Gross Anatomy w/ Mara Altman

Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria

Talk Nerdy, Inc.

Natural Sciences, Science, Society & Culture

4.7 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2018

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara sits down in studio with Mara Altman, author of the hilarious and enlightening new book, “Gross Anatomy: Dispatches from the Front (and Back).” They talk about the writing that originally inspired the book (her Kindle single “Bearded Lady”) as well as Mara’s journey to understand the origins of embarrassment and shame that often accompany our relationships with our bodies.

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to talk nerdy. Today is Monday, September 17th and I'm
0:18.5	your host Kara Santa Maria. I am recording this right now live from my hotel room in Chicago here on a film shoot and
0:29.9	the internet is not great in this hotel, but that's okay because hopefully this comes through to you
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1:29.9	All right, I want to dive into the episode this week.
1:32.4	Ooh, it's a good one.
1:34.3	It's the first time in a while
1:36.1	that I had the opportunity to sit down in studio
1:40.1	and I was really honestly blessed to be graced with the presence of Mara Altman.
1:46.2	She's an incredible journalist.
1:48.5	She has written a ton of stuff, eight best-selling Kindle singles, a whole bunch of pieces, you know, for the New York
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