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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Hard Science: Stories about journeys into physics
Part 1: When Sarah Demers gets a work-study job w…
22 min
427
Syzygy: Stories of celestial alignment
Part 1: Bryony Tilsley and her husband are planni…
23 min
428
Resistance: Stories about fighting oppression
Part 1: Environmental engineer Siddhartha Roy is …
26 min
429
Transformation: Stories about changing states
Part 1: Geneticist Sebastian Alvarado reconnects …
28 min
430
Technological Advancements: Stories about the w...
Part 1: Blind athlete Simon Wheatcroft finds a wa…
29 min
431
Observational Error: Stories about the overlooked
Part 1: Neuroscientist Qi Lin struggles to connec…
31 min
432
Isolation: Stories about loneliness
Part 1: On an expedition to Antarctica, journalis…
39 min
433
Habitat Loss: Stories of changing environments
Part 1: Ecologist Evon Hekkala travels to Madagas…
41 min
434
In the Field: Stories about venturing into the ...
Part 1: As a grad student, Liz Neeley falls in lo…
31 min
435
Natural Habitats: Stories of finding where we b...
Featuring Helen Cheng and Thom Young-Bayer
28 min
436
Predators: Stories about confronting danger
Part 1: Drew Prochaska decides to confront his fe…
30 min
437
Fear Response: Stories about conquering fear
Part 1: Mark Pagán combats his phobia of flying i…
34 min
438
Oxytocin: Stories of love gone wrong
Part 1: MIT Museum education coordinator Faith Du…
28 min
439
Research: Stories about the places studies take us
Part 1: As a teenager, Bri Riggio struggles to un…
29 min
440
Outliers: Stories of unusual outcomes
Part 1: A series of unfortunate events reveals so…
31 min
441
Baseline: Stories about starting points
Part 1: Bioethicist Elizabeth Yuko tries to use h…
28 min
442
Excited State: Stories about exhilerating exper...
Brian Mackenwells tries to smuggle something onto…
23 min
443
Exposure: Stories about new experiences
Part 1: Journalist Erika Check Hayden travels to…
28 min
444
Adam Becker: The Solar System
Though Adam Becker loved science as a kid, he str…
16 min
445
Mary Ann Allen: My Friend Lovey
When biologist Mary Ann Allen gets a chance to st…
15 min
446
Rebecca Brachman: Deadly Mistake
Neuroscientist Rebecca Brachman is working late o…
18 min
447
Emily Grossman: Crying in Science
When geneticist and science communicator Emily Gr…
15 min
448
Amanda Buch: My Father's Brain
When Amanda Buch's beloved father is diagnosed wi…
13 min
449
Matt Hartings: My Bacon Number
Chemist Matt Hartings is excited -- and a little …
16 min
450
Chiara Mariottini: Lost in Translation
Italian neuroscientist Chiara Mariottini struggle…
14 min