The Daily Bolt

By Dr. Jeff Tilley

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Episodes: 148

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Issues involving the weather, Earth's climate and weather and climate forecasting as well as K-12 and higher education (especially science education): No media hype to be found here. Just scientific truth and commentary based on experience and practical knowledge.

Episode Date
Audio from The Daily Bolt Video Podcast Episode 181
Oct 31, 2024
The Daily Bolt Episode 180: We're BAAACK!
Oct 23, 2024
Episode 179: Ida Port-Mortem and Using Polar Orbiters to Track Wildfires
Aug 31, 2021
Episode 178: Ida Dominates the Gulf While Nora Pummels Puerto Vallarta
Aug 29, 2021
Episode 177: Much Ado About Ida
Aug 28, 2021
Episode 176: America's Poor Scientific Literacy
Aug 27, 2021
Episode 175: An Unsung Casualty of the Taliban Takeover: Scientists
Aug 25, 2021
Henri and Middle Tennessee Flooding Recaps
Aug 23, 2021
Episod 173: Grace Dissipates in Central Mexico; Henri headed for Long Island
Aug 22, 2021
Episode 172: Grace nears 2nd Landfall in Mexico; Henri to directly impact New England this weekend
Aug 21, 2021
Episode 171:Category 1 Grace Bears Down on Cozumel and Cancun
Aug 19, 2021
Episode 170: Fred's Floods, Grace's Strengthening and Henri's Shift
Aug 18, 2021
Fred and Grace threaten the FL Panhandle and Haiti
Aug 16, 2021
Episode 168: Fred is Down but not Dead
Aug 15, 2021
Episode 167: Is Tropical Depression Fred reforming south of Cuba?
Aug 14, 2021
Episode 166: The latest on TD Fred and where it's going.
Aug 13, 2021
Episode 165: Fred weakens to a tropical depression
Aug 12, 2021
Episode 164: Tropical Storm Fred and Idiocy in Oregon Education Policy
Aug 11, 2021
Episode 163: Will There Be a Tropical Storm "Fred" Tomorrow?
Aug 09, 2021
Episode 162: Profiles in Science: Benjamin Franklin, Part 2
Aug 07, 2021
Episode 161: Profiles in Science: Benjamin Franklin, Part 1
Aug 06, 2021
Episode 160: Unusual Cold Will Bring Higher Coffee Prices in 2022
Aug 05, 2021
Episode 159: Why Does It Work? Baking Soda and Vinegar as Cleaning Agents
Aug 04, 2021
Episode 158: This Day in Science August 2
Aug 03, 2021
Episode 157: Mixed News on the 2021 Western Drought
Aug 01, 2021
Episode 156: Who is Vladimir Zworkyin and Why Should We care?
Jul 31, 2021
Daily Bolt Episode 155: Coffee may be bad for your brain!
Jul 30, 2021
Episode 154: How Government Helps Form Scientific Consensus
Jul 29, 2021
Episode 153: More on the Validity of "Scientific Consensus"
Jul 28, 2021
The Daily Bolt Episode 152: How Valuable is Scientific Consensus?
Jul 27, 2021
Episode 151: Reflections on Humility from C.M. Christensen
Jul 25, 2021
Episode 150: We're Back...and: Using Drones for Rain Enhancement
Jul 25, 2021
Oct 10, 2020 Episode 149: Think you know the speed of sound? Think again.
Oct 11, 2020
Oct 6, 2020 Episode 148: Delta may or may not have hit it's peak but is still headed for the Gulf Coast
Oct 07, 2020
The Daily Bolt Episode 147 (10-3-20): California Wildfires: Climate Change,Forest Management, or Both?
Oct 04, 2020
Sep 16, 2020 Episode 146; and then there were three...but Sally still poses threats
Sep 17, 2020
Sep 15, 2020 Episode 145: Crawl, Sally, Crawl! Plus more on Paulette and the Western fires
Sep 16, 2020
Sep 14, 2020 Episode 144: Sally and Paulette stronger; goodbye Rene, hello Teddy amd Vicky
Sep 15, 2020
Sep 13, 2020 Episode 143: Paulette approaches Bermuda as a strong category 1 hurricane; Sally to strengthen
Sep 14, 2020
Sep 12, 2020 episode 142: Not one, not two, not three, but for Atlantic tropical systems, and maybe a fifth soon. Plus, fires raging on in the west
Sep 12, 2020
Sep 10, 2020 Episode 141: Extreme fire co ditio s spread morthward into the Pacific Northwest. Tens of millions affected by air quality alerts
Sep 11, 2020
Sep 8, 2020 Episode 140: Weather contrasts in the West; Paulette and Rene to be around for awhile
Sep 09, 2020
Sep 5, 2020 Episode 139: Typhoon Haisen lolks to set records in Japan and Korea
Sep 06, 2020
Sep 4, 2020 Episode 138: New genetic information regsrding the Tree of Life
Sep 05, 2020
Sep 3, 2020 Episode 137: Steroids a new weapon in the COVID fight? Or overblown hype?
