A Mystery in the Air

Science Vs

Spotify Studios

Education, Science, Health & Fitness

4.4 • 12.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 May 2022

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

When a little girl, Ella Kissi-Debrah, suddenly got sick and landed in the hospital, doctors were stumped. In this episode, her mom, Rosamund, takes on the fight to find out what exactly happened to Ella. And the answer has BIG implications — for us all. We’ll hear from Rosamund Adoo-Kissi-Debrah and Professor Stephen Holgate. Find our transcript here: https://bit.ly/3z17Gdv This episode was produced by Ekedi Fausther-Keeys with help from Rose Rimler, Wendy Zukerman, Michelle Dang, Meryl Horn, and Courtney Gilbert. We’re edited by Blythe Terrell. Wendy Zukerman is the Executive Producer. Extra help from Saidu Tejan-Thomas, Nicole Beemsterboer, Kendra Pierre-Louis, and Alex Blumberg. Fact checking by Erica Akiko Howard. Mix and sound design by Bumi Hidaka. Music written by Bumi Hidaka, Peter Leonard, Emma Munger, Bobby Lord and SoWylie. Thanks to the researchers and experts we got in touch with for this episode, including Jocelyn Cockburn, Professor Vernon Morris, Dr. George Thurston, Dr. Lauren Zajac, Dr. Jennifer Burney, Dr. Sacoby Wilson, Dr. Melissa Burroughs, Dr Wei Peng, Professor Barbara Hoffman, Dr. Michael Craig, and Dr. Wes Austin. Special thanks to Rachel Humphreys, BBC Motion Gallery / Getty Images, Jonah Delso, Jackie Llanos, The Zukerman Family and Joseph Lavelle Wilson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Wendy Zuckerman and you're listening to Science Vestes from Gimlet.
0:04.0	Today on the show, we're going to tell you about a medical mystery.
0:10.0	And when the case was finally cracked, it inspired a movement, achieving what mountains of scientific data couldn't.
0:19.0	Alright, let's jump in.
0:22.0	To tell us all about it, is Rosamond Adukissi Debra.
0:25.0	She's a former teacher in London.
0:28.0	One second, one second, this is my daughter. Let's see what she is.
0:32.0	Hi, Barb's. Can you get one?
0:35.0	I'm going to show you.
0:37.0	Yeah, okay.
0:39.0	Perfect. I love you.
0:41.0	I love you to you, bye.
0:42.0	Rosamond is a single mum.
0:44.0	And just as we got on the call, one of her twins phoned.
0:47.0	It was about her birthday.
0:49.0	What did she want?
0:50.0	For one day in the year, I allow them to have chocolate cereal.
0:54.0	Oh, do you want a chocolate cereal?
0:56.0	If you sound like such a strict mum on walls.
0:59.0	She gets to say, I love you at the end.
1:01.0	So see, I'm doing good.
1:04.0	But our story today isn't about the twins or chocolate cereal.
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