The Story Collider

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📣 #SanAntonio, we want your stories!
We’re teaming up with Worth Repeating & @TPRNews—and we’re looking for storytellers. Research, health, tech, nature, that math class you hated… if science collided with your life, tell us! 🎤
#ScienceStories #SciComm #StorytellersWanted

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Sometimes the hardest part of getting better isn't the illness. It's convincing people to listen.
Cooper Joslin and Adrianne Frost share their stories about diagnosis, self-advocacy, and finally being heard. 🎧 OUT TOMORROW!

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The ocean is full of surprises.
One of them is discovering that bell-bottom jeans are less than ideal boating attire ⛵
🎧 Darcie Little Badger shares the story on our podcast this week https://t.co/LM9DZTgc9b

#ScienceStories #OceanLife #MarineScience #NewEpisode

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Fear can keep us safe.
It can also keep us from discovering just how incredible the world really is.
Carly Ciarrocchi's story is about what happened when curiosity finally won.
🎧 Listen now https://t.co/0b9PxOCmpV

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Growing up, Darcie Little Badger was taught to fear the ocean.
Then she took an oceanography class—and everything she thought she knew began to change.
🎧 Listen now https://t.co/3PHInLjQ2G

#ScienceStories #OceanLife #Thalassophobia #OvercomingFear #ListenNow #NewEpisode

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Hosting a kids' TV show sounds fun.
Unless your next assignment is scuba diving... and you've been afraid of the ocean your entire life🤿
🎧 Carly Ciarrocchi's story is out now https://t.co/GTz8TvFvqs

#ScienceStories #FearOfTheOcean #Thalassophobia #TheStoryCollider #NewEpisode

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Five storytellers. Five true stories. One unforgettable night of science storytelling. Join us July 27 at Caveat NYC (or livestream from anywhere). Early bird tickets end July 20 at 7 p.m. 🎟️ https://t.co/9lbmWD2tqt #StoryCollider #SciComm #NYCEvents

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For years, both Carly Ciarrocchi and Darcie Little Badger were afraid of the ocean.

Then science pulled them in.

TOMORROW! Two stories about fear, curiosity, and changing your mind about what lurks beneath the surface.

🌊🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts!

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A wedding. A cancer diagnosis. A little robot.
Jordan Bush shares a story about the extraordinary lengths we'll go to make sure the people we love can still be part of life's biggest moments.
🎧 Listen to this #BestOf story https://t.co/jGjjwIsWnA

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After 16 years, Story Collider co-founder Erin Barker is stepping down as Executive Producer. Erin's impact on this organization is immeasurable, and we're so grateful for everything she's built. Thank you, Erin. ❤️
Full announcement: https://t.co/l8KMuhk98q

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What happens when a curious kid realizes he can make computers do things they were never supposed to do?
@samykamkar shares how he discovered the intoxicating power of hacking.
🎧 From the archives https://t.co/N1NjemroKk

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When @jbushblakeley's future father-in-law is diagnosed with cancer shortly before her wedding, science helps make the impossible possible.
Don't miss this classic story about love, family, and finding a way.
🎧 Listen now https://t.co/3lO7AL5Ttk

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A teenage hacker discovers his superpower. A family facing cancer turns to technology for one unforgettable wedding moment. Don't miss tomorrow’s #BestOf episode with stories from Samy Kamkar and Jordan Bush 🎧

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Sometimes healing brings us back to the people who’ve been there all along.
Pam Stepansky shares a tender story about early recovery and leaning on her dad when she needed him most. Don't miss it! 💙 https://t.co/m4EIm4m12D

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Forget flowers and candlelit dinners.
Don't miss Bailey Swilley's hilarious and heartfelt story about the moment she finally figured out what love really looks like. 💙 https://t.co/btGT0zT74L

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Love isn’t always grand gestures. In tomorrow’s episode, Bailey Swilley and Pam Stepansky share two deeply personal stories about the people who go above and beyond simply because that’s what you do when you love someone.❤️

#ScienceStories #Storytelling #Love

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Turns out baguettes are a lot like life: sometimes the pressure on the outside is what makes room for something softer within.
Don't miss Aditya Surendran's story about what a 36-hour baguette can teach us about trusting the process. 🥖 https://t.co/YId5aVt4J8

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Some families say “I love you.”
Rich Tackenberg’s family said it with bagels, brownies, and enough carbs to fill a bread basket. Listen to Rich's story about what happens when the family love language turns out to be... medically complicated. 🥖🍰🧁🥯https://t.co/xpbQfmryL1

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Tomorrow’s episode is all about bread. 🍞
More specifically: #EmotionalSupportCarbs, gluten-fueled identity crises, and the absolutely unhinged level of commitment required to make a 36-hour baguette during lockdown.
Featuring stories from Rich Tackenberg and Aditya Surendran. 🎧

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If we want something badly enough, determination will get us there... right? Don't miss Kibby McMahon's story about learning to make space for life’s unexpected path. 💖 https://t.co/UAAD44uwzC

#ScienceStories #FertilityJourney #Motherhood #LifeLessons