Story Collider: Storms
Hosted Ben Lillie and Erin Barker.
Science surrounds us. Even when we don't notice it, science touches almost every part of our lives. At the Story Collider, we believe that everyone has a story about science—a story about how science made a difference, affected them, or changed them on a personal and emotional level. We find those stories and share them in live shows and on our podcast. Sometimes, it's even funny.
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Ben Lillie
(Host and Producer)
Ben Lillie is a high-energy particle physicist who left the ivory tower for the wilds of New York’s theater district. He has a B.A. in physics from Reed College, a Ph.D. in theoretical physics from Stanford University, and a Certificate in improv comedy from the Upright Citizens Brigade Theater. He is the Co-founder and Director of The Story Collider, where people are invited to tell stories of their personal experience of science. He is also a Moth StorySLAM champion and a former writer for TED.com.
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Christine Gentry
(Performer)
Doctoral student and English teacher
Christine Gentry joins BBQ on the short list of good things to come out of Texas. A high school English teacher at heart, she is currently a Ph.D. candidate and adjunct instructor at Columbia University. She is grateful to Student Press Initiative and The Moth for allowing her to avoid teenager withdrawal by letting her teach creative writing and oral storytelling to NYC public school students. In what little spare time she has, Christine likes to tell stories and write flash fiction. Her stories have been published in Word Riot, Flashquake, and Printer's Devil Review magazines.
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Erin Baker
(Host and Producer)
Erin Barker is senior producer of The Story Collider. As a storyteller, she has toured with The Moth and appeared on its podcast, as well as on its Peabody Award-winning public radio program, The Moth Radio Hour. One of her stories will be included in The Moth’s upcoming book, due out Sept. 3. She is the first woman to win The Moth’s GrandSLAM storytelling competition twice.
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Jim O'Grady
(Performer)
NY Public Reporter
Jim O'Grady is a reporter for WNYC Radio. He has also appeared on This American Life, National Public Radio, and Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen. He's a Moth GrandSLAM winner.
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Kimberly Rae Miller
(Performer)
Writer
Kimberly Rae Miller is a writer living in New York City. Her Wall Street Journal bestselling memoir, Coming Clean, has been featured in People, Elle, Parade, NPR, The New York Daily News, CBS Sunday Morning, Meredith Vieira's "Overshare," among others. She has written for Yahoo!'s Shine and Figure magazine, and contributed to CBS Radio/CBS New York. She blogs at TheKimChallenge.com
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Michael Long
(Performer)
Neuroscientist
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Sam Dingman
(Performer)
Storyteller
Sam Dingman is a podcaster and storyteller in New York. He is a winner of the Moth GrandSLAM and a 2013 MLB Fan Cave finalist, and his work has been featured on RISK!, SplitSider, UCB
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