Poison Thread w/ Laura Purcell

Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria

Talk Nerdy, Inc.

Natural Sciences, Science, Society & Culture

4.7 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 September 2019

⏱️ 63 minutes

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In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara is joined by novelist Laura Purcell to talk about her book, “The Poison Thread.” They discuss the science and psychology of Victorian England as well as the experiences of female characters living during the era.

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to Talk Nurdie. Today is Monday, September 23rd, 2019 and I'm the
0:18.4	host of the show Kara Santa Maria and this week's interview is a little bit of a departure for us.
0:24.0	It's fascinating nonetheless, but before we dive in, I want to thank those of you who have
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1:11.6	yes I have merchandise my dog. Deal with it. Also, I wanted to once again call out the fact that
1:18.3	Saikom Camp is coming up. So I mentioned it last week on the show. I may mention it a few more times
1:24.9	before Camp starts. It's going to be from November 8th through 10th. It's the
1:29.6	5th annual SciCom camp and yes I'm saying Saikom as in science communication camp it's here in
1:36.4	Los Angeles it's a full weekend of training and workshops a couple of incredible
1:42.4	talks but mostly it's a very kind of
1:44.9	non-traditional style sleep away summer camp for adults where we learn from each other
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