Sep 04, 2020
Sep 3, 2020 Episode 136: Nana and Omar both weaken to Tropical Depression strength and expected to dissipate in about 2 Days
Sep 04, 2020
Sep 1, 2020 Episode 135: Nana and Omar provide some tropical surprises today. Belize and Guatemala to be seriously impacted.
Sep 02, 2020
Aug 31, 2020 Episode 134: Tropical Depression 15 likely to become Tropical Storm Nana overnight
Sep 01, 2020
Aug 30, 2020 Episode 133: Watch those naps---you may be hurting your health! Wait...what?
Aug 30, 2020
Aug 29, 2020 Episode 132: An update on wildfires in the Amazon
Aug 29, 2020
Aug 28, 2020 Episode 131: Laura now a tropical depression causing flooding; plus some exciting news on the COVID-19 front
Aug 28, 2020
Aug 27, 2020 Episode 130: Laura now a tropical storm, headed north and east plus a brief recap of the last 12 hrs on satellite
Aug 27, 2020
Aug 26, 2020 Episode 129: All eyes on category 4 Laura before tonight's landfall
Aug 26, 2020
Aug 25, 2020 Episode 128: Laura on track for SW Louisiana/SE Texas landfall overnight Wed/Thur as a significant Hurricane
Aug 26, 2020
Aug 24, 2020 Episode 127: Weakened Marco nearly ashore in Louisiana; Laura two days behind
Aug 24, 2020
Aug 23, 2020 Episode 126: Marco, Laura and The final part of my interview with Dr. Bill Gallus on the Iowa derecho
Aug 24, 2020
Aug 22, 2020 Episode 125: Laura, Marco and part three of my interview with Dr. Bill Gallus on the Iowa derecho event
Aug 23, 2020
Aug 21, 2020 Episode 124: Genevieve, Laura and TD14, plus part 2 of the interview with Dr. Bill Gallus on the Iowa Derecho
Aug 22, 2020
Aug 20, 2020 Episode 123: Tropical Storms Galore! And: Part 1 of my interview with Dr. Bill Gallus on the Iowa derecho
Aug 20, 2020
Aug 19, 2020 Episode 122: Societal Collapse in 2 Decades?! Well...maybe not.
Aug 19, 2020
Aug 18, 2020 Episode 121: Category 4 hurricane Genevieve slowly approaches Baja California
Aug 18, 2020
Aug 17, 2020 Episode 120: Furnace Creek lives up to its name; plus: Genevieve to pass ny Baja as a major hurricane
Aug 18, 2020
Aug 16, 2020 Episode 119: Heat, Fire and Blow: Exteme heat in the West and extreme fire danger as well
Aug 17, 2020
Aug 15, 2020 Episode 118: Pheromones for locust control: who knew? Plus a preview of next week
Aug 16, 2020
Aug 14, 2020 Episode 117: The curious Mpemba effect in heat transfer and new experimentation: why your hot coffee cools faster than your cold coffee
Aug 14, 2020
Aug 13, 2020 Episode 116: Beware the coming information catastrophe! In about 200 years
Aug 14, 2020
Aug 12, 2020 Episode 115: AeDES: Modeling mosquito-borne illness transmission
Aug 13, 2020
Aug 11, 2020 Episode 114: RIPE for better plant productivity
Aug 12, 2020
Aug 10, 2020 Episode 113: The return of drought to the West, including California
Aug 10, 2020
Aug 9, 2020 Episode 112: SMILE: it's not what you think, it's a new type of material
Aug 10, 2020
August 8, 2020:Episode 111: Thus far, COVID lockdowns believed to have minimal effects on global climate.
