Finding Emilie

While in college, Alan fell hard for a fellow art student, Emilie.

Best Documentary: Silver2011 Third Coast / Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition

2011 / Jad Abumrad / Robert Krulwich / Soren Wheeler / Radiolab, USA

While in college, Alan fell hard for a fellow art student, Emilie.

Nine months after they started dating, the unimaginable happened - Alan lost Emilie in a distant netherworld. But then he found her again. This is the story of how.

Finding Emilie won the Best Documentary: Silver Award in the 2011 Third Coast/Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Competition. It was produced in 2011 for WNYC's Radiolab, by Jad Abumrad with Robert Krulwich and Soren Wheeler.


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Jad Abumrad

Jad Abumrad (@JadAbumrad), is a Peabody Award-winning producer and 2011 MacArthur Fellow, is the creator and co-host of WNYC's Radiolab .

Robert Krulwich

Robert Krulwich is a science correspondent for NPR and was the long-time co-host of Radiolab from WNYC.

Soren Wheeler

Soren Wheeler (@SorenWheeler) is the Senior Producer at Radiolab, where he plays a variety of roles, including producer, editor, and reporter.


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