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Speak Up: Stories about self-advocacy

July 10, 2026

In a perfect world, getting the health care you need wouldn’t require fighting for it. But in this week’s episode, both of our storytellers discover just how hard they have to push to get the treatment — and validation — they need and deserve.Part 1: Cooper Joslin is determined to get a hysterectomy to finally stop the debilitating symptoms of endometriosis but all the doctors won’t seem to let them make decisions about their own body. Part 2: As a PTSD survivor, Adrianne Frost assumes her d...

Thalassophobia: Stories about fear of the ocean

July 03, 2026

In this week’s episode, both of our storytellers come face to face with one of their deepest fears: the ocean. Part 1: When the children’s TV show host Carly Ciarrocchi is assigned a scuba diving episode, she’s forced to confront a lifelong fear of the ocean.Part 2: Growing up, Darcie Little Badger was wary of the ocean. But when she takes an oceanography class in college, she begins to question her fears.Carly Ciarrocchi (she/her) is an Emmy-nominated host, writer, musician, and producer. A ...

Best of Story Collider: Love and Technology

June 26, 2026

In this week’s Best Of episode, we present stories from people who navigated our changing relationship to technology.Part 1: As a kid, Samy Kamkar discovers his superpower -- hacking. Part 2: When Jordan Bush's father-in-law-to-be is diagnosed with cancer shortly before her wedding, she finds a creative way to help him attend. Samy Kamkar is a hacker-turned-security researcher building tools to highlight security implications of everyday technologies. Exiled from computers and the Internet ...