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The Story Collider is a non-profit group dedicated to true, personal stories about science. Their mission is to empower both scientists and nonscientists alike with the skills they need to tell these stories and share them through their live shows and podcast, with the goal of exploring the human side of science.<ref>https://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/31/story-collider-where-science-is-a-story-well-told/</ref><ref>https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704904604576334073826659908</ref>
'''The Story Collider''' is a US-based non-profit group dedicated to telling true, personal stories about science. Their mission is to empower both scientists and nonscientists alike with the skills they need to tell these stories and share them through their live shows and podcast, with the goal of exploring the human side of science.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/31/story-collider-where-science-is-a-story-well-told/|title=Story Collider: Where Science is a Story Well Told|first=Andrew C.|last=Revkin|date=10 June 2018|website=Dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com|accessdate=10 June 2018}}</ref><ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704904604576334073826659908|title=Gamut of Lives Viewed Under A Microscope|first=Andy|last=Beta|date=21 May 2011|accessdate=10 June 2018|website=Wsj.com}}</ref>


== Programs ==
== Programs ==
=== Live events ===
=== Live events ===
Every year, The Story Collider produces between 40 and 50 live storytelling shows across the United States, United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Canada, featuring stories about science that are both “stand-up funny and powerfully confessional,” according to The Wall Street Journal.<ref>https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704904604576334073826659908</ref>
Every year, The Story Collider produces between 40 and 50 live storytelling shows across the United States, United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Canada featuring stories about science that are both "stand-up funny and powerfully confessional," according to ''The Wall Street Journal''.<ref name="auto"/>


The organization now regularly holds shows in New York, Boston, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, St. Louis, Atlanta, Toronto, Vancouver, and Wellington, New Zealand. In addition, The Story Collider has worked with various partners to produce one-off shows in other locations Past and current partnerships include public radio’s [[Studio 360|Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen]], [[St. Louis Public Radio]], [[Springer Nature]], [[Scientific American]], the [[American Geophysical Union]], [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]], the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative, [[Fermilab]], and universities such as Yale, Cambridge, and many more.<ref>https://www.storycollider.org/shows/</ref>
The organization now regularly holds shows in New York, Boston, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, St. Louis, Atlanta, Toronto, Vancouver, and Wellington, New Zealand. In addition, The Story Collider has worked with various partners to produce one-off shows in other locations. Past and current partnerships include public radio's [[Studio 360|Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen]], [[St. Louis Public Radio]], [[Springer Nature]], [[Scientific American]], the [[American Geophysical Union]], the [[Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science]], the [[American Association for the Advancement of Science]], the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative, [[Fermilab]], and universities such as Yale, Cambridge and many more.<ref name="storycollider.org">{{cite web|url=https://www.storycollider.org/shows/|title=Events|last=|first=|date=|website=The Story Collider|accessdate=30 October 2019}}</ref>


