Brain Child w/ Sahana Srinivasan

Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria

Talk Nerdy, Inc.

Natural Sciences, Science, Society & Culture

4.7 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2019

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara speaks with fellow Texan Sahana Srinivasan, host of Netflix’s “Brain Child.” They talk about what is was like to lead a show while finishing her college degree. In addition, they discuss the role of inclusion and diversity in science media, as Sahana is the first Indian-American woman to host a science television show in the United States.

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0:00.0	Hey everyone and welcome to talk nerdy. Today is actually Tuesday June 18th
0:19.5	2019 and I'm the host of the show Kara Santa Maria.
0:24.5	This week I want to thank those of you who made Talk Nurdy possible by visiting
0:28.8	Patreon.com slash Talk Nurdy and pledging your support.
0:34.0	Top supporters include Phil T-Bare, the zombie drummer, David J. E. Smith, Gabriel
0:38.8	Felipe Hormile Gonzalez, Brian Holden and Jeffrey Sewell.
0:42.8	Thank you all so, so very much.
0:46.0	All right, I'm super excited about this week's episode.
0:48.2	It was incredibly inspiring because I had the chance
0:51.3	to chat with Sahana Shrinivasan. Now she is an actress, writer, and filmmaker
0:58.3	who you may know as the host of the Netflix original series Brain Child.
1:05.0	So without any further ado, here she is,
1:08.0	Sahana Shrini Vassen.
1:10.0	Well, Sahana, thank you so much for joining me today.
1:13.6	Thank you for having me, of course.
1:15.2	I'm so glad we were finally able to do this.
1:17.5	I apologize that my schedule has been crazy.
1:19.2	I know your schedule's been crazy, but we are finally communicating unfortunately
1:24.4	we're doing it over the internet because I'm in LA right now and you are in
1:28.2	Texas right? Yes ma'am. Austin, Texas. Austin, so you went to school, you go to school at UT.
1:37.6	Where are you in your process?
1:40.2	I actually just graduated.
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