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Podcast: First to 15: The USA Fencing Podcast
Episode: Em Beihold on College Fencing, Mental Health and the Road to Songwriting Stardom
Description: In this episode of First to 15, we're joined by Em Beihold, a 23-year-old epee fencer who is a 2020 graduate of UC San Diego, where she twice qualified for the NCAA Championships and helped her school win the league title two times. After college, Beihold embarked on a successful career as a singer-songwriter. Her hit song “Numb Little Bug” — a powerful pop anthem born out of a conversation about mental health — hit No. 1 on Spotify's Global Viral 50 chart in February and has been streamed more than 300 million times. Visit the USA Fencing websiteFollow Em on InstagramFollow USA Fencing on...