Aparna Nancherla: By Any Means Necessary
The Story Collider
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4.4 • 824 Ratings
🗓️ 7 October 2016
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Summary
When comedian Aparna Nancherla's science fair project goes awry, she and her fellow students make some unethical choices. Aparna Nancherla is a standup comedian and writer who has written for “Late Night with Seth Meyers” and appeared on “Totally Biased with W. Kamau Bell” among many other programs. Follow her @aparnapkin.
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| 0:28.2 | A science story, huh? |
| 0:31.4 | Is NYU scientist the... |
| 0:33.2 | I felt... |
| 0:33.9 | I felt... |
| 0:33.9 | And I just thought, well... |
| 0:36.2 | It was that golden moment. |
| 0:39.4 | Because science was on my side. |
| 0:50.3 | Hi, everyone. |
| 0:51.2 | I'm Ben Lilly, and welcome to the Story Collider, |
| 0:53.4 | where we bring you true personal stories about science. |
| 0:56.5 | This week's story is from Apana Nuncherla. |
| 0:58.6 | It was recorded in May 2016 at the Green Space in New York as part of a show we produced in partnership with Public Radio's Studio 360 with Kurt Anderson. |
| 1:14.9 | Thank you. Anderson. Hello. |
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