The Story Collider
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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...
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Choice: Stories about struggling to make the right call
In this week’s episode, both of our storytellers find themselves reckoning with the choices they’ve made—discovering how a single decision, whether ma...
AI: Stories about artificial intelligence
In this week’s episode, both our storytellers come face to face with the growing power—and pitfalls—of artificial intelligence.
Part 1: When AI...
Hubris: Stories about over-confidence
In this week’s episode, like Icarus, both our storytellers fly a little too close to the sun—and learn the hard way that confidence doesn’t always equ...
Best of Story Collider: A Whole New World
In this week’s “Best Of” episode, we present two stories of people having to navigate a new world.
Part 1: Sean Bearden has never been intereste...
Don't Be Dramatic: Stories about downplaying it
In this week’s episode, both of our storytellers look back on moments that might have deserved a little more drama than they got at the time.
Pa...
Coasting: Stories about having it easy
In this week’s episode, both of our storytellers reckon with what happens when success doesn’t come so easily anymore.
Part 1: After years of ac...
Attitude: Stories about inner strength
Attitude is everything—and this week’s storytellers prove it. Even when life throws challenges their way, they show how perspective and perseverance c...
Best of Story Collider: Animal Rescue
This week we present two classic stories from people who got called into action to save an animal they didn’t know they’d be called to save.
Par...
Bad News: Stories about tough conversations
In this week’s episode, both storytellers must navigate heartbreaking dilemmas as they try to figure out how to convey crushing news.
Part 1: Wh...
In Deep: Stories about being in over your head
In this week’s episode, both of our storytellers bite off a bit more than they can chew.
Part 1: Fresh out of college and in what seems like h...
Silenced Science: Stories about the suppression of science
This week, we’re teaming up with Silenced Science Stories, a volunteer project that shines a light on scientists whose work has been derailed by feder...
Best of Story Collider: Fear
This week, in honor of Halloween, we're presenting two classic stories about facing fears for science.
Part 1: As a newly minted PhD student in...
Bad Trip: Stories about a negative drug-taking experience
In this week’s episode, both of our storytellers learn the hard way that getting high doesn’t always mean having a good time.
Part 1: At his fri...
OCD: Stories about obsessive compulsive disorder
In honor of OCD Awareness Week, this episode features two deeply personal stories about living with obsessive compulsive disorder.
Part 1: For H...
Blood & Guts: Stories about hemoglobin and intestines
In this week’s episode, we wade into the bloody (and sometimes gory) side of science.
Part 1: Shawn Musgrave wants to donate blood, but runs he...
Close Calls: Stories about near misses
In this week’s episode, our storytellers face life-or-death moments they’ll never forget.
Part 1: On a trip to Colombia for a research conferenc...
Best of Story Collider: Hypothesis
This week we present two classic stories from people who had hypotheses.
Part 1: Teaching sixth grade science becomes much more difficult when...
Knowledge: Stories from our workshops
In this week’s episode, we’re featuring two powerful stories born from our education program.
Part 1: As an undergraduate with no “real” science...
Reframe: Stories about art helping mental health
In this week’s episode, we explore how creativity, humor, and connection can be powerful tools for mental health and healing.
Part 1: When anxie...
Evictions: Stories of things that had to go
In this week’s episode, both storytellers face the challenge of evicting some very unwelcome guests.
Part 1: While housesitting for her uncle, J...
Best of Story Collider: Identity Crisis
This week we present two classic stories about people struggling with their identity.
Part 1: When science journalist Katherine Wu interviews a...
Becoming Your Hero: Stories about embodying a role model
In this week’s episode, both of our storytellers transform into someone they admire—one quite literally, the other more figuratively.
Part 1: Wh...
Someone Else's Shoes: Stories about understanding others perspectives
In this week’s episode, both of our storytellers are pushed out of their comfort zones—and challenged to see the world through someone else’s eyes.
Sticky Fingers: Stories about theft
In this week’s episode, we explore what pushes someone to steal, and how it feels to be the one robbed.
Part 1: With a potential cancer diagnosi...
Then Comes A Baby?: Stories about the choice to have children
This week’s episode dives into one of the most personal decisions many women face: whether or not to have children.
Part 1: When a piece of her...
Best of Story Collider: Acceptance
This week, we’re presenting stories about the struggle to find acceptance — whether it’s at Space Camp or in the United States of America.
Part...
Green Thumb: Stories about gardening
In this week’s episode, we’re getting into the weeds—literally—with two stories about how gardens and green spaces can take root in our lives in unexp...
Wired Lives: Stories about brain-computer interfaces
This week’s special episode—produced in partnership with Institute for Neuroscience, Neurotechnology, and Society at Georgia Tech – features two power...
Mishaps: Stories about unintended mistakes
In this week’s episode, both of our storytellers share tales of well-intentioned choices gone wrong.
Part 1: In fourth grade, Ro Moran is thrill...
Best of Story Collider: Pride
To close out Pride Month this week, we're sharing a special best of episode featuring stories about coming out in science!
Part 1: Science educ...
Red Flag: Stories about toxic relationships
In this week’s episode, both of our storytellers use a scientific lens to examine their worst relationships.
Part 1: Carlos Maza uses the plague...
Coming Out: Stories about sharing one's identity
In celebration of Pride Month, we’re sharing two stories about coming out with the help of science.
Part 1: After years of struggling with thei...
Pseudoscience: Stories about scientific misinformation
This week’s special episode—produced in partnership with Challenging Pseudoscience, at the Royal Institution, with support from the Open Society Found...
Best of Story Collider: Celebrating 15 Years
To kick off our big 15 year anniversary celebration, we’re re-sharing two stories from the storytellers you, the fans, voted as your favorite stories....
Moving On: Stories about letting go of a relationship
Some relationships stand the test of time—others unravel. In this week’s episode, both of our storytellers explore what it means to heal, let go, and...
Hyperfixation: Stories about intense focus
In this week’s episode, both of our storytellers become extremely fixated on something very specific.
Part 1: After being diagnosed with breast...
A Mother's Love: Stories honoring mothers
In honor of Mother’s Day, both of our storytellers share stories about their unique relationships with their moms.
Part 1: Rita Rigano always...
Missing Pieces: Stories about an unremembered friendship
In this week’s episode, Thomas Dixon and Rachel Robinson manage to build a friendship, despite not remembering the exact moments they shared.
Th...
Best of Story Collider: Justice
This week we present two stories from people who stood up against a system eager to tear them down.
Part 1: After a car crash alters Emily Winn'...
Freak Accident: Stories about highly unusual incidents
In this week’s episode, both our storytellers’ lives are altered by an unexpected mishap.
Part 1: When teenage Ron Hart accidentally walks thr...