=== Podcast ===
=== Podcast ===
The weekly podcast, which started in October 2010, features two stories from the live shows in each episode and has generated over nine million downloads to date.<ref>https://www.storycollider.org/podcasts/</ref> <ref>https://www.storycollider.org/press/</ref> In 2017, the podcast was included in Salon’s “13 Science Podcasts for Short Attention Spans”;<ref>https://www.salon.com/2017/11/26/13-science-podcasts-for-short-attention-spans/</ref> Business Insider’s “Best Science Podcasts That Make You Smarter”;<ref>http://www.businessinsider.com/best-science-podcasts-will-make-you-smarter-2018-1?r=UK&IR=T%2F</ref> Popular Science’s “The Best Science Podcasts to Make You Smarter”;<ref>https://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2012-02/best-science-podcasts?src=SOC&dom=tw</ref> The Scientist’s 11 Best Science Podcasts;<ref>https://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/51231/title/Opinion--11-Best-Science-Podcasts/</ref> and Audible Feast’s “Best Podcast Episodes of 2017.”<ref>http://www.audiblefeast.com/audible-feasts-best-podcast-episodes-of-2017/</ref> A recent study in the journal Life Sciences Education found that college students who listened to a selection of Story Collider stories over the course of a semester shifted their perception of what types of people can be scientists, and came away with better grades in the class, increased interest in science, and a vision of a possible future in it for themselves.<ref>https://www.lifescied.org/doi/full/10.1187/cbe.16-01-0002</ref>
The weekly podcast, which started in October 2010, features two stories from the live shows in each episode and has generated over nine million downloads to date.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.storycollider.org/podcasts/|title=Podcast|website=The Story Collider|accessdate=10 June 2018}}</ref><ref name="storycollider.org1">{{cite web|url=https://www.storycollider.org/press/|title=Press|website=The Story Collider|accessdate=10 June 2018}}</ref> In 2017, the podcast was included in Salon's "13 Science Podcasts for Short Attention Spans";<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.salon.com/2017/11/26/13-science-podcasts-for-short-attention-spans/|title=13 science podcasts for short attention spans|date=26 November 2017|website=Salon.com|accessdate=10 June 2018}}</ref> Business Insider's "Best Science Podcasts That Make You Smarter";<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/best-science-podcasts-will-make-you-smarter-2018-1?r=UK&IR=T/|title=15 of the best science podcasts that will make you smarter|website=Businessinsider.com|accessdate=10 June 2018}}</ref> Popular Science's "The Best Science Podcasts to Make You Smarter";<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2012-02/best-science-podcasts?src=SOC&dom=tw|title=The best science podcasts to make you smarter|website=Popsci.com|accessdate=10 June 2018}}</ref> The Scientist's 11 Best Science Podcasts;<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/51231/title/Opinion--11-Best-Science-Podcasts/|title=Opinion: 11 Best Science Podcasts|website=The Scientist|accessdate=10 June 2018}}</ref> and Audible Feast's "Best Podcast Episodes of 2017."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.audiblefeast.com/audible-feasts-best-podcast-episodes-of-2017/|title=Audible Feast's 50 Best Podcast Episodes of 2017 - Audible Feast|date=29 December 2017|website=Audiblefeast.com|accessdate=10 June 2018}}</ref> In 2019, The Washington Post called the stories, "devastating, delightful, and endlessly listenable."<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/heres-an-article-accelerator-that-produces-the-funny-dramatic-human-side-of-science/2019/10/25/838d2f3c-f5c0-11e9-8cf0-4cc99f74d127_story.html|title=Here's an 'article' accelerator that produces the funny, dramatic, human side of science|last=Blakemore|first=Erin|newspaper=Washington Post|language=en|access-date=2019-10-31}}</ref> A recent study in the journal Life Sciences Education found that college students who listened to a selection of Story Collider stories over the course of a semester shifted their perception of what types of people can be scientists, and came away with better grades in the class, increased interest in science, and a vision of a possible future in it for themselves.<ref>{{Cite journal |url=https://www.lifescied.org/doi/full/10.1187/cbe.16-01-0002 |title=Scientist Spotlight Homework Assignments Shift Students' Stereotypes of Scientists and Enhance Science Identity in a Diverse Introductory Science Class &#124; CBE: Life Sciences Education |doi=10.1187/cbe.16-01-0002 |access-date=2018-05-16 |archive-date=2021-03-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210310103950/https://www.lifescied.org/doi/full/10.1187/cbe.16-01-0002 |url-status=dead |doi-access=free |pmc=5008894 }}</ref>


=== Workshops ===
=== Workshops ===
In addition to live performances, the Story Collider also conducts workshops at universities and conferences around the world with the goal of empowering scientists as storytellers.<ref>https://www.storycollider.org/workshops/</ref> The Story Collider has worked with elite institutions like Yale, Cornell, and Cambridge University, powerhouse state schools, and small community colleges alike.
In addition to live performances, the Story Collider also conducts workshops at universities and conferences around the world with the goal of empowering scientists as storytellers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.storycollider.org/workshops/|title=Workshops|website=The Story Collider|accessdate=10 June 2018}}</ref> The Story Collider has worked with elite institutions like Yale, Cornell, and Cambridge University, powerhouse state schools, and small community colleges alike.


== Leadership ==
== Leadership ==
The organization is currently led by executive director Liz Neeley, a marine biologist and science communication expert, and artistic director Erin Barker, a [[StorySLAM|Moth GrandSLAM]]-winning storyteller and writer who also hosts the weekly podcast. The podcast is produced by Zoe Saunders. <ref>https://www.storycollider.org/about-us/</ref> Story Collider’s nonprofit board includes founder Ben Lillie, former chief editor of Scientific American John Rennie, pediatrician Ken Haller, North Carolina State University professor Louie Rivers III, and actor and philanthropist Sally Wheeler-Maier. Funders include Tiffany & Co. Foundation and Science Sandbox of the Simons Foundation.<ref>https://www.storycollider.org/shows/</ref>
The Story Collider is currently led by Erin Barker, a [[StorySLAM|Moth GrandSLAM]]-winning storyteller and writer who also produces the weekly podcast along with Zhen Qin and Misha Gajewski.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.storycollider.org/about-us/|title=Our Team|website=The Story Collider|accessdate=10 June 2018}}</ref>


