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Kambri Crews: My Dad, Number 1133944

October 11, 2019

Kambri Crews attempts to smuggle a gift into prison for her father, who is deaf.

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Tags Kambri Crews, disability, deaf, sign language, language, prison, fathers, Season 9

Steve Scott: Everything Will Be Fine

August 9, 2019

As the scientist in the family, Steve Scott takes on a new role when his dad must undergo heart surgery.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Steve Scott, Story Collider producer, heart, fathers, aging, family, Season 9

Minerva Contreras: How Do You Lose a Mind?

June 14, 2019

After seeing her dad lose control of his mind, art student Minerva Contreras decides to study the brain, in hopes of understanding him.

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In Psychiatry Tags Minerva Contreras, fathers, mental health, psychiatry, schizophrenia, Season 9, Mexico, SACNAS

Gabriel Duran Rehbein: The Guy for the Job

June 14, 2019

In his last year of medical school in Colombia, Gabriel Duran Rehbein finds out his father has been kidnapped.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Gabriel Duran Rehbein, Memorial Sloan Kettering, fathers, Colombia, medical school, family, kidnapping, crime, doctor, Season 9

Latasha Wright: Strong as a Horse

February 22, 2019

Just before she leaves for her dream opportunity to teach marine science on the Red Sea, Latasha Wright gets a call that puts her plans in jeopardy.

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In Science Education Tags Latasha Wright, family, fathers, grief, science communication, education, ocean, marine biology, Red Sea, Season 9

Margaret Rubega: Tell Them Who You Are

January 25, 2019

The lessons that Margaret Rubega learns from her dad about fighting back are put to the test when he becomes the one she must stand up to.

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In Biology Tags Margaret Rubega, fathers, childhood, biology, women in STEM, career, sexual harassment, Season 9, UCONN

Joey Slamon: Don't Tell Me What to Do

January 11, 2019

Due to stress in her personal life, TV writer Joey Slamon develops a cyst in an unfortunate place.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Joey Slamon, pilonidal cyst, chronic pain, relationships, fathers, comedy

Michaella Thornton: The Grade AA, Beautiful, Golden Embryo of My Dreams

November 23, 2018

When Michaella Thornton shares her struggles with infertility with her bachelor farmer father, his response stuns her.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Michaella Thornton, fathers, motherhood, pregnancy, infertility, genetics, women's health, Season 8

Nisse Greenberg: My Father's Advocate

June 15, 2018

Storyteller Nisse Greenberg travels home to care for his father after a brain injury.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Nisse Greenberg, Story Collider producer, fathers, family, parents, brain injury, medicine

Eva Higginbotham: Choosing Myself

June 15, 2018

After her father, a well-known intellectual, passes away, neurobiology PhD student Eva Higginbotham tries to live up to his academic standards.

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In Neuroscience Tags Eva Higginbotham, fathers, family, graduate school, grad school, neuroscience

Alison Smith: Forgetting the Fire and Brimstone

June 8, 2018

Writer Alison Smith reconnects with her estranged father after he develops Alzheimer's disease.

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In Health and Medicine, Neuroscience Tags Alison Smith, aging, fathers, family, Alzheimer's

Renee Hlozek: The Universe Doesn't Care About You

December 15, 2017

After cosmologist Renee Hlozek's father dies, science becomes a solace.

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In Astronomy Tags Renee Hlozek, death, fathers, space, grief

Usman Hameedi: Doing My Own Thing

June 16, 2017

Scientist Usman Hameedi struggles to live up to his father’s expectations while also pursuing his art.

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In Health and Medicine Tags fathers, graduate school, medical school, art+science, art, Usman Hameedi

Amanda Buch: My Father's Brain

December 2, 2016

When Amanda Buch's beloved father is diagnosed with Parkinson's disease, it sparks a passion in her for neuroscience.

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In Neuroscience Tags Amanda Buch, fathers, family, neuroscience, Parkinson's disease

Daniela Schiller: A new last memory

May 5, 2013

Neuroscientist Daniela Schiller studies the emotional components of memory. In her previous story her research helped her begin to understand her father, a holocaust survivor. But that story led to a whole new chapter in their relationship, and her understanding of memories.

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Tags Daniela Schiller, season 3, neuroscience, Holocaust, memory, parents, fathers

Christine Gentry: Four lessons from my dad

October 7, 2012

Christine Gentry's rural, Vietnam vet father rarely talked about important issues, but a series of remarkable moments with animals and nature teach her four lessons she'll never forget.

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Tags Christine Gentry, season 3, dog, fathers, animals

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