Podcast Episodes

Justin Werfel: Robotics lessons from termites

A physicist decides that the best way to make progress on his robotics project is to go to Namibia to study termites. Every week the Story Collider b…

12 years, 9 months ago

Seth Mnookin: Science vs. feelings in the fight over vaccines

Science writer Seth Mnookin set out to write a book on whether vaccines were dangerous, but discovered the issue was more complex than he'd thought. …

12 years, 10 months ago

Mike Nitabach: I was supposed to be a lawyer

As grad school for neuroscience wears on, Michael Nitabach feels the pull of law school, and goes. But he had another surprise coming. Every week the…

12 years, 10 months ago

Esther Perel: Science & sexuality

Esther Perel's career gets an unexpected boost from the Bill Clinton/Monica Lewinsky scandal. Every week the Story Collider brings you a true, person…

12 years, 10 months ago

Mara Wilson: A love affair of a lifetime (with science)

As a kid, Mara Wilson is decidedly uninterested in science, but as she grows up she starts to look for answers in new places. Every week the Story Co…

12 years, 10 months ago

Meehan Crist: My mother's brain

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 mor…

12 years, 10 months ago

Daniela Schiller: A new last memory

Neuroscientist Daniela Schiller studies the emotional components of memory. In her previous story her research helped her begin to understand her fat…

12 years, 11 months ago

Moran Cerf: Being dead while being alive

Moran Cerf's life is spun around when a computer glitch declares him dead -- but that's nothing compared to what happens when a real funeral comes ar…

12 years, 11 months ago

Andrew Revkin: My lucky stroke

When he begins showing strange symptoms on a jog though the mountains, science writer Andrew Revkin discovers just how close to death he is.

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12 years, 11 months ago

Sarah Everts: Bitten in a foreign country

While visiting Guatemala Sarah Everts is bitten by a dog, so she goes looking for a rabies shot. But coming home to Canada is when the real problem s…

13 years ago