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: Celebrating 15 Years
Best of Story Collider: Celebrating 15 Years

Maryam Zaringhalam's scheme to cheat her way into the smart class makes clear a huge flaw in the education system, and on the first day of grad school for her PhD, a fellow student tells Bianca Jones Marlin that she doesn't really belong there.

 

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The Story Collider's 15 Year Anniversary Celebration
Jun 3
Caveat
The Story Collider's 15 Year Anniversary Celebration
Caveat

Let’s celebrate 15 years of true, personal stories about science!

Caveat
St. Louis, MO - Conditions
Jun 5
St. Louis Science Center
St. Louis, MO - Conditions
St. Louis Science Center

An evening of stories about trying something new to learn something more.

St. Louis Science Center
Los Angeles, CA - Don't Panic
Jul 17
LAist
Los Angeles, CA - Don't Panic
LAist

Join us in LA for an unforgettable night of true, personal stories where chaos reigns, but calm sometimes prevails.

LAist
 

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Story Coaching 101
Jun 24
Story Coaching 101

Instructor: Erin Barker

Camp Story Collider: A Weekend Retreat For Storytellers
Aug 8
Camp Story Collider: A Weekend Retreat For Storytellers

This summer, for the first time ever, Story Collider is hosting an intimate weekend retreat—and you’re invited!

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: Celebrating 15 Years
Best of Story Collider: Celebrating 15 Years

Maryam Zaringhalam's scheme to cheat her way into the smart class makes clear a huge flaw in the education system, and on the first day of grad school for her PhD, a fellow student tells Bianca Jones Marlin that she doesn't really belong there.

Moving On: Stories about letting go of a relationship
Moving On: Stories about letting go of a relationship

Stuck in a monsoon on Kauai, Belinda Fu unintentionally ruins a friendship with a classmate, and Matt Storrs blames a dinosaur scientist’s theory for the end of his marriage.

Hyperfixation: Stories about intense focus
Hyperfixation: Stories about intense focus

After being diagnosed with breast cancer and opting for bilateral mastectomies, Jenna Dioguardi becomes beholden to her cancer to-do list, and as an 11-year-old kid, Luke Strathmann makes it his life mission to get rich off of Beanie Babies.

A Mother's Love: Stories honoring mothers
A Mother's Love: Stories honoring mothers

Rita Rigano always had a complicated relationship with her mother, and it becomes even more fraught when her mother’s dementia worsens, and in the midst of writing her PhD dissertation, Jordyn Rice embarks on one last road trip with her mother, who is dying of lung cancer.

Missing Pieces: Stories about an unremembered friendship
Missing Pieces: Stories about an unremembered friendship

Thomas Dixon and Rachel Robinson manage to build a friendship, despite not remembering the exact moments they shared.

Best of Story Collider: Justice
Best of Story Collider: Justice

After a car crash alters Emily Winn's life forever, she must relive the trauma when she testifies in a deposition, and geneticist C. Brandon Ogbunu contemplates the role race has played in his academic career after he is confronted by the police.

Freak Accident: Stories about highly unusual incidents
Freak Accident: Stories about highly unusual incidents

When teenage Ron Hart accidentally walks through a glass door, he lands in the ER on the worst possible day: a tornado drill, and after a car accident leaves all of her teeth bent inward, Di Cai begins to rethink her life as a scientist.

Breaking Barriers: Stories about succeeding despite the odds
Breaking Barriers: Stories about succeeding despite the odds

Determined to become an academic, Rajyashree Sen must take on a broken system to secure a spot in a PhD program in Vienna, and Josh Barber dreams of studying fish, but when his father goes to jail and his mother is diagnosed with breast cancer, he’s left to care for his nine younger siblings.

Not The One: Stories about ill-fated partners
Not The One: Stories about ill-fated partners

When Mark Pitzer gets splashed with methyl cyanide, he turns to his new girlfriend in hopes of comfort, and hoping to impress his scientist date, Adam Selbst plans the perfect outing: the Central Park Squirrel Census.

Best of Story Collider: Fight or Flight
Best of Story Collider: Fight or Flight

Climate scientist Kim Cobb is exploring a cave in Borneo when rocks begin to fall, and neurobiologist Lyl Tomlinson is startled when he's accused of stealing cocaine from his former lab.