Science and the City w/ Laurie Winkless

Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria

Talk Nerdy, Inc.

Natural Sciences, Science, Society & Culture

4.7 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 27 February 2018

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara re-records her lost episode with scientist and author Laurie Winkless! They bemoan the loss of Cara's laptop while discussing Laurie's new book, "Science and the City: The Mechanics Behind the Metropolis." Topics include how cities manage increasing water demand, Laurie's favorite feats of engineering, and a disgusting byproduct of human refuse, the "fatberg."

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to talk nerdy. Today is Monday February 26th and I'm
0:20.1	your host Kara Santa Maria. This week we're going to be chatting
0:24.1	with an incredible science writer and physicist
0:27.1	who wrote an amazing book.
0:28.2	But before we dive in, I want to thank those of you
0:30.5	who made Talk Nurdie possible.
0:32.4	This week and every week ongoing, you know,
0:34.8	Talk Nurdy is and will always be, I say it every week, 100% free to download. I mean it every week because it really does
0:42.0	rely on support from listeners like you.
0:44.7	If you want to support the show, the easiest by far way to do it is to visit patreon.
0:49.8	com slash talk nerdy and pledge your episodic support.
0:55.0	Big supporters this week include Phil T Bear, David J. E. Smith, Pedro M. Rosario Barbosa,
1:02.0	Jeffrey Perez, Charles Payet, Jonathan Wright, Christian Jeffrey,
1:06.8	the Honorable Husband, Jafe Gabrielle,
1:09.7	Felipe Hormio Gonzalez, Brian Holden, and of course Jeffrey Sewall. Now there are other ways to
1:15.6	support the show. You can rate and review on iTunes, you can shop in the
1:19.2	talk nerdy store. Just visit my website, Karas Santa Maria.com, and you can find everything there.
1:25.0	All right guys, this is a good one.
1:27.2	It's bittersweet because I finally
1:30.0	got to reconnect with Lori Winkless. Now you may have heard me bemoan the loss of my
1:35.9	laptop on the show. This happened late last year after I did a kind of skeptical
1:41.4	tour around Australia, New Zealand, and China.
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