as early
as three hundred years ago. But there's one very famous
American who helped us learn a lot about it. Should
we take a quick trip back in time to visit him?
Speaker 2 (06:53):
Yeah, let's do it, Emily, all.
Speaker 1 (06:55):
Right, Wentson, buckle up. We are diving into the electrifying world.
Benjamin Franklin.
Speaker 2 (07:01):
Did you see Benjamin Franklin? I've heard of him. Is
this his house?
Speaker 1 (07:09):
It sure is right now. We are smack dab in
the middle of his property in Philadelphia, around seventeen fifty two.
Speaker 2 (07:18):
Seventeen fifty two. That's like forever ago.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
Yes, it is a while back. Benjamin Franklin was a
clever man and a wise leader who made important decisions
and helped lead America in its early days. And he
also invented cool stuff and loved to learn about electricity.
Oh see the guy outside, the one with the funny
glasses in the hat. That is Benjamin Franklin. Doing an experiment.
(07:46):
Let's open the window and take a closer look.
Speaker 2 (07:50):
Whoa is he flying a kite in this crazy storm?
Seems pretty dangerous.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
Ben Franklin was a brave and curious fellow Winston, just
like you. Oh, he just attached a metal key to
the kite string to prove a point.
Speaker 2 (08:06):
And what point is he trying to prove?
Speaker 1 (08:07):
Emily, his point was that lightning is made of electricity.
And boy did his experiment spark a lot of discoveries.
Speaker 2 (08:17):
Oh he didn't get zapp by the lightning, did he.
Speaker 1 (08:20):
Well, the story's a bit legendary. Benjamin Franklin flew a
kite in a storm and attached a metal key to it,
and when lightning hit the kite, zap the electricity traveled
down to the key. At least that's one version of
the story.
Speaker 2 (08:36):
So Ben Franklin discovered that lightning was a type of
electricity that is crazy. Well, I bet people are all
a little shocked when they found out about his discovery.
Speaker 1 (08:47):
Absolutely, And you know the word electrician, he invented that too,
and the word battery.
Speaker 2 (08:55):
Wow, So he was like a word inventor as well.
Speaker 1 (08:58):
Yeah, he was. This work helped us understand how to
use electricity more safely and effectively. His kite experiment proved
lightning was electricity, leading to his invention of the lightning fraud,
which protects buildings from lightning strikes by safely directing the
electricity to the ground. No looks like he just lost
(09:21):
his kite in the storm.
Speaker 2 (09:22):
So Ben Franklin's work kind of made it easier for
people to invent other electric things, like light bulbs.
Speaker 1 (09:28):
In a way. Yes, several scientists invented light bulbs early on,
but they all had some different problems, like lights that
would burn too bright or being way too expensive for
everyone to use.
Speaker 2 (09:41):
So they made light bulbs, but they weren't exactly right exactly.
Speaker 1 (09:46):
Over time, inventors made better and better light bulbs until
they made the kind we used today. Two men, Thomas
Edison and Joseph Swann, invented these light bulbs in the
late eighteen hundreds, and they're the ones we most use
in our lamps at home now.
Speaker 2 (10:01):
WHOA so Edison and Swan were both super important electricians.
Speaker 1 (10:06):
They certainly were. The two inventors found a way to
make cities glitter and sparkle for the first time in history.
Speaker 2 (10:12):
And then boom, all the lights went on in the
whole wide world.
Speaker 1 (10:17):
Well, not quite that fast. It took around fifty years
for every city around town in the US to get
electric lights. It was a lot of work for early electricians,
but there were some exciting moments when lights turned on
for the first time.
Speaker 2 (10:32):
Oh I wish I could see that happen. Oh, I
bet it would be so awesome to see electric lights
light up for the first time ever, especially if you'd
never seen them before.
Speaker 1 (10:41):
Me too. But speaking of lights going on.
Speaker 2 (10:45):
Oh, we should find out if the powers back on
at the lab.
Speaker 1 (10:48):
That's just what I was about to say. Great minds,
think alike. Oh the lights are coming back on.
Speaker 2 (10:57):
Hey wow, all the lab equipment is working again. Yeah wooo.
Speaker 1 (11:02):
It sounds like our neighbors are excited too, Whinston. They
must have a lot of electricians working at once to
fix the power outage so quickly.
Speaker 2 (11:10):
It's weird to think that being an electrician wasn't always
a job, and now we sure do need a lot
of them because we use electricity for almost everything nowadays.
Speaker 1 (11:20):
So it's odd to think that there used to be
jobs that no longer exist, like the lamplighters who carried
long poles to light the gas street lamps each night
and then put them out every morning.