Aug 09, 2020
August 7, 2020 Episode 110: Breaking News: Antarctica apparently not safe from COVID-19 Impacts
Aug 08, 2020
August 6, 2020: Episode 109: Training animals for military purposes
Aug 07, 2020
August 5, 2020: Episode 108: Shetland Orcas appear: and: the tiniest "dinosaur" isn't really a dinosaur
Aug 05, 2020
August 4, 2020: The Daily Bolt Episode 107: More on Isaias plus glowing butterflies in space.
Aug 05, 2020
Aug 3, 2020 Episode 106: Isaias becomes a hurricane again, hours before landfall. Where's it going next?
Aug 04, 2020
Aug 2, 2020 Episode 105: Isaias update plus: Onion salmonella alert! How does this happen, anyway?
Aug 03, 2020
Aug 1, 2020 Episode 104: Isaias approaches Florida; Tropical Depression Ten expected to Fall apart
Aug 02, 2020
Jul 31, 2020 Episode 103: Hurricane Isaias, Tropical Depression 10 and a Stonehenge Mystery Solved
Aug 01, 2020
Jul 30, 2020 Episode 102: Tropical Storm Isaias and Perserverance Blasts Off
Jul 31, 2020
Jul 29, 2020 Episode 101: Potential Tropical Cyclone 9/Isaias and Big Heat in the West
Jul 29, 2020
Jul 28, 2020 Episode 100: Welcome back with “Superflies”
Jul 28, 2020
Jan 30, 2020 Episode 99: Surprise! Some good news on the climate change front!
Jan 30, 2020
Jan 29, 2020 Episode 98: The Coronavirus: Concern is warranted but not panic
Jan 29, 2020
Jan 7, 2020 Episode 97: The Mission Iconic Reefs Project
Jan 07, 2020
Jan 4, 2020 Episode 96: We need more scientists like this!
Jan 04, 2020
Jan 2, 2020 Episode 94: Bird Migration and Climate Change
Jan 02, 2020
Jan 1, 2020 Episode 93: So how old is your dog, really?
Jan 01, 2020
Dec 31, 2019 Episode 92: A warm Russian winter and a tepid Russian reaction to it
Dec 31, 2019
Dec 30, 2019 Episode 91: Ultra-cool LEGOS!
Dec 30, 2019
Dec 29, 2019 Episode 90: Technical Difficulties and snow in Joshua Tree
Dec 30, 2019
Dec 10, 2019 Episode 89: more extremist climate alarmism---Which is totally unnecessary
Dec 11, 2019
Dec 4, 2019 Episode 88: A picture of our distant future
Dec 05, 2019
Dec 1, 2019 Episode 87: How 'bout them apples?
Dec 02, 2019
Nov 29, 2019 Episode 86: Surprise, Surprise! China has no real intention of honoring its Paris Climate Accord Targets
Nov 29, 2019
Nov 28, 2019 Episode 85: The Quest for Happy Cows
Nov 29, 2019
Nov 23, 2019 Episode 84: An unexpected seismic hazard in the Middle East
Nov 24, 2019
Nov 17, 2019 Episode 83: A Listener's Question on Austalian Geoengineering
Nov 17, 2019
Nov 10, 2019 Episode 82; Responsible Stewardship Part 3: the Political angles
Nov 10, 2019
Nov 3, 2019 Episode 81: Responsible Stewardship Part 2
Nov 04, 2019
Oct 22, 2019 Episode 80: Responsible Stewardship Part 1
Oct 23, 2019
Oct 20, 2019 Episode 79: Nestor: the latest oddity in this tropical cyclone season
Oct 20, 2019
Sep 6, 2019 Episode 73: Dorian' competing forces. Plus: red, green and blue blobs
Sep 06, 2019
Sep 3, 2019 Episode 71: At least the laws of physics don't change
Sep 03, 2019
Sep 2, 2019 Episode 70: Dorian: the devil is in the details
Sep 02, 2019
Sep 1, 2019 Episode 69: Dorian becomes a record breaker
Sep 01, 2019
Aug 31, 2019 Episode 68: Dorian ramps up the 2019 Hurricane Season in a big way!
