The Story Collider
Summary: Our lives revolve around science. From passing high school chemistry to surviving open-heart surgery, from reading a book on mountain lions to seeing the aftermath of an oil spill, from spinning a top to looking at pictures of distant galaxies, science affects us and shapes us. At The Story Collider, we want to know people's stories about science. From our monthly live shows to our Pictures of Science project, we bring together scientists, comedians, librarians, and other disreputable types to tell true, personal stories of times when, for good or ill, science happened.
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Podcasts:
Grade-schooler (and future America’s Next Top Model contestant) Ebony Haith uncovers a shocking secret behind her new special school.
A musician and performer is given a behind-the-scenes tour of the British Natural History Museum. “Your mind just caves in and you want to eat your face, because there’s a Coelacanth right there!”
A neuroscientist looks to her own research to understand her father. (Developed by The Moth.) “People talking about their feelings could be time-consuming, so I decide to focus on a simpler form of human behavior: mice.”
Magician Nelson Lugo is faced with his own grandmother’s powers. (explicit) “My grandmother could cast spells… talk to the dead, and see the future. She also made the best pancakes I’ve ever had in my entire life.”
After 20 years Kelli Porterfield’s father’s genetic issues resurface. (explicit) “For as far back as I can remember, my mother instilled in me this deep-seated fear of my genetic makeup.”
A college course forces John Rennie to confront a furious rat, and himself. “For me, 1979 will always be remembered as the year a rat almost castrated me.”
Tracy Rowland searches for company in a town full of parties.
David Morgan reaches out to his childhood hero, and connects with an unexpected medium. David Morgan holds a PhD in theoretical high-energy physics from The College of William and Mary. His currently the director of Innovation Lab @ross at the Ross School - a science and technology academy for high school students. He has been interviewed for several science stories on National Public Radio, and in 2005 he received a commission from the Ensemble Studio Theatre and the Sloan Foundation to write a play called "The Osiander Preface". He still can't believe he got away with that one. Every week the Story Collider brings you a true, personal story about science. Find more here: storycollider.org/.
Four artists who make use of science in their work took part in an exhibition at Zora Art Space, in Brooklyn. As part of the opening, they each told their personal science story. Stories by: Karen Margolis Elizabeth Demaray Lori Nix Eric LoPresti Kysa Johnson
Scott Aaronson’s love of video games led him to discover a world, and an identity, he didn’t know existed.
Aaron Wolfe escapes the harsh realities of science through the thrilling (and sexy) world of science fiction. (explicit) “I was so afraid to deal with reality, and I was so afraid of science, and what was in front of me.”
In an effort to counter the effects of aging, Badria Jazairi is forced to rely on an old nemesis: Science.
A neuroscientist tests the limits of wonder when his own father suffers a stroke.
Seth Lind comes to terms with the consequences of having a pacemaker installed at age 16.
After years of not recognizing people’s she’s met, an encounter forces Naomi Azar to ask if there’s something really wrong with her, or is she just hopelessly narcissistic?
