The Story Collider
By The Story Collider
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Podcast Description
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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1 |
ExplicitPhoebe Cohen: Chasing rocks and bears | While hunting for fossils of some of Earth's oldest organisms, paleontologist Phoebe Cohen and her geologist friend encounter a problem with one of Earth's more recently evolved organisms. | 5/20/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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2 |
ExplicitTom Levenson: Wide open spaces and the long road home | As a young man Tom Levenson tries to follow his deceased father's advice, and takes a wide detour that leads him to contemplate life at the base of Newton's tree. | 5/13/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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3 |
ExplicitDeborah Berebichez: Passing on the gift | Deborah Berebichez was told she couldn't study physics because it wasn't for girls -- until she got assistance for an unexpected reason. | 5/6/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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4 |
ExplicitBlaise Allysen Kearsley: How babies are made | Writer Blaise Allysen Kearsley asks the question: how do you learn about sexuality when no one tells you anything useful, and everyone else seems to know what they're doing? | 4/29/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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5 |
ExplicitMatt Danzico: Strangers on the internet | In 2007, Matt Danzico engages in a massive project to show that strangers on the internet can be trusted -- and finds himself in the middle of nowhere with a broken-down bus and a stranger with a gun. | 4/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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6 |
ExplicitDavid Gelles: Have fun, be safe (in an ocean) | At ten years old, David Gelles finds himself abandoned and swimming in an ocean with a storm coming. Alone. Except for the pod of dolphins. | 4/15/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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7 |
ExplicitSteven Puente: A therapist learns it's ok to cry | A young social worker, working with a military vet, discovers that part of his own shame is one of the most powerful tools in therapy. | 4/8/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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8 |
ExplicitEric Feldman: Molecules aren't real | As a college student majoring in Chemistry, Eric Feldman becomes obsessed with a single idea: molecules aren't real. | 4/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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9 |
ExplicitSteve Zimmer: Lab rats | Steve Zimmer goes back to grad school in a biology lab -- a place where the social dynamics are more intricate than the science. | 3/25/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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10 |
ExplicitMeghan Groome: Being brave with sex-ed | Meghan Groome encounters a young science teachers rite of passage: teaching sex-ed. But it's not until her honors class that the full reality hits her. | 3/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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11 |
ExplicitEd Gavagan: They did that to me | As Ed Gavagan watches medical students practice sutures on the subway, he remembers his own traumatic experience. | 3/11/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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12 |
ExplicitAmy Harmon: 18 months of learning to communicate | New York Times reporter Amy Harmon is making no progress on her story about an autistic man trying to live and work independently -- until she finds a way to reconnect with her subject matter. | 3/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitDawn Fraser: One in a Million | When Dawn Fraser's twin is diagnosed with Down syndrome, their parents decide to raise them as equals -- a task that produced a new twist on the racetrack. | 2/26/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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14 |
ExplicitCharlie Foster: The most invasive species | A teacher and his study of the zebra mussel reproductive system inspire Charlie Foster to make a dramatic change in himself. | 2/19/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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15 |
ExplicitAdam Becker: An astronomical error | Adam Becker's communications with Neil deGrasse Tyson about an error at the Hayden Planetarium lead to an unexpected correction. | 2/12/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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16 |
ExplicitHallie Haglund: To build a fire | As a teenager, Daily Show writer Hallie Haglund had a complicated relationship with her English teacher -- one that became even more complicated when they ventured into the wild. | 2/5/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitMaija Niemisto: A step from the boat | Maija Niemisto is a director of education on the Clearwater, America's environmental flagship. But when a stranger comes to the side of the ship, it heralds a discovery about her city and herself. | 1/29/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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18 |
ExplicitMark Sam Rosenthal: The most natural thing | Mark Sam Rosenthal's father teaches him about the birds and the bees, but leaves out the one lesson he never learned himself. | 1/22/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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19 |
ExplicitGuy Schaffer: Inside the monkey lab | Guy Schaffer wanted to understand the brain, but the only job he could find was in a monkey lab-- a lab where a monkey attack leads to deeper set of crises. | 1/15/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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20 |
ExplicitJulie Kraut and Caitlin Brodnick: The quirks of scientists | Two stories of women who confront the scientists in their lives: one by talking to a stranger, the other by being born to her parents. | 1/8/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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21 |
ExplicitElana Lancaster: Modern family planning | What do you do if you're a trans woman about to transition, and you might someday want children? Elana Lancaster tells the story of a partner's quest to freeze her sperm. | 1/1/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
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22 |
ExplicitMark Katz: A world without mathematics | In high school speechwriter Mark Katz made a mockery of the political process when he ran for president of Mu Alpha Theta. | 12/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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23 |
ExplicitJeanne Garbarino: A double dose | Scientist Jeanne Garbarino unexpectedly finds out she's pregnant. | 12/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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24 |