Sep 01, 2019
Episode 67: In science, details matter--I just wish they mattered to the media
Aug 06, 2019
Aug 4, 2019 Episode 66: Stories from the Iron and Bronze Ages
Aug 05, 2019
Aug 4, 2019 Episode 65: A truly Byzantine discovery
Aug 04, 2019
Jul 28, 2019 Episode 64: Remembering Fuquing Zhang
Jul 28, 2019
Jul 22, 2019 Episode 62: Alarmist Media and the "Hottest June on Record"
Jul 22, 2019
Jun 21, 2019 21:12 Episode 50: The Real message from Boaty McBoatface
Jun 22, 2019
Sep 15, 2018 08:54 Episode 48: 24 inches and counting
Sep 15, 2018
Sep 13, 2018 10:01 Episode 47: Shifts happen
Sep 13, 2018
Sep 11, 2018 19:35 Episode 46: Have we learned the leasons of Harvey, or not?
Sep 11, 2018
Sep 10, 2018 20:20 Episode 45: Florence's Fast Rise
Sep 11, 2018
Sep 9, 2018 20:02 Episode 44: Here come Florence and Olivia---will we have another Harvey?
Sep 10, 2018
Sep 3, 2018 19:20 Episode 43: The tropics are gettin' busy, Part 2: Pacific update
Sep 03, 2018
Sep 3, 2018 19:08 Episode 42: The Tropics are gettin' busy, Part 1
Sep 03, 2018
Aug 23, 2018 21:29 Episode 41: Hawai'i is not paradise this weekend
Aug 24, 2018
Aug 15, 2018 11:26 Episode 40: Who is Jeff Tilley: The Cost of Integrity in Science
Aug 15, 2018
Jul 30, 2018 14:52 Episode 37: Carbon Emissions: Surprise, Surprise!
Jul 30, 2018
Jul 29, 2018 10:31 Episode 36: Fire Whirls: what are they?
Jul 29, 2018
Jul 28, 2018 10:28 Episode 35: It’s wildfire season , and not just in the US
Jul 28, 2018
Jul 17, 2018 11:07 Episode 34: Unpleasant things lead to new truths
Jul 17, 2018
Jul 14, 2018 17:33 Episode 33: Beryl: Back from the Dead
Jul 14, 2018
Jul 2, 2018 16:48 Episode 32: We're Having a Heatwave, and not just here in the US!
Jul 02, 2018
Jun 27, 2018 15:42 Episode 31: Volcanoes erupting everywhere...and not a drop to drink!
Jun 27, 2018
Jun 13, 2018 19:40 Episode 28: Ice is Nice---except when too much of it is melting!
Jun 13, 2018
Jun 11, 2018 17:21 Episode 27: The Power in Perserverance: The Lessons of Aeolus
Jun 11, 2018
Jun 9, 2018 11:13 Epispde 26: If it sounds too good to be true---be skeptical
Jun 09, 2018
Jun 2, 2018 20:41 Episode 25: Records and the stories behind them
Jun 03, 2018
May 31, 2018 19:59 Episode 24: End of May wrapup
May 31, 2018
May 31, 2018 19:41 Episode 24: End of May wrapup
May 31, 2018
May 29, 2018 17:46 Episode 23: Hurricane Maria, Puerto Rico, Death Tolls and Media Sensationalism
May 29, 2018
May 28, 2018 14:27 Episode 22: Alberto and Memorial Day: A connection you probably haven't thought about.
May 28, 2018
Episode 21: The quagmire of air pollution policy and politics: no silver bullets
May 27, 2018
May 26, 2018 10:02 Episode 20: Why do pollutants get trapped?
May 26, 2018
May 12, 2018 19:02 Episode 19: Summer Air Pollution Season is Back! ☹️
May 13, 2018
May 4, 2018 10:26 Episode 18: Volcanoes, Dust Storms and Dogs...Dogs?? Oh My!
May 04, 2018
Apr 29, 2018 14:23 Episode 16: Where have all our tornadoes gone?
Apr 29, 2018
Apr 25, 2018 18:37 Episode 15: There's plastic in our ice!
Apr 25, 2018
Episode 14: 911? Help! I’m trapped by giant tumbleweeds!!
Apr 20, 2018
Apr 18, 2018 16:17 Episode 13: Big Storm Recap
Apr 18, 2018
Mar 31, 2018 14:57 :Episode 10: corkscrews, DNA, and tornadoes
Mar 31, 2018
Mar 21, 2018 19:47 Mommy, the calendar says March 21st. Is it Spring Yet?
Mar 21, 2018
Episode 6: Severe Weather Safety Tips
Mar 19, 2018