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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Adam Foote: The Sea Urchin Massacre
Adam Foote confronts the problem of obtaining sea…
22 min
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Neer Asherie: The Milk Heist
When he discovers his milk has been stolen from t…
11 min
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Rachel Pendergrass: A Bad Day At The Aquarium
Rachel Pendergrass gets her dream job: talking to…
11 min
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Alan Guth: Stumbling To Inflation
Alan Guth is working on a fairly typical research…
18 min
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Adam Rogers: Separating Cells
Adam Rogers gets an exciting opportunity to work …
14 min
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April Salazar: The Heart Adapts
Facing an incredibly important decision, April Sa…
14 min
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Jimmy Wohl: Calmfidence
As a musician and writer Jimmy Wohl thought he wa…
16 min
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Erik Vance: Is This Biology?
Erik Vance searches for the real meaning of biolo…
13 min
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Aerin Jacob: Lessons From The Man With A Machin...
With her truck stuck in the mud in the Serengeti,…
18 min
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Nicole Ferraro: The Summer Of West Nile
A remote disease comes very close to home for Que…
11 min
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Teppei Katori: Becoming American
A Japanese particle physicist struggles to find h…
17 min
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John Rennie: The Downside Of Being The Boss
John Rennie finds it’s great to be editor in chie…
19 min
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Adriana Salerno: A Different Kind Of Problem
As a mathematician, Adriana Salerno is used to so…
15 min
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Brittany Bushnell: A Neuroscientist With A Brai...
Just after beginning a graduate program in neuros…
12 min
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Nate Charles Troisi: Family Chemistry
A chemistry set is the perfect opportunity for Na…
13 min
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David Moinina Sengeh: Whose Story Is It?
When reporters call to cover David Moinina Sengeh…
12 min
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Tara Lagu: Quitting The Lab To Save The World
Tara Lagu's passion for beating her high school r…
14 min
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Karen James: I Could Be an Astronaut
A surprise email leads a biologist to NASA.
Dr K…
15 min
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Erica Ferencik: My Dad & His Mice
Erica Ferencik's father left his family to pursue…
13 min
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George Church: Playing With Fire
George Church learns a lesson on the power of nat…
11 min
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John Dimandja: The First Day Of Class
Professor John Dimandja is confused when his clas…
14 min
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Diana Reiss: Who is training who?
Early in her career researching dolphin intellige…
10 min
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Uzma Rizvi: Being an Archaeologist
At a checkpoint in Iraq, not knowing if she'll ge…
15 min
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Brian Wecht: The Littlest Experiment
For physicist Brian Wecht, his new baby is the pe…
16 min
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Jessica Henkel: Stuck
Ecologist Jessica Henkel finds the keys to her re…
17 min