In part two of our special bonus episode, we feature stories from Doctors Without Borders OB-GYN Veronica Ades and storyteller Tracey Segarra.
Read MoreAbortion: Stories from doctors and patients - Part 1
In Part 1 of this special bonus episodes, we feature stories from actress and comedian Jacey Powers, Doctors Without Borders OB-GYN Rasha Khoury, and abortion doula and comedian Molly Gaebe.
Read MoreLeaving Home: Stories about the places we're from
Raised as a creationist, Jennifer Colbourne falls in love with evolutionary science, and Herman B. White leaves his hometown of Tuskegee behind to pursue physics -- but his Alabama roots help him make a surprising connection.
Read MoreHelp: Stories about desperate situations
As a first-year teacher, Matt Baker feels overwhelmed -- especially when his principal is less than supportive, and a graduate student is sexually assaulted by a labmate.
Read MoreBright Ideas: Stories about inspiration
Author Kate Greathead sets off on a cross-country drive to escape her anxiety, and after years of studying worms, Tracy Chong begins to wonder if they might hold the key to alleviating hunger.
Read MoreMe vs. My Brain: Stories about losing your self
When Sandi Marx develops cognitive symptoms of lupus, she worries she'll lose the aspects of her personality that she values most, and chemist Toria Stafford's untreated mental illness starts to overwhelm both her science and her personal life.
Read MoreLoneliness: Stories about finding friends
Feeling isolated in her new job as a particle accelerator operator, Cindy Joe finds comfort in her unconventional pet, and Patrick Honner starts to doubt his lifelong love of math when grad school becomes a lonely experience.
Read MoreSurprises: Stories about the unexpected
Writer Matthew Dicks is startled to learn that his dog is in surgery -- and that he agreed to it the night before, and climatologist Simon Donner misses the ride to his field site in Madagascar, and must find his way there on his own.
Read MoreMortality: Stories about facing death
Science communicator Anthony Morgan receives an invitation to be vacuum-sealed to the bottom of a helicopter -- for science, and as a medical student, Elorm Avakame befriends a patient who is dying from alcoholism.
Read MoreThe Science of Dating: Stories about sex and romance
Comedian Josh Gondelman is threatened with a lawsuit after he reviews a new sexual enhancement product, and neuroscientist Heather Berlin and rapper Baba Brinkman try to use science to figure out if they belong together.
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