Brian Kennedy: The Back-Up Plan
The Story Collider
Story Collider, Inc.
4.4 • 824 Ratings
🗓️ 22 January 2016
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
Brian Kennedy is forced to take a job in his local pharmacy to finance his theater dreams. Brian Kennedy is a writer/storyteller living in NYC. He's written for The Huffington Post and performed improv and sketch comedy at the Upright Citizens Brigade. He tells stories on podcasts and at various venues, including The Moth -- where he's a StorySLAM winner. A long time ago, he wrote plays and produced them in the Minnesota Fringe Festival. Yes, he grew up in Minnesota. Yes, he still has the accent to prove it.
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| 0:37.4 | A science story, huh? |
| 0:40.3 | Is NYU scientists the... |
| 0:42.3 | I felt... |
| 0:43.3 | I was so... |
| 0:44.3 | And I just thought, well... |
| 0:45.3 | It was that golden moment. |
| 0:48.3 | Because science was on my side. |
| 0:50.3 | ...and... my side. |
| 1:04.2 | Hi, everyone. I'm Ben Lilly, and welcome to the Story Collider, where we bring you true personal stories about science. This week's stories from Brian Kennedy. It was recorded |
| 1:09.0 | in September 2015 at Union Hall in Brooklyn. |
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