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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Stories
Will You Be My Valentine?: Stories about using science to find love
Will You Be My Valentine?: Stories about using science to find love

After Tony Dahlman plucks up the courage to ask out a fellow statistician, he consults the Survey Administration Manual for guidance on how to construct the perfect date, and when engineering student Heather Monigan asks liberal arts major Michael Berger on a date he’s completely unaware that she's interested in him.

 

Live Shows

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New York, NY - Perseverance
Feb 20
QED
New York, NY - Perseverance
QED

Join us on Thursday, February 20th at QED in Astoria for an evening of true, personal stories about perseverance in science!

QED
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
New York, NY - Discoveries
Mar 6
Pier 57
New York, NY - Discoveries
Pier 57

Stories about truth uncovered.

Pier 57
Atlanta, GA - Atlanta Science Festival
Mar 13
Waller's Coffee Shop
Atlanta, GA - Atlanta Science Festival
Waller's Coffee Shop

Join the Story Collider crew for an evening of true, personal stories at the Atlanta Science Festival!

Waller's Coffee Shop
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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Advanced Storytelling Workshop
Apr 1
Advanced Storytelling Workshop

Taught by Erin Barker & Bryan Kett

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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Will You Be My Valentine?: Stories about using science to find love
Will You Be My Valentine?: Stories about using science to find love

After Tony Dahlman plucks up the courage to ask out a fellow statistician, he consults the Survey Administration Manual for guidance on how to construct the perfect date, and when engineering student Heather Monigan asks liberal arts major Michael Berger on a date he’s completely unaware that she's interested in him.

Top Secret: Stories about things we hide
Top Secret: Stories about things we hide

Growing up in Ghana, Pauline Owusu-Ansah hides her secret desire to study lizards, and Saad Sarwana’s secret identity as a standup comedian threatens to ruin his burgeoning physics career.

Best of Story Collider: Chemistry
Best of Story Collider: Chemistry

Nothing can come between Lindzi Wessel and her new boyfriend, David -- except maybe herpes, and Marine biologist Skylar Bayer and first mate Thom Young find love on a boat.

Excluded: Stories about being left out
Excluded: Stories about being left out

At school, Natalie Ayala can’t understand why she and the other dual-language kids are treated differently, and as a photographer on a research expedition in Antarctica, Marley Parker can’t seem to break into the scientist inner circle.

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.