The Story Collider

The Story Collider True, personal stories about science We believe that, now, more than ever, science is a part of everyone's life. Some are heartbreaking; some are hilarious.
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The Story Collider was founded in 2010 by two physicists who met at a storytelling show in Queens and quickly realized that they could do that too. Since then, The Story Collider has been bringing true, personal stories about science to life both through our many live shows as well as our weekly podcast, and we've used what we've learned about science and stories to teach scientists to use narrati

ve in our university and corporate workshop program. At The Story Collider, you'll hear from scientists about all the times things went wrong, and occasionally right, in their labs, but you'll also hear from people who haven't had a formal connection to science since high school. We have physicists, comedians, neuroscientists, writers, actors, doctors, and many, many more telling their story. They're all true, and all, in one way or another, are about science. The storytellers in our shows and on our podcasts are being incredibly vulnerable when they share their stories with us, and because of that, we ask that listeners keep their comments respectful and listen to the story in full before commenting. While it's okay to disagree, any comments that are disrespectful will be deleted.

💡 Sometimes a revelation changes your research. Sometimes it changes your career. And sometimes, it changes how you see ...
08/25/2026

💡 Sometimes a revelation changes your research. Sometimes it changes your career. And sometimes, it changes how you see yourself.
We’re teaming up with Boise State University for an evening of true, personal stories from graduate engineering students about unexpected diagnoses, career-defining detours, finding your voice, discovering where you belong, and realizing you’re capable of more than you imagined.
🎤 Stories by Elizabeth Urban, Jeannette Martin, Olayemi Adeyemi, Roxanne Stone & Primerose Bomokayi.
Hosted by Bryan Kett & Meisa Salaita.
🎟️ Watch live online or join us in person—for FREE! https://ow.ly/cl0a50ZlExf
Come for the science, stay for the heart. ❤️

Important reminder: Nature doesn’t care how much trail mix you’ve eaten or how many toenails you’ve lost. 🧔‍♂️🧊Turns out...
08/24/2026

Important reminder: Nature doesn’t care how much trail mix you’ve eaten or how many toenails you’ve lost. 🧔‍♂️🧊
Turns out, even the experts can make mistakes.
🎧 Catch Monte’s story in this week’s episode of .https://ow.ly/SGoF50ZlJnA

08/23/2026

Jessica Lee Williamson can’t stop thinking about death. Not because she wants to die, but because her OCD has latched onto one terrifying question: how will it happen?
🎧 Don't miss Jessica's story in this week’s episode of https://ow.ly/efaI50ZlJfL

08/22/2026

Monte Montepare has spent years helping others safely navigate glaciers, but then the ice suddenly gives way beneath him... 🧊😳
🎧 Find out what happens next in this week’s episode of https://ow.ly/lpPi50ZlJ79

🚨 Something new is coming...📅 Save the date: September 20–26We're launching the very first —a week dedicated to celebra...
08/21/2026

🚨 Something new is coming...
📅 Save the date: September 20–26
We're launching the very first —a week dedicated to celebrating the incredible, unexpected, funny, heartbreaking, and life-changing stories that happen where science meets real life.
Because everyone has a science story to tell.
Find out what's coming and how to join in at www.sciencestorytellingweek.com.

Plans are great.Life... has other ideas.This week, a glacier and an overactive brain remind Monte Montepare and Jessica ...
08/20/2026

Plans are great.
Life... has other ideas.
This week, a glacier and an overactive brain remind Monte Montepare and Jessica Lee Williamson that control is mostly an illusion.
🎧Out tomorrow!

💡 Eureka! We’ve discovered the perfect way to spend an evening in Queens.Join us at QED Astoria on September 4 for true,...
08/19/2026

💡 Eureka! We’ve discovered the perfect way to spend an evening in Queens.

Join us at QED Astoria on September 4 for true, personal stories about science and those glorious moments when something suddenly clicks.

Hosted by Grant Bowen + Julio Chavez, with stories from David Firstman, Garima Raheja, Lisa Klein + Will Clegg.

Come for the science. Stay for the plot twists. 🔬✨

🎟️ Grab your tickets! https://ow.ly/cQkR50ZAGNZ

For Guilherme Lichand, finding the students slipping through the cracks is only the beginning. But with the right data, ...
08/19/2026

For Guilherme Lichand, finding the students slipping through the cracks is only the beginning. But with the right data, an invisible problem can finally be seen—and change can begin.
🎧 Discover Guilherme’s story in this week’s episode of . https://ow.ly/oRIO50ZkTSN

Big news! 🎉 We’re thrilled to share that The Story Collider has been awarded a STEM Action Grant from Society for Scienc...
08/18/2026

Big news! 🎉 We’re thrilled to share that The Story Collider has been awarded a STEM Action Grant from Society for Science!

The STEM Action Grants program supports innovative, mission-driven nonprofits creating opportunities for their communities to engage with STEM and deepen scientific understanding.

This funding will help us continue bringing people together through true, personal stories about science — and showing that science isn’t just something that happens in labs. It’s part of all of our lives.

We’re so grateful to Society for Science for supporting our work and the power of science storytelling. 💙

Learn more: https://bit.ly/3RLQ0OL

Justine Ang Fonte’s summer teaching job gets off to a rocky start. But as she finally begins connecting with her student...
08/17/2026

Justine Ang Fonte’s summer teaching job gets off to a rocky start. But as she finally begins connecting with her students, she discovers just how much they haven’t been taught about their own bodies.
🎧 Find out what happens next in this week’s episode of . https://ow.ly/55Pc50ZkTMo

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