The Story Collider

Whether we wear a lab coat or haven't seen a test tube since grade school, science is shaping all of our lives. And that means we all have science stories to tell. Every year, we host dozens of live shows all over the country, featuring all kinds of storytellers - researchers, doctors, and engineers of course, but also patients, poets, comedians, cops, and more. Some of our stories are heartbreaking, others are hilarious, but they're all true and all very personal. Welcome to The Story Collider!

Science
Arts
Performing Arts
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Pressure: Stories about stressful situations
Featuring Sam Snow and Megan Hatlen
28 min
402
Adaptation: Stories about survival
Featuring Benjamin Rubenstein and Abbas Mousa
28 min
403
Invisibility: Stories about hiding in plain sight
Featuring Richard Carillo and Liz Neeley
29 min
404
Perception: Stories about tricks of the mind
Featuring Eli Chen and Shannon Palus
24 min
405
Migration: Stories about journeys home
Featuring Maryam Zaringhalam and Janina Scarlet
28 min
406
Attachment: Stories of powerful bonds
Featuring Heather Abbott-Lyon and Tracey Segarra
28 min
407
Identification: Stories about who we are
Featuring Devon Collins and Veronica Ades
41 min
408
Chemistry: Stories about falling in love
Featuring Lindzi Wessel & Thom and Skylar Young-Bayer
38 min
409
Metamorphosis: Stories of radical change
Featuring Nadia Singh and Kinari Webb
31 min
410
Exploration: Stories about facing new challenges
Featuring Jeff Braden and Latasha Wright
27 min
411
Boiling Point: Stories of reaching points of cr...
Featuring Rashawn Ray & Marcelo Ardón Sayao
27 min
412
Zoology: Stories about wild animals
Featuring Ed Yong & Gifford Wong
36 min
413
Epidemic: Stories about medical crises
Featuring Ken Haller & Maureen Boyle
29 min
414
Magnetism: Stories about attraction
In today's episode, we bring you two stories abou…
32 min
415
Death: Stories about untimely ends
This week, we present two stories about death in …
26 min
416
Evolution: Stories about evolving as people
Part 1:  Adam Andis was raised as a creationist, …
26 min
417
Friction: Stories of difficult relationships in...
This week, we bring you two stories of difficult …
31 min
418
Independent Research: Stories of setting off on...
This week, we present two stories about young sci…
28 min
419
Oil: Stories from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
This week, we bring you two stories from the Deep…
29 min
420
Paternal Bonds: Stories about dads
This week, we present stories of science and fath…
32 min
421
Symbiosis: Stories about teamwork
This week, we present two stories about working t…
28 min
422
Early Childhood Development: Stories about growth
This week, we present two stories of learning exp…
27 min
423
Working Memory: Stories about how memory shapes us
This week, we present two stories of how memory i…
40 min
424
Standard Deviation: Stories about unusual encou...
Part 1: Late one night in the ER, doctor Bess Sti…
25 min
425
Maternal Instinct: Stories about moms
In this week's episode, we present two stories of…
33 min