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The Fine Homebuilding Podcast

#403: PRO TALK With Carpenter Laura Smarrito

The Fine Homebuilding Podcast

Fine Homebuilding Magazine

Leisure, Construction, Keepcraftalive, Home & Garden, How To, Drywall, Craftsmanship, Education, Homebuilding, Houses

4.6756 Ratings

🗓️ 2 November 2021

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Summary

In this Pro-Talk podcast, Patrick talks to carpenter Laura Smarrito about doing carpentry in Antarctica and Greenland, how to make the trades more inclusive, and the appeal of being challenged every day.

Transcript

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1:17.7

And even in an article, like, it's not as many. Like, we had as many people named Dan as we did

1:24.4

females, but it's still like, it's still more than what's in industry at

1:31.5

large, which is honestly abysmal.

1:40.0

Welcome to the Fine Home Building Pro Talk podcast, our regular discussion with building industry professionals.

1:46.2

This is Senior Editor Patrick McComb. Today I'm joined by Carpenter Laura Smarito.

1:51.5

You can find the Fine Home Building Pro Talk podcast and the original Fine Home Building podcast at finehomebuilding.com slash podcast.

1:58.6

You can leave feedback and ask questions there too.

2:01.7

Laura, thank you so much for being on the show. It is a pleasure to talk to you.

2:05.4

Yeah, thanks for having me. So you wrote into Find Home Building with a tip that we ran in issue

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