Every year, we host live shows - in person and online - Around the world with all kinds of storytellers: researchers, doctors, and engineers, of course, but also patients, poets, comedians, and more. Our team’s favorite stories from those shows land on our weekly podcast. Some of the stories are heartbreaking, others are hilarious. They're all true and all very personal.

Scroll down to learn more about our work, including educational programming that aims to bring the power of science storytelling to all.

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Adapt: Stories about adjusting to new conditions
Adapt: Stories about adjusting to new conditions

As the only American, microbiologist Chris Robinson struggles to make friends with the other researchers in Chernobyl, and in his quest to study the adaptability of stickleback fish, neuroscientist Ashwin Bhandiwad keeps needing to adjust his experiment with each new hurdle.

 

Live Shows

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The Story Collider All-Star Slam
Feb 11
Online
The Story Collider All-Star Slam
Online

Join us on February 11th for the ULTIMATE story slam showdown!

Online
Toronto, ON – Atypical
Feb 27
Burdock Brewery
Toronto, ON – Atypical
Burdock Brewery

Join us on February 27th, 2024 in Toronto at Burdock Brewery for an evening of true, personal stories about science.

Burdock Brewery
The Story Collider Presents: Stories of Brain and Beyond
Mar 18
Caveat
The Story Collider Presents: Stories of Brain and Beyond
Caveat

Join the Story Collider and the Friedman Brain Institute at the Icahn School of Medicine for five true, personal stories about the brain and beyond!

Caveat
 

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Story Coaching 101
Jan 14
Story Coaching 101

Instructor: Erin Barker

Each year, we help hundreds of STEM professionals and science enthusiasts learn to use the power of storytelling to enhance their scholarly communication, classroom teaching, public engagement, advocacy work, and more.

From guest lectures and keynote addresses to weekly seminar series to two-day retreats, our educational programming can be offered in online, hybrid, and in-person formats and customized to fit your schedule and goals.

 

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Adapt: Stories about adjusting to new conditions
Adapt: Stories about adjusting to new conditions

As the only American, microbiologist Chris Robinson struggles to make friends with the other researchers in Chernobyl, and in his quest to study the adaptability of stickleback fish, neuroscientist Ashwin Bhandiwad keeps needing to adjust his experiment with each new hurdle.

Tough Gigs: Stories about unsuitable jobs
Tough Gigs: Stories about unsuitable jobs

When fertility research scientist Sarah Adelman gets a job at a sperm bank, she’s apparently the only one who finds it funny, and in her new job at a neuroscience lab, Anna Zhukovskaya’s boss starts to pick on her.

Unlikely Heroes: Stories about coming to the rescue
Unlikely Heroes: Stories about coming to the rescue

While on a bike ride with her daughter, Rebecca Stronger comes across an unconscious stranger on the ground, and the only thing standing between Ruby Mustill and being trampled by elephants is a tent.

Best of Story Collider: Good and Evil
Best of Story Collider: Good and Evil

Political scientist Ethan Hollander interviews a Nazi war criminal as part of his research, and as a graduate student, Cather Simpson is excited to present her work -- but then her adviser lies about it.

Gambling: Stories about risk versus reward
Gambling: Stories about risk versus reward

Beatriz Perez’s parents want her to use her first pay check to gamble on the slot machines, and Dave Piontkowski is on a winning streak in Vegas when his severe ulcerative colitis rears its ugly head.

Birds: Stories about avifauna
Birds: Stories about avifauna

Paula Croxson uses her neuroscience background to get rid of the pigeon family that has taken up residence on her window sill, and as a new urban park ranger, Tim Lopez gets a call to capture a swan on the loose.

Cures: Stories about getting better
Cures: Stories about getting better

Deandra Anjahlee decides to study psychology to try to understand what is happening with her mind, and after all other treatments fail to treat Nick Caruso’s 25-year long depression, he gives transcranial magnetic stimulation a shot.

Best of Story Collider: Bad Days in the Field
Best of Story Collider: Bad Days in the Field

Paleontologist David Evans and his team start to feel defeated after three days of searching fruitlessly for fossils, and after cave geologist Gabriela Serrato Marks develops fibromyalgia, exploring caves becomes a challenge.

You Belong Here: Stories from The Allen Institute
You Belong Here: Stories from The Allen Institute

After getting accepted to a PhD program, Max Departee can’t help but feel like he’s not good enough to be there, and Han Arbach is worried coming out as nonbinary will ruin their scientific career.

Digital Bonds: Stories about technology
Digital Bonds: Stories about technology

In an attempt to be seen as “cool” by his friends, Azhar Bande-Ali reaches out to the Steve Wozniak and invites him for coffee, and Don Picard can’t stop using technology to keep tabs on his son.