Arran Frood: A therapeutic trip
The Story Collider
Story Collider, Inc.
4.4 • 824 Ratings
🗓️ 25 November 2012
⏱️ 13 minutes
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Summary
Arran Frood is a science writer who specializes in writing about studies of psychedelic drugs, but a routine story turns personal when he finds himself in a study of MDMA and therapy.
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| 0:00.0 | A science story, huh? |
| 0:04.0 | Is NYU a scientist the... |
| 0:06.0 | It felt... |
| 0:07.0 | I was so... |
| 0:09.0 | And I just thought, well... |
| 0:10.0 | It was that golden moment. |
| 0:12.0 | Because science was on my side. |
| 0:20.0 | Hey, everyone. I'm Ben Lilly, and welcome to the Story Collider, where we bring you true stories of how science has affected people's lives. |
| 0:29.3 | A quick reminder, we have events coming up in Boston on December 4th and New York on December 17th. |
| 0:34.7 | See Storycollider.org for more. |
| 0:37.1 | This week's storyteller is Aaron Frood. The story was recorded in November 20th. See storycollider.org for more. This week's storyteller is Aaron Frood. |
| 0:39.9 | The story was recorded in November 2012 at the Camden Head in London as part of the |
| 0:45.1 | spot-on science conference. |
| 0:47.0 | The theme of the event was Connections. |
| 0:53.4 | So, like many people in this room, I did a science degree. |
| 0:59.0 | And pretty soon I worked out that I didn't really want to be a scientist, or rather that I would just be a hopeless scientist. |
| 1:06.0 | I remember the exact day I studied biology and entomology. I was supposed to be counting insects, little small insects called aphids on branches. |
| 1:15.2 | And it was really hard, the sweat was dripping into my eyes. |
| 1:18.5 | And I was just kind of looking at the branches and going, 36. |
| 1:23.4 | Bigger branch, and then I'd be like, |
| 1:27.4 | 124. |
| 1:30.3 | So instead of becoming a scientist, I worked my way into science writing and science journalism. |
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