Speaker 2 (11:32):
Oh wow, I didn't know that. But once light bulbs
were made, they didn't need gas lamps on the streets anymore.
You could just turn a light switch on and off.
Speaker 1 (11:40):
Yeah, that's right.
Speaker 2 (11:42):
What kind of jobs will electricians have in the future.
Speaker 1 (11:45):
I don't know, Whinston. It kind of depends on what
new electrical inventions people come up with.
Speaker 2 (11:51):
I guess well, maybe there'll be new kinds of lights,
or maybe the wires will be different, or no wires
at all, electricity could just in the air, or maybe
whole streets will be lit from underneath.
Speaker 1 (12:04):
Yeah, you sure have some original ideas for electrical inventions, Winston.
Maybe you'll be the person to come up with something
new and exciting.
Speaker 2 (12:12):
Very cool. Hey, Emily, why don't electricians panic in a crisis?
Speaker 1 (12:18):
I don't know whence then why?
Speaker 2 (12:20):
Well, because they know how to work down to the wire.
Speaker 1 (12:24):
Not bad, Winston, not bad. Well that's all the time
we have this week on growing up. Thanks for tagging
along and learning about the exciting lives of electricians with us.
Until next time, keep that spark of curiosity alive listeners.
(12:57):
Hey Winston, are you curious?
Speaker 2 (12:59):
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Speaker 1 (13:00):
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Hey there, Welcome to Growing Up with Emily, a Lingo
kids podcast. It helps kids discover how to be whatever
they want to be.
Speaker 2 (00:11):
Growing up will be tall enough bowing up up the
we grow.
Speaker 1 (00:31):
Hey, Winston, do you know what electrician invented the light bulb?
Speaker 2 (00:35):
Oh? I okay, I think I know this one, uh
professor lightbulb sign.
Speaker 1 (00:42):
It's kind of a trick question, but we'll find out
on today's episode of Growing Up. Oh whoa, that's weird.
Speaker 2 (00:52):
Hey, all the lights went out and all the machines
in the lab just stopped working. What's happening, Emily.
Speaker 1 (00:59):
There must be a power outage. But don't worry, Winston.
I'm sure the electricians will fix it soon. Why don't
we light some candles so we're not just bumbling around
in the dark. Can you help me find some?
Speaker 2 (01:11):
Sure, it's like a treasure hunt in the dark.
Speaker 1 (01:17):
Oops. Oh gosh, just bumped into the big telescope. Be careful, Winston.
We don't want to knock over any of our super
cool lab equipment.
Speaker 2 (01:25):
Okay, I'm being careful, Emily. I'm being careful while I
sneak around in the dark like a ninja.
Speaker 1 (01:31):
If you find a candle, shout eureka.
Speaker 2 (01:35):
Oh okay, Eureka, I found one. It was hiding behind
the squishy moon model in your desk.
Speaker 1 (01:42):
Oh great job. Oh eureka, I found one behind the
test tubes. Nice, let's light them up. But remember we
always have to be super careful with candles.
Speaker 2 (01:53):
Oh okay, Emily, that's better. So why do you think
the lights went out? Emily.
Speaker 1 (01:59):
Sometimes during a big storm or when there's a problem
with the power lines, we lose electricity. That's why it's
always good to have candles or flashlights.
Speaker 2 (02:08):
Handy. Eureka, eureka, eureka, here's a whole bunch of candles.
Speaker 1 (02:13):
Perfect. Let's like those two. Do you know what's really
important when the power's out?
Speaker 2 (02:19):
M staying safe and not bumping into things, and also
having an emergency supply of bubblegum.
Speaker 1 (02:25):
Yes, all of those things, but also keeping each other
company too. It's an adventure, and our lab is getting
cozier with each candle we light.
Speaker 2 (02:36):
Aw it's so beautiful and magical. It's like our labs
decorated for Christmas. You know, I didn't realize how much
electricity we used here, Emily, but it's kind of nice
not having all the computers and lights on all at
the same time.
Speaker 1 (02:51):
And we can watch from here when the electricians come
with special ladders to fix the wires.
Speaker 2 (02:56):
Oh yeah, I've seen them in those buckets that get
raised up real high from the trucks before, Emily exactly.
Speaker 1 (03:02):
And they don't just check the wires you can see
like power lines, but also secret underground tunnels where electric
wires run to all the buildings, especially in big cities.
Electricians also look at the different parts of the electrical
system to make sure everything's working properly. But they always
have to be safe.
Speaker 2 (03:21):
Going up on the ladders and touching wires would be
so dangerous.
