Lulu Miller
Lulu Miller | |
|---|---|
| Born | Louisa Elizabeth Miller |
| Spouse | Grace Miller |
| Awards | The Peabody Award[1] |
| Career | |
| Show | Invisibilia Radiolab |
| Network | National Public Radio |
| Time slot | Syndication |
| Style | Presenter |
| Country | United States |
| Website | www |
Louisa Elizabeth Miller,better known asLulu Miller,is an American writer andPeabody Award-winning science reporter forNational Public Radio.[2][1]Miller's career in radio started as a producer for theWNYCprogramRadiolab.[3]She helped create theNPRshowInvisibiliawithAlix Spiegel.[4]
Biography
[edit]The daughter of two professors, one in sciences and one in humanities, Miller attendedSwarthmore Collegewhere she received the Beik Prize for a research paper titled, "The Troubles By Our Women: The Urban Male Perspective on Independent Women in Independent Nigeria" in 2005.[5]She graduated with a degree in history.[6]
Career
[edit]After college, she moved toBrooklyn, New York,where an interest in sculpture led her to answer acraigslistad from awoodworkerwho was seeking an assistant. She spent her hours at the woodworking shop listening to the radio, and toward the end of her year working there, she heardRadiolab,which was then a local show onWNYC.[7]She fell in love with the show and wrote them a letter, asking if she could volunteer. She started as an intern, going in one day a week to answer emails and record CDs, and eventually became the show's first hiredaudio producer.[2]RadioLabwon a Peabody award in 2010, while she was one of its producers.[1]
After five years atRadiolab,Miller left to pursue her passion as a writer via a fellowship position at theUniversity of Virginia(UVA) where she taught and wrotefiction.Before moving to Virginia, she spent a summercyclingacross the United States, a trip that she documented and featured parts of onRadiolab.[8]
After her two years at UVA, Miller returned to radio as afreelancejournalist for NPR's Science Desk. On a trip to theThird Coast International Audio Festivalin Chicago, she met formerThis American LifeproducerAlix Spiegelwho asked Miller to produce a piece she was working on. The two began working on radio stories together and began to conceive a new long-form radio show that would becomeInvisibilia.Launched in January 2015, the show focuses on "the unseen forces that control human behavior."[6]Excerpts ofInvisibiliawere featured onAll Things Considered,Morning Edition,RadiolabandThis American Lifehelping it to debut at #1 on theiTunespodcastchart and hold a consistent top-ten ranking in the months following its launch.[4]
In 2020, she publishedWhy Fish Don't Exist,[9]a personal memoir incorporating the life and work ofDavid Starr Jordan.
Following the retirement ofJad Abumradin January 2022, Miller became the new co-host ofRadiolabtogether with producerLatif Nasser.[10]
Personal life
[edit]Miller openly admits to being anophidiophobe,a person with an irrational fear of snakes.[11]She is married to Grace Miller and they have two sons.
References
[edit]- ^abc"Radiolab".The Peabody Awards.2010.Retrieved2022-12-18.
- ^abCapper, Mickey."Episode 19: Lulu Miller".Tape Radio.Tape.Retrieved13 April2015.
- ^Barone, Joshua (24 July 2015)."Podcasts Stretch Wings Beyond Audio and Go Live, in Festivals".The New York Times.
- ^abLarson, Sarah.""Invisibilia" and the Evolving Art of Radio ".The New Yorker.Retrieved13 April2015.
- ^"Beik & DuPlessis Prizes".Swarthmore College. 8 July 2014.Retrieved14 April2015.
- ^ab"Lulu Miller".NPR.National Public Radio.Retrieved13 April2015.
- ^"People – Lulu Miller".Radiolab.WNYC.Retrieved13 April2015.
- ^Miller, Lulu."Are You Sure?".Radiolab.WNYC.Retrieved13 April2015.
- ^Miller, Lulu (6 April 2021).Why Fish Don't Exist: A Story of Loss, Love, and the Hidden Order of Life.Simon and Schuster.ISBN9781501160349.
- ^"News and Gratitude".
- ^Spiegel, Alix."Fearless".Invisibilia.National Public Radio.Retrieved13 April2015.