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The Story Collider

Missing Pieces: Stories about an unremembered friendship

The Story Collider

Story Collider, Inc.

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

4.4818 Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s episode, Thomas Dixon and Rachel Robinson manage to build a friendship, despite not remembering the exact moments they shared. Thomas Dixon is the author of "I'm Sorry... That's Awesome!: Inventing a Solution for Memory Loss", and the inventor of ME.mory (a digital memory mobile application/service). Thomas was running when struck by a car and injured so badly that he nearly died. His episodic memory (specific details like places visited, people met, what has happened recently) has been severely compromised by his TBI. Since inventing ME.mory Thomas speaks and writes on the role of technology's benefits for episodic memory. As a world traveler he has been in twenty countries and looks forward to setting foot in many more. Rachel Robinson has lived with epilepsy for more than 20 years. To help overcome the challenges from this life-changing condition, she helps to educate those in the epilepsy community, working as a Patient Educator for a medical device company. In her spare time she enjoys bowling with her husband. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

The Autopilot Order.

0:01.7

Now, informal.

0:02.9

The strong urge felt at the ordering kiosk or drive-through

0:05.6

that takes over the entire body and mind

0:07.8

and results in a person ordering a Big Mac without even having to think.

0:11.5

Related phrases.

0:12.5

Looks like I've ordered a Big Mac again.

0:14.6

The Autopilot Order at McDonald's.

0:18.0

Surf from 11am, subject to availability.

0:22.1

A science story, huh?

0:24.9

Is NYU scientists the...

0:26.7

It felt...

0:27.5

I was so unhappy.

0:29.3

And I just thought, well...

0:30.6

It was that golden moment.

0:32.9

Because science was on my side.

0:44.1

... Science was on my side. Hey, everyone.

0:45.1

Welcome to The Story Clutter,

0:46.7

where true personal stories about science

0:48.3

help us to discover how weird and wonderful it is

0:50.9

to exist in this world and be a human.

0:52.8

I'm your host, Misha Gayeski, and today's

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