Speaker 1 (03:25):
It is risky. Electricians who do that work are called
outdoor linemen. They make sure electricity from power plants gets
to power lines that go to all the buildings. In fact, Winston,
I've got a crazy story about that.
Speaker 2 (03:40):
Oh boy, it's not too scary, is it? Because you
know it's still dark? What is it? Emily?
Speaker 1 (03:46):
Not too scary? There's one electrician in South Dakota whose
job is especially dangerous.
Speaker 2 (03:52):
What makes their job even more dangerous.
Speaker 1 (03:54):
Well, twice a year he has to climb straight up
the super tall tower that's almost fifteen hundred feet high.
That's nearly four hundred and fifty meters tall.
Speaker 2 (04:05):
WHOA, that's like, really really really high, isn't it Exactly?
Speaker 1 (04:10):
To put it in perspective, the world's tallest roller coaster
is just over four hundred and fifty feet or almost
one hundred and forty meters. So this electrical tower is
four times as high as that.
Speaker 2 (04:23):
Nikes, that's scary. And he climbs all the way up
on his own with no help or anything.
Speaker 1 (04:30):
That's right. He changes the bulb twice a year so
that airplanes can see there's a tower at night and
won't fly into it.
Speaker 2 (04:37):
Yeah, I don't know if i'd like a job like that,
even if it was twice a year.
Speaker 1 (04:41):
It could also be incredibly windy when you get that
high up and the wind can blow like you're in
the middle of a big storm.
Speaker 2 (04:49):
WHOA, seems risky. If I went to school to be
an electrician, I think I'd stick to installing light bulbs
a bit closer to the ground.
Speaker 1 (04:57):
Oh, I'm with you. That seems way too high for me.
And you know working with electricity can be dangerous enough
without that height.
Speaker 2 (05:06):
Well, I know you definitely should never touch electric power lines,
especially if they're on the ground exactly.
Speaker 1 (05:12):
And electricians work with high voltage electricity, which means it
is super duper strong, so they have to be especially
careful and do their work safely.
Speaker 2 (05:22):
Because electricity can shock people, right like lightning. So is
that why you have to be careful not to use
electronics around water too, Emily, Yeah.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
Very true. Electricians spend years learning how electricity works so
that they can be safe. Some go to college and
some learn by working for master electricians. They're called apprentices.
Speaker 2 (05:42):
Oh so they're kind of like assistance first, like me, Hey,
an electric company truck just drove by outside.
Speaker 1 (05:50):
Oh yeah. They might be trying to figure out what
part of the system isn't working, and then they'll try
to fix it.
Speaker 2 (05:56):
Well, no, rush, This is kind of fun.
Speaker 1 (05:59):
It is nice to slow down sometimes, isn't it. Winstin,
Just sit back and enjoy the candlelight. Think about what
it must have been like before people used electricity at all.
They could sit around reading books in the candlelights.
Speaker 2 (06:15):
Yeah, what did people do before electricity was invented?
Speaker 1 (06:18):
Well, electricity wasn't invented really, It's part of nature.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
Oh right, like lightning. Lightning is made of electricity, yep.
Speaker 1 (06:28):
But it took people a long time to figure out
how to use electricity to power things like lights and machines.
Speaker 2 (06:37):
I wonder who used electricity first.
Speaker 1 (06:40):
A lot of people were experimenting with electricity as early
as three hundred years ago. But there's one very famous
American who helped us learn a lot about it. Should
we take a quick trip back in time to visit him?
Speaker 2 (06:53):
Yeah, let's do it, Emily, all.
Speaker 1 (06:55):
Right, Wentson, buckle up. We are diving into the electrifying world.
Benjamin Franklin.
Speaker 2 (07:01):
Did you see Benjamin Franklin? I've heard of him. Is
this his house?
Speaker 1 (07:09):
It sure is right now. We are smack dab in
the middle of his property in Philadelphia, around seventeen fifty two.
Speaker 2 (07:18):
Seventeen fifty two. That's like forever ago.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
Yes, it is a while back. Benjamin Franklin was a
clever man and a wise leader who made important decisions
and helped lead America in its early days. And he
also invented cool stuff and loved to learn about electricity.
Oh see the guy outside, the one with the funny
glasses in the hat. That is Benjamin Franklin. Doing an experiment.
(07:46):
Let's open the window and take a closer look.
Speaker 2 (07:50):
Whoa is he flying a kite in this crazy storm?
Seems pretty dangerous.
Speaker 1 (07:56):
Ben Franklin was a brave and curious fellow Winston, just
like you. Oh, he just attached a metal key to
the kite string to prove a point.
Speaker 2 (08:06):
And what point is he trying to prove?
Speaker 1 (08:07):
Emily, his point was that lightning is made of electricity.
