Structural Engineering w/ Roma Agrawal

Talk Nerdy with Cara Santa Maria

Talk Nerdy, Inc.

Natural Sciences, Science, Society & Culture

4.7 • 1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 October 2022

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

In this episode of Talk Nerdy, Cara is joined by structural engineer Roma Agrawal to talk about her new children's book, "How Was That Built? The Stories Behind Awesome Structures." They discuss her incredible career designing bridges, skyscrapers, and structures, as well as the quintessentially human tendency to build things, take them apart, and build them up again. Follow Roma: @RomaTheEngineer.

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to Talk Nurdy. Today is Monday October 24th,
0:17.0	2022 and I'm the host of the show Kara Santa Maria. And before as, we dive into this week's episode.
0:23.8	I do want to thank those of you who make TalkNurdy possible.
0:27.3	Remember, TalkNurdy is and will always be 100% free to download.
0:31.4	And the way we keep it going, the way I pay the editor and my assistant
0:35.2	Noel is through mostly honestly through contributions from listeners just like you.
0:40.8	I also sell ads from time to time but as you'll see in this
0:43.3	week's episode there are no ads and you know we don't always sell out the show.
0:47.4	So this week is fully funded by you the listeners who pledge your support at
0:52.3	Patreon.com slash talk nerdy.
0:55.8	This week's top supporters include Leonard Prince, Krister Janssen, Daniel Lange,
1:00.9	David Jee Smith, Mary Niva, I think, sorry about that.
1:06.3	Thomas Sedevik, Gabriel, F. Hormil Kondales, Pasqualee Gilati, Patrick Flynn, Brian Holden, David Compton, Dudas Infantas, Joe Wilkinson, and
1:18.3	Ul Rika Hagman.
1:20.6	Thank you all all so much.
1:23.2	All right, so let's dive into this week's episode.
1:26.0	It's a fun one.
1:26.8	I don't often talk to kids authors on the show.
1:30.0	This time I had the opportunity to talk to somebody
1:32.0	who wrote a new children's book, but,
1:34.7	hold that thought, she's also a really badass structural engineer.
1:39.4	She's Indian British American.
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