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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OCD: Stories about obsessive compulsive disorder
OCD: Stories about obsessive compulsive disorder

For Hannah Hedelius, a classmate’s hiccups trigger an overwhelming reaction she can’t hold back, and as a graduate student, Rachel Hostetler begins to realize that her intrusive thoughts may be more than just regular stress.

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Brooklyn, NY - Political Science
Oct 20
Young Ethel's
Brooklyn, NY - Political Science
Young Ethel's

Join us for an unforgettable evening of true, personal stories about what happens when science becomes political, and the political becomes personal.

Young Ethel's
Online – Hot Mic: The Producer Showcase
Nov 12
Online
Online – Hot Mic: The Producer Showcase
Online

Join us for a special online edition of The Story Collider, featuring true, personal stories from the talented producers who usually make the magic happen behind the scenes!

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Intro to Storytelling
Oct 27
Intro to Storytelling

Instructors: Bryan Kett and Neeti Jain

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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OCD: Stories about obsessive compulsive disorder
OCD: Stories about obsessive compulsive disorder

For Hannah Hedelius, a classmate’s hiccups trigger an overwhelming reaction she can’t hold back, and as a graduate student, Rachel Hostetler begins to realize that her intrusive thoughts may be more than just regular stress.

Blood & Guts: Stories about hemoglobin and intestines
Blood & Guts: Stories about hemoglobin and intestines

Shawn Musgrave wants to donate blood, but runs headfirst into the FDA’s lifetime ban on gay men as donors, and while working with the condor recovery program, Molly Astell opens a freezer to find every researcher’s nightmare.

Close Calls: Stories about near misses
Close Calls: Stories about near misses

On a trip to Colombia for a research conference, biologist Stephanie Galla must rely on her fight-or-flight instincts when she is cornered by a mugger with a knife, and an ordinary day takes a shocking turn when Kim Weaver is struck by lightning.

Best of Story Collider: Hypothesis
Best of Story Collider: Hypothesis

Teaching sixth grade science becomes much more difficult when Xochitl Garcia's students start hypothesizing that fire is alive, and when journalist John Rennie is assigned to cover an entomological society event where insects are served as food, he sees an opportunity to face his fear of bugs.

Knowledge: Stories from our workshops
Knowledge: Stories from our workshops

As an undergraduate with no “real” science experience, Molly Magid is thrilled to join a research project studying how bats fly—until she discovers the bats refuse to cooperate, and as a child, Léa Souccar and her father explore the wreckage in the aftermath of a devastating bombing.

Reframe: Stories about art helping mental health
Reframe: Stories about art helping mental health

When anxiety starts taking over her life, Jude Treder-Wolff signs up for an improv class, and counselor Belinda Arriaga and emergency medicine doctor Nancy Ewen join forces to get scientific evidence of the power of culturally responsive mental health care.

Evictions: Stories of things that had to go
Evictions: Stories of things that had to go

While housesitting for her uncle, JiJi Lee’s peaceful stay takes a chaotic turn when a squirrel breaks in, and when a serious mold infestation takes over the university campus, Joshua Wilson is tasked with eliminating it.

Best of Story Collider: Identity Crisis
Best of Story Collider: Identity Crisis

When science journalist Katherine Wu interviews a scientist about a new facial recognition algorithm, the conversation turns more personal than she expected, and Hurricane Katrina gives Mary Annaise Heglar a new perspective on both her grandfather and home state.

Becoming Your Hero: Stories about embodying a role model
Becoming Your Hero: Stories about embodying a role model

While juggling climate science studies and a budding comedy career, Rollie Williams finds an unexpected niche impersonating his environmental hero, Al Gore, and Scott Acton longs to follow in Hemingway’s footsteps, but when his English teacher squashes his writing dreams, he reluctantly accepts his role as “the computer guy.”

Someone Else's Shoes: Stories about understanding others perspectives
Someone Else's Shoes: Stories about understanding others perspectives

As someone who always likes to play it safe, psychologist Kenneth Carter sets out to understand what makes thrill-seekers tick, and philosophy professor Rob Reich is frustrated that so many new Stanford students are headed straight into computer science.

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