And boy did his experiment spark a lot of discoveries.
Speaker 2 (08:17):
Oh he didn't get zapp by the lightning, did he.
Speaker 1 (08:20):
Well, the story's a bit legendary. Benjamin Franklin flew a
kite in a storm and attached a metal key to it,
and when lightning hit the kite, zap the electricity traveled
down to the key. At least that's one version of
the story.
Speaker 2 (08:36):
So Ben Franklin discovered that lightning was a type of
electricity that is crazy. Well, I bet people are all
a little shocked when they found out about his discovery.
Speaker 1 (08:47):
Absolutely, And you know the word electrician, he invented that too,
and the word battery.
Speaker 2 (08:55):
Wow, So he was like a word inventor as well.
Speaker 1 (08:58):
Yeah, he was. This work helped us understand how to
use electricity more safely and effectively. His kite experiment proved
lightning was electricity, leading to his invention of the lightning fraud,
which protects buildings from lightning strikes by safely directing the
electricity to the ground. No looks like he just lost
(09:21):
his kite in the storm.
Speaker 2 (09:22):
So Ben Franklin's work kind of made it easier for
people to invent other electric things, like light bulbs.
Speaker 1 (09:28):
In a way. Yes, several scientists invented light bulbs early on,
but they all had some different problems, like lights that
would burn too bright or being way too expensive for
everyone to use.
Speaker 2 (09:41):
So they made light bulbs, but they weren't exactly right exactly.
Speaker 1 (09:46):
Over time, inventors made better and better light bulbs until
they made the kind we used today. Two men, Thomas
Edison and Joseph Swann, invented these light bulbs in the
late eighteen hundreds, and they're the ones we most use
in our lamps at home now.
Speaker 2 (10:01):
WHOA so Edison and Swan were both super important electricians.
Speaker 1 (10:06):
They certainly were. The two inventors found a way to
make cities glitter and sparkle for the first time in history.
Speaker 2 (10:12):
And then boom, all the lights went on in the
whole wide world.
Speaker 1 (10:17):
Well, not quite that fast. It took around fifty years
for every city around town in the US to get
electric lights. It was a lot of work for early electricians,
but there were some exciting moments when lights turned on
for the first time.
Speaker 2 (10:32):
Oh I wish I could see that happen. Oh, I
bet it would be so awesome to see electric lights
light up for the first time ever, especially if you'd
never seen them before.
Speaker 1 (10:41):
Me too. But speaking of lights going on.
Speaker 2 (10:45):
Oh, we should find out if the powers back on
at the lab.
Speaker 1 (10:48):
That's just what I was about to say. Great minds,
think alike. Oh the lights are coming back on.
Speaker 2 (10:57):
Hey wow, all the lab equipment is working again. Yeah wooo.
Speaker 1 (11:02):
It sounds like our neighbors are excited too, Whinston. They
must have a lot of electricians working at once to
fix the power outage so quickly.
Speaker 2 (11:10):
It's weird to think that being an electrician wasn't always
a job, and now we sure do need a lot
of them because we use electricity for almost everything nowadays.
Speaker 1 (11:20):
So it's odd to think that there used to be
jobs that no longer exist, like the lamplighters who carried
long poles to light the gas street lamps each night
and then put them out every morning.
Speaker 2 (11:32):
Oh wow, I didn't know that. But once light bulbs
were made, they didn't need gas lamps on the streets anymore.
You could just turn a light switch on and off.
Speaker 1 (11:40):
Yeah, that's right.
Speaker 2 (11:42):
What kind of jobs will electricians have in the future.
Speaker 1 (11:45):
I don't know, Whinston. It kind of depends on what
new electrical inventions people come up with.
Speaker 2 (11:51):
I guess well, maybe there'll be new kinds of lights,
or maybe the wires will be different, or no wires
at all, electricity could just in the air, or maybe
whole streets will be lit from underneath.
Speaker 1 (12:04):
Yeah, you sure have some original ideas for electrical inventions, Winston.
Maybe you'll be the person to come up with something
new and exciting.
Speaker 2 (12:12):
Very cool. Hey, Emily, why don't electricians panic in a crisis?
Speaker 1 (12:18):
I don't know whence then why?
Speaker 2 (12:20):
Well, because they know how to work down to the wire.
Speaker 1 (12:24):
Not bad, Winston, not bad. Well that's all the time
we have this week on growing up. Thanks for tagging
along and learning about the exciting lives of electricians with us.
Until next time, keep that spark of curiosity alive listeners.
(12:57):
Hey Winston, are you curious?
Speaker 2 (12:59):
For more you know it?
Speaker 1 (13:00):
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