Freak Accident: Stories about highly unusual incidents

The Story Collider

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Personal Journals, Society & Culture, Performing Arts, Arts, Science

4.4 • 818 Ratings

🗓️ 18 April 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s episode, both our storytellers’ lives are altered by an unexpected mishap. Part 1: When teenage Ron Hart accidentally walks through a glass door, he lands in the ER on the worst possible day: a tornado drill. Part 2: After a car accident leaves all of her teeth bent inward, Di Cai begins to rethink her life as a scientist. Ron Hart is a television writer, a Moth GrandSlam Champion, and a recovering mascot. Di Cai is an investment professional by day, a stand up comedian at night, and a sailboat skipper (aka “captain”) if there's good wind on the Hudson River. A former Chinese TV hostess turned PhD scientist; an investor moonlights as a comedian, going by a stage name Dr Dee in the underground New York comedy clubs. Whether it's stand up or storytelling, Di has her unique perspectives as an immigrant, a woman, and a badass. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi there. We know you love real stories, and love letters from the Boston Globe has some
0:08.0	remarkable ones about resilience, transformation, and being better at being together.
0:13.0	In this season, the big questions that are explored, can people change, and in doing so, can they be better at love and relationships?
0:23.6	Get ready to laugh, cry, and learn as guests tell real stories about navigating major life
0:29.9	changes, mending broken bonds, and learning what it truly takes to evolve.
0:34.8	Listen or watch the new season of Love Letters from the Boston Globe wherever you get your
0:38.9	podcasts.
0:42.5	A science story, huh?
0:45.6	Is NYU scientist the...
0:47.4	I felt...
0:48.2	And I just thought, well...
0:50.4	It was that golden moment.
0:53.4	Because science was on my side.
1:04.7	Hey, everyone.
1:05.7	Welcome to The Story Clatter, where true personal stories about science help us to discover how weird and wonderful it is to
1:11.8	exist in this world and be a human. I'm your host Misha Gaiuski and today's episode is all about
1:16.4	freak accidents. Don't worry, everyone is fine, mostly, but they did get a hell of a story about
1:22.7	their unusual and unexpected incident. Our first story is from television writer and Moss Grand Slam champion Ron Hart.
1:29.7	His story was recorded at LAist
1:31.5	in Los Angeles, California,
1:33.3	and Ron's story is an awkward teenager's
1:35.4	worst nightmare.
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