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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
Websitehttps://www.storycollider.org/

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.[1][2]

Programs

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.[3]

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, American Association for the Advancement of Science, the Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative, Fermilab, and universities such as Yale, Cambridge, and many more.[4]

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.[5] [6] In 2017, the podcast was included in Salon’s “13 Science Podcasts for Short Attention Spans”;[7] Business Insider’s “Best Science Podcasts That Make You Smarter”;[8] Popular Science’s “The Best Science Podcasts to Make You Smarter”;[9] The Scientist’s 11 Best Science Podcasts;[10] and Audible Feast’s “Best Podcast Episodes of 2017.”[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

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

The organization is currently led by executive director Liz Neeley, a marine biologist and science communication expert, and artistic director Erin Barker, a Moth GrandSLAM-winning storyteller and writer who also hosts the weekly podcast. The podcast is produced by Zoe Saunders. [14] 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.[15]

Storytellers

As of Spring 2018, more than a thousand stories have been told at The Story Collider.[16] Notable storytellers include: [17][18]

Comedians and actors

Journalists and media

Scientists and mathematicians

References

  1. ^ https://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/01/31/story-collider-where-science-is-a-story-well-told/
  2. ^ https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704904604576334073826659908
  3. ^ https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748704904604576334073826659908
  4. ^ https://www.storycollider.org/shows/
  5. ^ https://www.storycollider.org/podcasts/
  6. ^ https://www.storycollider.org/press/
  7. ^ https://www.salon.com/2017/11/26/13-science-podcasts-for-short-attention-spans/
  8. ^ http://www.businessinsider.com/best-science-podcasts-will-make-you-smarter-2018-1?r=UK&IR=T%2F
  9. ^ https://www.popsci.com/technology/article/2012-02/best-science-podcasts?src=SOC&dom=tw
  10. ^ https://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/51231/title/Opinion--11-Best-Science-Podcasts/
  11. ^ http://www.audiblefeast.com/audible-feasts-best-podcast-episodes-of-2017/
  12. ^ https://www.lifescied.org/doi/full/10.1187/cbe.16-01-0002
  13. ^ https://www.storycollider.org/workshops/
  14. ^ https://www.storycollider.org/about-us/
  15. ^ https://www.storycollider.org/shows/
  16. ^ https://www.storycollider.org/press/
  17. ^ https://www.storycollider.org/podcast
  18. ^ https://www.storycollider.org/upcoming-shows/
  • Official website
  • The Story Collider, on SoundCloud
  • Andrew, Revkin. "Story Collider: Where Science is a Story Well Told". The New York Times. A.G. Sulzberger. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  • Locker, Melissa. "Listen to this: Story Collider reveals the human stories behind the science". The Guardian. Guardian Media Group. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  • Hough, Susan. "TEDMED: The importance of storytelling in science". YouTube. TEDMED. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  • Hough, Susan. "A Seismologist's Guide to Storytelling". Before the Abstract. Springer Nature. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
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