ExplicitLogan Smalley: Going west with Darius | Logan Smalley and his friends took a trip across the country that was everything the classic American road trip should be -- except one of them was dying. | 12/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitEbony Haith: The new school | Grade-schooler (and future America's Next Top Model contestant) Ebony Haith uncovers a shocking secret behind her new special school. | 12/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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26 |
ExplicitMatt Mercier: The physics of triangles | Matt Mercier was failing high school physics, until he started dating a girl whose father was a physics teacher. | 11/27/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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27 |
ExplicitAllison Downey: Maternal instinct vs. cruel heartless science | Allison Downey and her husband engage in the classic nature vs. nurture debate -- with their own son. | 11/20/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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28 |
ExplicitLou Serico: Researching the funniest virus | Lou Serico's childhood dream of being a scientist is tested by working in a herpes lab for his PhD. | 11/13/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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29 |
ExplicitBora Zivkovic: From Serbia with horses | How do you get the right background to be blogs editor at Scientific American? For Bora Zivkovic it started with raising horses in Belgrade. | 11/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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30 |
ExplicitTricia Rose Burt: The fertility challenge | A 40-year old artist struggles with fertility treatments. | 10/30/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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31 |
ExplicitGeorge Hrab: Grandeur of the Museum | A musician and performer is given a behind-the-scenes tour of the British Natural History Museum. | 10/23/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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32 |
ExplicitAmanda Marcotte: De-evolutionary psychology | A political blogger learns about science the fun way: by tearing apart bad evolutionary psychology studies. | 10/16/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitDaniela Schiller: As good as your last memory | A neuroscientist looks to her own research to understand her father. (Developed in conjunction with The Moth.) | 10/9/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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34 |
ExplicitCarl Zimmer: Holes in the net | After a terrible loss, science writer Carl Zimmer goes to report from the South Sudan, surrounded by the world's most deadly parasites. | 10/2/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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35 |
ExplicitNelson Lugo: Breathing Magic | Magician Nelson Lugo is faced with his own grandmother's powers. | 9/25/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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36 |
ExplicitKelli Porterfield: The Porterfield Genes | After 20 years Kelli Porterfield's father's genetic issues resurface. | 9/18/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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37 |
ExplicitNancy Parmalee: Keys to a new life | Single mother and aspiring scientist Nancy Parmalee takes the long route to her PhD. | 9/11/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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38 |
ExplicitChuck Na: Team-teaching the controversy | In need of a job, Chuck Na finds himself teaching evolution at an Orthodox Jewish high school. | 9/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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39 |
ExplicitRachel Bitney Wecht: Time and pressure | Actress Rachel Bitney Wecht describes the challenges of wooing a physicist: The Story Collider's own co-founder, Brian Wecht. | 8/28/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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ExplicitDouglas Fields: Reaching for discovery | Neuroscientist Doug Fields shares the moment, and the danger, of his first memory of scientific discovery. | 8/21/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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41 |
ExplicitJohn Rennie: Aggression | A college course forces John Rennie to confront a furious rat, and himself. | 8/14/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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42 |
ExplicitJonathan Schwartz: Fear of the family chemistry | Jonathan Schwartz follows his family's legacy into science, in hopes of curing his hypochondria. | 8/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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43 |
ExplicitNicole Ferraro: A fight with(out) the inventor of the web | Technology writer Nicole Ferraro finds the one person who can't be contacted on the world wide web: its inventor. | 7/31/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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44 |
ExplicitIbrahima Bah: A ticket to grad school | Ibrahima Bah discovers the hardest part of studying physics: the immigration office. | 7/24/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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45 |
ExplicitDavid Dickerson: Innocence | Writer David Dickerson's grad school hopes for romance leads to a dark ocean at 3am. | 7/17/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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46 |
ExplicitKevin Allison: The games principals play | Kevin Allison looks to psychology for insight into some very strange choices. (NSFW) | 7/10/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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47 |
ExplicitDiana Spechler: Fat camp fiction | Novelist Diana Spechler tells everyone she's teaching at a fat camp to research a novel. | 7/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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48 |
ExplicitTracy Rowland | Tracy Rowland searches for company in a town full of parties. | 6/26/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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49 |
ExplicitJeff Crouse | A virtual art project in Second Life turns real in a way Jeff Crouse never expected. | 6/19/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
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50 |
ExplicitErik Hofer | For his parents, the fact that the plants are carnivorous is the least troubling part of Erik Hofer's obsession. | 6/12/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 50 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
More than science
For those of us who managed to escape the study of science because we were afraid that there were no real humans in the room with all the chemistry charts, beakers, dissecting tools, and formulas, this podcast series is a wake up call. Time to go back and take those classes and meet some of these fabulous people who are now telling their stories. Oh, and did I mention FUNNY? Laugh out loud episodes. Love this podcast.
Awesome podcast!
Very entertaining and well put together; especially its first episodes. It's like all the funny parts of This American Life, only more clever.
Great podcast!
If you're into science, or even if you're not, this is a great podcast. Like This American Life or The Moth's storytelling podcast, but science-themed.
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