== Storytellers ==
== Storytellers ==
As of Spring 2018, more than a thousand stories have been told at The Story Collider.<ref>https://www.storycollider.org/press/</ref> Notable storytellers include: <ref>https://www.storycollider.org/podcast</ref><ref>https://www.storycollider.org/upcoming-shows/</ref>
As of Spring 2018, more than a thousand stories have been told at The Story Collider.<ref name="storycollider.org1"/> Notable storytellers include:<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.storycollider.org/podcast |title=The Story Collider Podcast |accessdate=2018-05-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160106150943/http://storycollider.org/podcast |archivedate=2016-01-06 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.storycollider.org/upcoming-shows/|title=Shows|website=The Story Collider|accessdate=10 June 2018}}</ref>

==== Comedians and actors ====
=== Comedians and actors ===

* [[Wyatt Cenac]], comedian, actor, writer, director
* [[Wyatt Cenac]], comedian, actor, writer, director
* [[Aparna Nancherla]], comedian, actress
* [[Aparna Nancherla]], comedian, actress
* [[Josh Gondelman]], comedian, writer for HBO’s [[Last Week Tonight]]
* [[Josh Gondelman]], comedian, writer for HBO's ''[[Last Week Tonight]]''
* [[Jo Firestone]], actress, comedian, writer
* [[Jo Firestone]], actress, comedian, writer
* [[Hallie Haglund]], comedian, writer for [[The Daily Show]] and head writer for Wyatt Cenac’s [[Problem Areas]]
* [[Hallie Haglund]], comedian, writer for ''[[The Daily Show]]'' and head writer for Wyatt Cenac's Problem Areas
* [[Myq Kaplan]], comedian
* [[Myq Kaplan]], comedian
* [[Mara Wilson]], writer, actress
* [[Mara Wilson]], writer, actress
* [[Elna Baker]], writer, performer
* [[Elna Baker]], writer, performer
* [[Ophira Eisenberg]], comedian and host of NPR’s [[Ask Me Another]]
* [[Ophira Eisenberg]], comedian and host of NPR's [[Ask Me Another (radio)|Ask Me Another]]
* [[Dave Hill]], comedian, radio host, writer, musician, actor
* [[Dave Hill (comedian)|Dave Hill]], comedian, radio host, writer, musician, actor


==== Journalists and media ====
=== Journalists and media ===

* [[Ira Flatow]], host of [[Science Friday]]
* [[Ira Flatow]], host of ''[[Science Friday]]''
* [[Jon Ronson]], author
* [[Jon Ronson]], author
* [[Carl Zimmer]], author
* [[Carl Zimmer]], author
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* [[Amy Harmon]], Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
* [[Amy Harmon]], Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist
* [[Emily Grossman]], endocrinologist, British science TV personality
* [[Emily Grossman]], endocrinologist, British science TV personality
* Arielle Duhaime-Ross, journalist for [[VICE News]]
*Arielle Duhaime-Ross, podcast host
*[[Ari Daniel Shapiro]], journalist

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=== Scientists and mathematicians ===


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==== Scientists and mathematicians ====
* [[Sara Seager]], astronomer, planetary scientist
* [[Sara Seager]], astronomer, planetary scientist
* [[Jo Handelsman]], microbiologist and former associate director for science under [[President Obama]]
* [[Jo Handelsman]], microbiologist and former associate director for science under [[President Obama]]
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* [[Stuart Firestein]], neurobiologist, author
* [[Stuart Firestein]], neurobiologist, author
* [[Sean M. Carroll|Sean Carroll]], cosmologist, author
* [[Sean M. Carroll|Sean Carroll]], cosmologist, author
*[[Raychelle Burks]], analytical chemist
*[[Frances Colón]], science diplomat and former Deputy Science & Technology Advisor to the U.S. Secretary of State


