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!

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Independent Research: Stories of setting off on...
This week, we present two stories about young sci…
28 min
402
Oil: Stories from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
This week, we bring you two stories from the Deep…
29 min
403
Paternal Bonds: Stories about dads
This week, we present stories of science and fath…
32 min
404
Symbiosis: Stories about teamwork
This week, we present two stories about working t…
28 min
405
Early Childhood Development: Stories about growth
This week, we present two stories of learning exp…
27 min
406
Working Memory: Stories about how memory shapes us
This week, we present two stories of how memory i…
40 min
407
Standard Deviation: Stories about unusual encou...
Part 1: Late one night in the ER, doctor Bess Sti…
25 min
408
Maternal Instinct: Stories about moms
In this week's episode, we present two stories of…
33 min
409
Hard Science: Stories about journeys into physics
Part 1: When Sarah Demers gets a work-study job w…
22 min
410
Syzygy: Stories of celestial alignment
Part 1: Bryony Tilsley and her husband are planni…
23 min
411
Resistance: Stories about fighting oppression
Part 1: Environmental engineer Siddhartha Roy is …
26 min
412
Transformation: Stories about changing states
Part 1: Geneticist Sebastian Alvarado reconnects …
28 min
413
Technological Advancements: Stories about the w...
Part 1: Blind athlete Simon Wheatcroft finds a wa…
29 min
414
Observational Error: Stories about the overlooked
Part 1: Neuroscientist Qi Lin struggles to connec…
31 min
415
Isolation: Stories about loneliness
Part 1: On an expedition to Antarctica, journalis…
39 min
416
Habitat Loss: Stories of changing environments
Part 1: Ecologist Evon Hekkala travels to Madagas…
41 min
417
In the Field: Stories about venturing into the ...
Part 1: As a grad student, Liz Neeley falls in lo…
31 min
418
Natural Habitats: Stories of finding where we b...
Part 1: Born and raised in Brooklyn, naturalist H…
28 min
419
Predators: Stories about confronting danger
Part 1: Drew Prochaska decides to confront his fe…
30 min
420
Fear Response: Stories about conquering fear
Part 1: Mark Pagán combats his phobia of flying i…
34 min
421
Oxytocin: Stories of love gone wrong
Part 1: MIT Museum education coordinator Faith Du…
28 min
422
Research: Stories about the places studies take us
Part 1: As a teenager, Bri Riggio struggles to un…
29 min
423
Outliers: Stories of unusual outcomes
Part 1: A series of unfortunate events reveals so…
31 min
424
Baseline: Stories about starting points
Part 1: Bioethicist Elizabeth Yuko tries to use h…
28 min
425
Excited State: Stories about exhilerating exper...
Brian Mackenwells tries to smuggle something onto…
23 min