The Story Collider

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The Story Collider episodes

June 17, 2012 Eli Kintisch: Separating chemistry
Having fallen in love with the ability of chemists' to learn about elements by separating them down to their essence, Eli Kintisch has just two obstacles to becoming a scientist: a machine, and another intern.
"I would go to the fridge, and there was this bottle of mustard. And I don't even like mustard, but I would spread it on bread. And that was my snack."
13 min
June 14, 2012 Erin Barker: Oh, just those four things?
Erin Barker struggles with a disease that only makes her give up four things; they just happen to be the four things worth living for.
Re-issued specially for our Women In Science magazine issue. Check it out at magazine.storycollider.org
13 min
June 10, 2012 Jamy Ian Swiss: The universal personality reading machine
In the IBM pavilion at the 1964 World's Fair, Jamy Ian Swiss encounters a computer that reveals a piece in personality, although maybe not in the way it's inventor intended.
"I was outraged, with all the moral outrage an 11 year old can muster."
14 min
June 08, 2012 Rachel 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.
“I knew that with enough time and pressure you could take a dinosaur and make gasoline. So I figured with enough time I could take a physicist and make a boyfriend.”
Rachel Bitney Wecht has been performing and teaching improv comedy in various venues around the globe since 1999. She currently lives in London where she spends her time correcting British people's pronunciation of American words.
Every week the Story Collider brings you a true, personal story about science. Find more and subscribe to our podcast here: storycollider.org/.
14 min
June 03, 2012 Darlene Cavalier: Why not put a cheerleader in the room?
Darlene Cavalier, a former professional cheerleader, had always felt like science wasn't for people like her. But then a chance conversation leads her to learn more about science, and even more about cheerleaders, than she ever imagined.
21 min
April 14, 2012 David 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.
“I had this little disposable plastic camera and I’d put it up to my eye and look through the lens, and a whole dolphin head would fill the frame.”
13 min
April 07, 2012 Steven 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.
“I wanted to know why? Why am I having this autonomic response to a man’s tragedy?”
17 min
March 31, 2012 Eric Feldman: Molecules aren't real
As a college student majoring in Chemistry, Eric Feldman becomes obsessed with a single idea: molecules aren’t real.
“We would eat handfuls of gummy bears, play Contra, and talk about the alienation of man in an industrialized society.”
15 min
March 17, 2012 Meghan Groome: Being brave about 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. (explicit)
“These kids, they’ve been kept deliberately ignorant about the reproductive system. The area between here and here is like one of those blurry boxes in the movies.”
19 min
March 04, 2012 Amy 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.
“Did I mention I’d been working on it for 18 months? My family was going to disown me if I didn’t finish the story.”
28 min

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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…