Emily Mullin: Losing My Voice
The Story Collider
Story Collider, Inc.
4.4 • 824 Ratings
🗓️ 24 June 2016
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
In high school, Emily Mullin dreams of becoming a broadcast journalist -- until her voice mysteriously begins to disappear. Emily Mullin is a freelance science writer interested in telling stories that explore the intersection of health and humanity. She is a regular contributor at Forbes, and her reporting frequently appears in The Washington Post. She has also written for publications like The Atlantic, The Baltimore Sun, Pacific Standard, Smithsonian Magazine and U.S. News & World Report. She holds an MA in Science Writing from Johns Hopkins University and is based in the Washington, D.C. area, where she performs with and writes short plays for The Coil Project, a nonprofit theater company.
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| 0:41.1 | A science story, huh? |
| 0:43.6 | Is NYU a scientist? |
| 0:45.1 | I felt. |
| 0:45.2 | I felt. I was so... |
| 0:46.3 | And I just thought, well... |
| 0:47.3 | It was that golden moment. |
| 0:50.5 | Because science was on my side. |
| 1:02.4 | No. moment because science was on my side. Hi everyone, I'm Ben Lilly, and welcome to the Story Collider, where we bring you true |
| 1:06.1 | personal stories about science. |
| 1:08.2 | This week's stories from Emily Mullen. |
| 1:09.7 | It was recorded in March 2016 at Union Hall in Brooklyn as part of Brain Awareness Week. |
| 1:26.9 | So 11 years ago, soon after I turned 17, my voice just stopped working the way it was supposed to. |
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