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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Anna Wexler: A crucial choice
There is one rule more important than any other i…
14 min
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Saad Sarwana: A muslim, a physicist, and a come...
Pakistan-born physicist Saad Sarwana gets a visit…
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David Epstein: A turn on the track
When tragedy strikes his high school friend, Davi…
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Danielle N. Lee: Working twice as hard
As a woman of color working in science, Danielle …
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Pete Etchells: The next level
Psychologist Pete Etchells' father inspired him -…
15 min
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Craig Lehocky: Do you always talk like that?
While studying bioengineering, Craig Lehocky disc…
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Special Episode - Outtakes! (And a request for ...
The Story Collider needs your help! Our initial f…
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Saswato R. Das: Wrong number
A wrong number to a friend in Sri Lanka leads Sas…
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Jim O'Grady: You, me, and the monkey
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Deborah Blum: A taste of nature
At age 7, Deborah Blum starts a mystery when she …
14 min
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Victor Hwang: Spacecraft are never late
What's the worst that can happen when you let a r…
13 min
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Eliza Strickland: Lost in the deep
Science writer Eliza Strickland discovers that in…
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Emily Graslie: From landscapes to taxidermy
How does a landscape artist become the host of a …
12 min
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Alan Lightman: More than just the equations
From a (mostly) successful model rocket launch to…
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Robin Dessel: Sex and the nursing home
When two residents of her nursing home fell in lo…
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Stephanie Nothelle: A last cup of coffee
Stephanie Nothelle loves volunteering at her loca…
14 min
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Aviva Hope Rutkin: Sensory substitution
For her masters thesis in science writing, Aviva …
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Richard Pollack: The wobbly table
Richard Pollack finds himself moderating an uneas…
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John Rennie: The lab safety officer
After he's named lab safety officer, John Rennie …
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Darcy Burke: The mountain lion book
Darcy Burke's mother gave her a book on mountain …
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Aditi: How to impress your graduate advisor
As a new, super competitive, graduate student Adi…
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Kimberly Rae Miller: Let's fix dad
Kimberly Rae Miller's family had a secret: her da…
12 min
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Sara Peters and Peter Aguero: Praying for a sei...
Sara Peters has epilepsy, but no drugs seem to he…
18 min
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Ben Moskowitz: Cheating the snake
When Ben Moskowitz gets to take special classes i…
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Alex Brown: The nature of time and meningitis
Science writer Alex Brown's philosophical educati…
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