== References ==
== References ==
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== External Links ==
== External links ==
* {{Official website|https://www.storycollider.org/ }}
* {{Official website|https://www.storycollider.org/ }}
* [https://soundcloud.com/the-story-collider The Story Collider], on [[SoundCloud]]
* [https://soundcloud.com/the-story-collider The Story Collider], on [[SoundCloud]]
* {{cite web|last1=Andrew|first1=Revkin|title=Story Collider: Where Science is a Story Well Told|url=https://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/31/story-collider-where-science-is-a-story-well-told/|website=The New York Times|accessdate=17 May 2018}}
* {{cite news|last1=Andrew|first1=Revkin|title=Story Collider: Where Science is a Story Well Told|url=https://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/31/story-collider-where-science-is-a-story-well-told/|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|accessdate=17 May 2018}}
* {{cite web|last1=Locker|first1=Melissa|title=Listen to this: Story Collider reveals the human stories behind the science|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/dec/06/listen-to-this-story-collider-human-stories-behind-science|website=The Guardian|accessdate=17 May 2018}}
* {{cite news|last1=Locker|first1=Melissa|title=Listen to this: Story Collider reveals the human stories behind the science|url=https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2015/dec/06/listen-to-this-story-collider-human-stories-behind-science|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=17 May 2018}}
* {{cite web|last1=Hough|first1=Susan|title=A Seismologist’s Guide to Storytelling|url=http://www.beforetheabstract.com/2017/01/17/a-seismologists-guide-to-storytelling/|website=Before the Abstract|publisher=Springer Nature|accessdate=17 May 2018}}
* {{cite web|last1=Hough|first1=Susan|title=A Seismologist's Guide to Storytelling|url=http://www.beforetheabstract.com/2017/01/17/a-seismologists-guide-to-storytelling/|website=Before the Abstract|publisher=Springer Nature|accessdate=17 May 2018}}
* {{cite web|last1=TEDMED|title=TEDMED: The importance of storytelling in science|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuX4I2KsZuw|website=YouTube|accessdate=17 May 2018}}
* {{cite web|last1=TEDMED|title=TEDMED: The importance of storytelling in science|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuX4I2KsZuw|website=YouTube|accessdate=17 May 2018}}

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The Story Collider
Presentation
Hosted byErin Barker
GenreStorytelling
LanguageEnglish
Production
ProductionErin Barker, Liz Neeley, Zoe Saunders
Opening themeghost
No. of seasons8
No. of episodes370
Related
Websitewww.storycollider.org

The Story Collider is a US-based non-profit group dedicated to telling true, personal stories about science. Their mission is to empower both scientists and nonscientists alike with the skills they need to tell these stories and share them through their live shows and podcast, with the goal of exploring the human side of science.[1][2]

Programs

[edit]

Live events

[edit]

Every year, The Story Collider produces between 40 and 50 live storytelling shows across the United States, United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Canada featuring stories about science that are both "stand-up funny and powerfully confessional," according to The Wall Street Journal.[2]

The organization now regularly holds shows in New York, Boston, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, St. Louis, Atlanta, Toronto, Vancouver, and Wellington, New Zealand. In addition, The Story Collider has worked with various partners to produce one-off shows in other locations. Past and current partnerships include public radio's Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen, St. Louis Public Radio, Springer Nature, Scientific American, the American Geophysical Union, the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative, Fermilab, and universities such as Yale, Cambridge and many more.[3]

Podcast

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The weekly podcast, which started in October 2010, features two stories from the live shows in each episode and has generated over nine million downloads to date.[4][5] In 2017, the podcast was included in Salon's "13 Science Podcasts for Short Attention Spans";[6] Business Insider's "Best Science Podcasts That Make You Smarter";[7] Popular Science's "The Best Science Podcasts to Make You Smarter";[8] The Scientist's 11 Best Science Podcasts;[9] and Audible Feast's "Best Podcast Episodes of 2017."[10] In 2019, The Washington Post called the stories, "devastating, delightful, and endlessly listenable."[11] A recent study in the journal Life Sciences Education found that college students who listened to a selection of Story Collider stories over the course of a semester shifted their perception of what types of people can be scientists, and came away with better grades in the class, increased interest in science, and a vision of a possible future in it for themselves.[12]

Workshops

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In addition to live performances, the Story Collider also conducts workshops at universities and conferences around the world with the goal of empowering scientists as storytellers.[13] The Story Collider has worked with elite institutions like Yale, Cornell, and Cambridge University, powerhouse state schools, and small community colleges alike.

Leadership

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The Story Collider is currently led by Erin Barker, a Moth GrandSLAM-winning storyteller and writer who also produces the weekly podcast along with Zhen Qin and Misha Gajewski.[14]

Storytellers

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As of Spring 2018, more than a thousand stories have been told at The Story Collider.[5] Notable storytellers include:[15][16]

Comedians and actors

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Journalists and media

[edit]

Scientists and mathematicians

[edit]

References

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  1. ^ Revkin, Andrew C. (10 June 2018). "Story Collider: Where Science is a Story Well Told". Dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  2. ^ a b Beta, Andy (21 May 2011). "Gamut of Lives Viewed Under A Microscope". Wsj.com. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  3. ^ "Events". The Story Collider. Retrieved 30 October 2019.
  4. ^ "Podcast". The Story Collider. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  5. ^ a b "Press". The Story Collider. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  6. ^ "13 science podcasts for short attention spans". Salon.com. 26 November 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  7. ^ "15 of the best science podcasts that will make you smarter". Businessinsider.com. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
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