Friday, June 19 at 7 pm ET, join us for our online live show! Three storytellers from the Story Collider team and beyond will be sharing their stories on the theme "Getting Older," and we'll invite our audience to share their ten-word stories as well!
This event is free, or you may pay up to $50 on a sliding scale if you wish to donate to The Story Collider. Reserve your spot and watch here or on the page below!
Stories by:
Micaela Blei, PhD, is a storyteller, educator and narrative researcher based in Brooklyn. A two-time Moth GrandSLAM winner, former Director of Education at The Moth, and former third grade teacher, Micaela has spent the last 8 years teaching and practicing personal narrative performance. Her dissertation research at NYU’s Steinhardt School focused on the role of storytelling in the identity formation of K-12 educators, and she has given keynotes and research talks on storytelling and empathy at conferences and universities nationwide. She's an adjunct professor at NYU, the story editor for acclaimed podcasts Family Ghosts and Brought To You By, and has held fellowships with the Tsai Center for Innovative Thinking at Yale; UCLA’s Center for Scholars and Storytellers; and Skidmore’s MDOCS Storytellers’ Institute. Find out more and see more stories at micaelablei.com.
Shane M. Hanlon is a conservation biologist turned science communicator who earned a PhD by studying frogs and turtles (seriously). He is a Senior Producer for The Story Collider, Senior Producer and audio engineer for the AGU podcast Third Pod from the Sun, and writes and performs nerdy songs about scientists as Darwin and Curie. He loves his giant dog very much. He is @EcologyOfShane.
Maryam Zaringhalam is a molecular biologist who traded in her pipettes for the world of science policy and advocacy. She comes to D.C. from the concrete jungles of New York, where she received her PhD from The Rockefeller University. She co-hosts the science policy podcast Science Soapbox, and her words have appeared in Slate, Scientific American, and Quartz. Her cat is named Tesla, after Nikola and not Elon Musk's car. For insights like this and more, follow her on Twitter @webmz_