{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Frational-thinker.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fhow-radio-waves-were-discovered-fAh_hYUl","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"How Radio Waves Were Discovered","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/4a235888-7ec9-438b-bb13-a3e9358b7f94/b3763445-8556-40c7-aa88-1b0a514d2c3e/rational_thinker_pfp.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/9962cfdf-4ea9-4252-81bb-f1dea760201e\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"How Radio Waves Were Discovered\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"In the 1780s, an Italian physicist named Luigi Galvani made a shocking discovering when experimenting with the remains of frogs. He found that when he touched a the nerves of a frog with a lancet, and at the same time, discharged electricity from an electrostatic machine nearby, the frog legs would kick. This would spark a century-long slew of discoveries and theory that would eventually lead to the discover of the invisible radiation known today as radio waves."}