The Story Collider

While many believe striving for perfection is a fool's errand, in this week's episode both of our storytellers chase it anyway.

Part 1: Weiji Ma grapples with the pressure of living up to his child prodigy reputation as he grows older.

Part 2: Chia Lin's meticulously structured life is upended by a chance encounter with a swarm o...

In this week's episode, two storytellers reclaim their power—one by challenging a broken system, the other by confronting the ways trauma continues to shape her life.

Part 1: Kimberly Babiarz sets out to fight human trafficking, only to discover that one of the biggest obstacles is the lack of reliable data.

Part 2: After years of...

This week we present two stories from our archive of people who learned something about their childhood later in life.

Part 1: Growing up in the fifties and sixties, Jenice Matias senses there's more to her mother's occupation than she understands.

Part 2: D.B. Firstman has always known their body is different, but at the age of ...

While we often like to think we're in control of our own lives, both of our storytellers learn that some things remain beyond our grasp, no matter how hard we try to steer the outcome.

Part 1: After years of helping others safely navigate glaciers, Monte Montepare suddenly finds himself at the mercy of one.

Part 2: Jessica Lee Wi...

In this week’s episode, both of our storytellers uncover cracks in the education system that prove harder to ignore than they expected.

Part 1: While teaching a summer school math class in Texas, Justine Ang Fonte realizes that many of her students have never received even the most basic sex education.

Part 2: Guilherme Lichand un...