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Adam Selbst: Acting Like Prey

November 15, 2019

Adam Selbst competes with tigers for the attention of his mother.

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In Ecology Tags Adam Selbst, tigers, conservation, mothers, family, animals, Season 9

TC Waisman: "Something Called Asperger’s"

November 8, 2019

As a child, TC Waisman is told that she is on the autism spectrum, but her mother refuses to accept the diagnosis.

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In Health and Medicine, Neuroscience Tags TC Waisman, diagnosis, neuroatypical, autism, mothers, parents, asperger syndrome, Season 9

Lylianna Allala: Partner Project

October 4, 2019

In the third grade, Lylianna Allala finds out that her partner on the class solar system project isn't allowed to come over to her house.

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In Science Education Tags Lylianna Allala, racism, school, childhood, solar system, mothers, Season 9

Tajana Schneiderman: Enough

August 9, 2019

Tajana Schneiderman struggles to live up to the expectations and sacrifices of her brilliant scientist mother.

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Tags Tajana Schneiderman, college, mothers, Season 9

Zack Stovall: Completely Untethered

May 23, 2019

Comedian Zack Stovall reevaluates his past battles with his mother in light of a new diagnosis.

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In Psychiatry Tags Zack Stovall, comedy, Story Collider producer, Season 9, diagnosis, mental health, family, mothers

Parmvir Bahia: Warrior Princess

February 8, 2019

Parmvir Bahia struggles to appease her parents’ desires for an Indian son-in-law while also satisfying her own desires to be a scientist.

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In Neuroscience Tags Parmvir Bahia, neuroscience, family, career, mothers, culture, immigration, moving, love, dating, Season 9, India, Florida

Dan Souza: Nurse Mom

November 23, 2018

As a kid, Dan Souza finds it hard to appreciate his mother’s nursing expertise until he sees it in action after a series of fateful incidents.

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In Health and Medicine Tags Dan Souza, mothers, nursing, injury, Season 8

Jamie Brickhouse: The Last Time She Was Mama Jean

May 11, 2018

Jamie Brickhouse begins to notice some startling changes in his mother's behavior.

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In Health and Medicine, Neuroscience Tags Jamie Brickhouse, mothers, aging, Lewy Body Dementia, dementia, parents

Nick Hud: The Origin Of Life

April 8, 2014

For years, chemist Nick Hud struggles to share his work with his Catholic mother, until he finds help from a surprising source.

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Tags Nick Hud, season 4, mothers, parents, religion, chemistry

Meehan Crist: My mother's brain

May 12, 2013

When Meehan Crist was a child, her mother hit her head. It was only as an adult that she discovered that her mother was covering up something far more serious: something called rather ironically a "mild traumatic brain injury."

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Tags Meehan Crist, neuroscience, season 3, brain injury, brain, mothers, parents

Robin & Samantha Henig: The rules of writing with your daughter

February 24, 2013

Robin Marantz Henig and her daughter, Samantha, decided to write a book together about life as a twentysomthing. There was just one problem -- how to handle the bits you don't want to talk about with your mother?

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Tags Robin Henig, Samantha Henig, aging, season 3, mothers, journalism, pair stories

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