In Honor of Mother's Day: Stories about moms
The Story Collider
Story Collider, Inc.
4.4 • 824 Ratings
🗓️ 11 May 2018
⏱️ 28 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
This week, in honor of Mother's Day, we present two stories about science and moms! Part 1: Marine biologist Jessica Hoey tries to keep her daughter’s belief in mermaids alive. Part 2: Jamie Brickhouse begins to notice some startling changes in his mother's behavior. Jessica Hoey is the director of reef health reporting at the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority. The reef forms part of her being, both in the office and in her personal life. She jumps at any chance to get her kids out on the ocean, from building forts out of drift wood on Lizard island to swimming with reef sharks. With her overactive imagination and Peter Pan attitude she hopes her kids value coral reefs as much as she does. Jamie Brickhouse is performing his award-winning solo show Dangerous When Wet: Booze, Sex, and My Mother based on his critically-acclaimed memoir and directed by Obie Award-winning David Drake at Capital Fringe in DC in July, Minnesota Fringe in Minneapolis in August, and San Francisco Fringe in September. For show dates, visit www.jamiebrickhouse.com and follow Jamie on Instagram and Twitter @jamiebrickhouse.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | A science story, huh? |
| 0:04.0 | Is NYU scientist the... |
| 0:06.0 | I felt... |
| 0:07.0 | I felt... |
| 0:08.0 | I was so... |
| 0:09.0 | And I just thought, well... |
| 0:10.0 | It was that golden moment. |
| 0:13.0 | Because science was on my side. |
| 0:19.0 | Hey, everybody. Welcome to the Story Collider, where we bring you true personal stories about science. |
| 0:27.6 | I am your host, Aaron Barker, and this week in honor of Mother's Day, we're presenting stories about moms, whether it's being a mom or having a mom. Most of us have done at least one of those |
| 0:40.7 | things. Our first story today is from Jessica Hoey. Jessica developed this story over the course of |
| 0:47.0 | just a couple days as part of a workshop we conducted in D.C. last November for ocean scientists, |
| 0:52.5 | and she performed the story at the private show that we held on the last day. |
| 0:56.2 | This show and workshop were made possible by the Tiffany & Coe Foundation, which seeks to preserve the |
| 1:00.6 | world's most treasured landscapes and seascapes. |
| 1:06.1 | So my five-year-old daughter, Kiki, looked up at me with her big blue eyes with complete trust like a puppy. |
| 1:15.9 | And she said to me, Mom, are mermaids real? |
| 1:24.1 | And before I answered, I thought about it, paused. |
| 1:28.7 | And I thought, I could give her a semi-scientific answer and say, |
| 1:32.8 | well, you know, they are mythical creatures that sailors used to see |
| 1:37.0 | and they actually saw dugongs if you're in Australia or manatees if you're in the US |
| 1:42.8 | and they mistook them for mermaids. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Story Collider, Inc., and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of Story Collider, Inc. and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.