Live from Podcast Movement in New York City! 🗽 In this special NYC-themed Side Quest, the Handyma’am crew takes over the convention studio to play a round of NYC Fact or Fiction before diving into the incredible, uncredited story of Emily Warren Roebling—the badass woman who actually built the Brooklyn Bridge!

From fake brownstone subway vents and wooden rooftop water tanks to a woman riding across a suspension bridge with a live rooster in her lap, this episode is packed with wild engineering history, trade tricks, and classic Handyma'am chaos!

In this episode, we cover:

• 🧱 NYC Fact or Fiction: Brownstone vs. sandstone, Grand Central ceiling myths, and fake houses hiding subway vents.

• 🐘 P.T. Barnum’s Elephant March: Reassuring New Yorkers the Brooklyn Bridge wouldn't collapse.

• 🌉 The Untold Story of Emily Warren Roebling: How she learned bridge engineering on the job site, took over for her disabled husband, and managed construction for 11 years.

• 🏗️ Caisson Disease & Construction Fraud: Catching corrupt wire suppliers and convincing a room full of 1880s male engineers to let her finish the project.

• 🐓 The Victory Lap: Why the first person across the Brooklyn Bridge was a woman carrying a rooster.

⏱️ TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 - Live from NYC at Podcast Movement! 🗽

01:15 - NYC Fact or Fiction: Brownstones, Fake Houses & Water Tanks 🧱

03:00 - Grand Central Ceiling Myths & P.T. Barnum's Elephants 🐘

05:30 - The Badass Woman Who Built the Brooklyn Bridge: Emily Warren Roebling 🌉

07:30 - Pressurized Caissons, "The Bends" & Learning Trade Work on Site 🏗️

10:00 - Stopping Wire Corruption & Addressing Male Engineers in 1882 🏛️

11:30 - The Victory Lap with a Rooster 🐓

13:00 - Wrap-Up & NYC Side Quest Secrets

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