The Story Collider
Whether you wear a lab coat or haven’t seen a test tube since grade school, science is shaping all our lives.
From heart-breaking to hilarious, The Story Collider is a live storytelling event featuring stories from people of all walks of life about how science has affected their lives. Join us for an evening of true, personal stories about tenacity as we welcome back The Story Collider to the museum.
$15 General Public
$5 for MIT ID holders
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Host and Storyteller: Bart Thompson is a producer for the Story Collider in Boston as well as the founder & producer of Now Listen Here, a live storytelling series in Greater Boston. He is a native Nebraskan who has adapted quite nicely to New England, with ample Dunks and Clam Chowder. His greatest accomplishment to date has been raising his 3 year old daughter to be a fan of the Nebraska Cornhuskers. Thank you to my wife Emily and our lovely children Avi and Dahlia for their support. Enjoy the show.
Storyteller: Steph Dalwin (she/her) is a Boston-based standup comedian and storyteller. She draws inspiration from her upbringing in a Vietnamese and Jewish household and in everyday situations like shopping while plus size, trips to the grocery store, and her quest for the perfect chicken nugget. Steph has performed at the Far From Here Comedy Festival in Toronto and opened for Jay Jurden. She will also be featured on PBS Stories from the Stage. When she's not performing, Steph produces shows throughout the Boston area. She is a co-founder of FODball Productions, a comedy production collective that supports comedians who are First, Only, or Different: women, people of color, queer folks, etc.
Storyteller: Emmanuel Paul is an immigrant from Haiti. He is a Journalist. A cancer survivor. Emmanuel is a graduate student at Harvard Division of Continuing Education. He graduated in Accounting and Finance at Northeastern University. He also hold a double bachelors in Anthropology and Sociology at the Haiti State University. Emmanuel is the founder of CaribbeanTelevisionNetwork, an online news media serving immigrant communities from the Caribbean in the United States.
Storyteller: Dr. Miyabe Shields, a Ph.D. pharmaceutical scientist who specialized in the structural biochemistry of the endocannabinoid system for drug discovery, has received national and international recognition for their pre-doctoral research in the endocannabinoid system and industrial accomplishments in the cannabis and emerging psychedelics industries. After co-founding a cannabis research startup post-PhD, they delved into rare extract and formulation research, exploring heat-transformed cannabinoids and developed a novel form of cannabis extraction. Miyabe transitioned to community education and science advocacy through social media and podcasts, reaching over 6 million people. Shifting away from production-focused roles, they now advocate for the therapeutic benefits of cannabis and psychedelics for neurodivergent brains. They co-founded the Network of Applied Pharmacognosy (NAP), a new research non-profit, to disseminate real-world applications of the synergies of nature by analyzing data and communicating research and educational information to the public.
