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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Best of Story Collider: Fear
Best of Story Collider: Fear

As a newly minted PhD student in geology, Erik Klemetti starts to question his decisions when Aucanquilcha, a 20,000-foot volcano in Chile, proves difficult to tame, and explorer George Kourounis finds himself growing increasingly anxious as he prepares to enter a fiery sinkhole known as the “Doorway to Hell.”

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Online – Hot Mic: The Producer Showcase
Nov 12
Online
Online – Hot Mic: The Producer Showcase
Online

Join us for a special online edition of The Story Collider, featuring true, personal stories from the talented producers who usually make the magic happen behind the scenes!

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Queens, NY - Unexpected
Nov 20
QED Astoria
Queens, NY - Unexpected
QED Astoria

Join us for an unforgettable evening of true, personal stories about what happens when science catches us off guard, or life throws a twist we never saw coming.

QED Astoria
New York, NY - Hysteria: Stories of Women's Health
Dec 2
Caveat
New York, NY - Hysteria: Stories of Women's Health
Caveat

Five women take the stage to share intimate, funny, and fearless tales from their personal journeys through the mysteries of their own bodies.

Caveat
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Intro to Storytelling
Oct 27
Intro to Storytelling

Instructors: Bryan Kett and Neeti Jain

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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Best of Story Collider: Fear
Best of Story Collider: Fear

As a newly minted PhD student in geology, Erik Klemetti starts to question his decisions when Aucanquilcha, a 20,000-foot volcano in Chile, proves difficult to tame, and explorer George Kourounis finds himself growing increasingly anxious as he prepares to enter a fiery sinkhole known as the “Doorway to Hell.”

Bad Trip: Stories about a negative drug-taking experience
Bad Trip: Stories about a negative drug-taking experience

At his friend’s bachelor party, Andrew McGill joins in on a mushroom trip that quickly spirals out of control, and in an attempt to calm his nerves about going on an Alaskan cruise, Will Clegg turns to marijuana.

OCD: Stories about obsessive compulsive disorder
OCD: Stories about obsessive compulsive disorder

For Hannah Hedelius, a classmate’s hiccups trigger an overwhelming reaction she can’t hold back, and as a graduate student, Rachel Hostetler begins to realize that her intrusive thoughts may be more than just regular stress.

Blood & Guts: Stories about hemoglobin and intestines
Blood & Guts: Stories about hemoglobin and intestines

Shawn Musgrave wants to donate blood, but runs headfirst into the FDA’s lifetime ban on gay men as donors, and while working with the condor recovery program, Molly Astell opens a freezer to find every researcher’s nightmare.

Close Calls: Stories about near misses
Close Calls: Stories about near misses

On a trip to Colombia for a research conference, biologist Stephanie Galla must rely on her fight-or-flight instincts when she is cornered by a mugger with a knife, and an ordinary day takes a shocking turn when Kim Weaver is struck by lightning.

Best of Story Collider: Hypothesis
Best of Story Collider: Hypothesis

Teaching sixth grade science becomes much more difficult when Xochitl Garcia's students start hypothesizing that fire is alive, and when journalist John Rennie is assigned to cover an entomological society event where insects are served as food, he sees an opportunity to face his fear of bugs.

Knowledge: Stories from our workshops
Knowledge: Stories from our workshops

As an undergraduate with no “real” science experience, Molly Magid is thrilled to join a research project studying how bats fly—until she discovers the bats refuse to cooperate, and as a child, Léa Souccar and her father explore the wreckage in the aftermath of a devastating bombing.

Reframe: Stories about art helping mental health
Reframe: Stories about art helping mental health

When anxiety starts taking over her life, Jude Treder-Wolff signs up for an improv class, and counselor Belinda Arriaga and emergency medicine doctor Nancy Ewen join forces to get scientific evidence of the power of culturally responsive mental health care.

Evictions: Stories of things that had to go
Evictions: Stories of things that had to go

While housesitting for her uncle, JiJi Lee’s peaceful stay takes a chaotic turn when a squirrel breaks in, and when a serious mold infestation takes over the university campus, Joshua Wilson is tasked with eliminating it.

Best of Story Collider: Identity Crisis
Best of Story Collider: Identity Crisis

When science journalist Katherine Wu interviews a scientist about a new facial recognition algorithm, the conversation turns more personal than she expected, and Hurricane Katrina gives Mary Annaise Heglar a new perspective on both her grandfather and home state.

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