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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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.
Live Shows
Join us for an evening of true, personal stories about getting back to our roots in science at Caveat, NYC!
Join us on February 11th for the ULTIMATE story slam showdown!
Join us on February 27th, 2024 in Toronto at Burdock Brewery for an evening of true, personal stories about science.
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!
DISCOVER HOW to tell YOUR SCIENCE story
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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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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Zoe Wisnoski takes matters into her own hands when her son has months of ongoing fevers, and during the pandemic, epidemiologist Bryon Backenson becomes disheartened when the public stops cooperating with public health authorities.