The Story Collider

By Story Collider, Inc.Society & Culture Science Arts Personal Journals Performing Arts

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The Story Collider episodes

February 17, 2013 Colin Jerolmack: How a sociologist became The Pigeon Guy
Colin Jerolmack was floundering in grad school until he found deep insights into human nature... from pigeons.

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18 min
February 10, 2013 Kelly & Zach Weinersmith: Two nerds fall in love
Biologist Kelly Smith and comic artist Zach Weiner were having trouble dating, until they met online and realized what they each needed was another nerd.

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17 min
February 03, 2013 Anica Rissi: Confessions of a fourth-grade science fraud
Anica Rissi realizes the true purpose of her science project: to increase her popularity. But how far is she willing to go?

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12 min
January 27, 2013 Tara Clancy: A bartender from Queens learns theoretical physics
Tara Clancy's worry over making bad life choices leads her to think about all the things she doesn't know -- and from there, obviously, to theoretical physics.

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11 min
January 20, 2013 Heather Berlin: Can a scientist believe in life after death?
Her grandmother's death forces neuroscientist Heather Berlin to think hard about what she believes, and why.

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13 min
January 06, 2013 Anna Rothschild: Feeling love in your gut
Anna Rothschild tells the most adorably gross love story you'll ever hear.

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12 min
December 16, 2012 Robin Abrahams: A rabbit's personality
A neighbor's gift of two baby rabbits leads Robin Abrahams to a new view of, and fascination with, personality. "Do you not understand that I am a nine year old girl? ... Of course I want the bunnies!"

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10 min
December 09, 2012 Lawrence David: An extreme self-study
Having lost his ambition to be a scientist, Lawrence David embarks on one more research project -- to collect and study his poop. Every day. For a year. "I wake up, I dread pooping. I'm gagging, and I hear my wife screaming from the bedroom, 'Serves you right for putting feces in our fridge!'"

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15 min
December 02, 2012 Abby Pond: A quiet moment
When her dad is diagnosed with cancer, Abby Pond is sent on a journey home, across the world, and into a new science. "He said, 'Why are you sitting here waiting for me to die. This is dumb.' So he kicked me out."

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17 min
November 25, 2012 Arran Frood: A therapeutic trip
Arran Frood is a science writer who specializes in writing about studies of psychedelic drugs, but a routine story turns personal when he finds himself in a study of MDMA and therapy.

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14 min

About The Story Collider

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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…