Mysteries: Stories about enigmas
The Story Collider
Story Collider, Inc.
4.4 • 824 Ratings
🗓️ 3 June 2022
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
Usually mysteries are reserved for true crime podcasts and cop shows, but in this week’s episode, both our storytellers delve deep into a scientific puzzle in search of answers.
Part 1: Sabrina Imbler encounters strange blobs in the ocean and becomes obsessed with figuring out what they are.
Part 2: While visiting a new eye doctor, Derek Traub wonders if his Duane Syndrome and uneven vision are somehow connected.
Sabrina Imbler is a writer based in Brooklyn. They are currently a staff writer at Defector Media on the creature beat. Their work has appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, and Catapult, among others. Their chapbook Dyke (geology) came out with Black Lawrence Press, and their first book, an essay collection about sea creatures called How Far the Light Reaches, will be published on December 6, 2022 with Little, Brown.
Derek Traub is a writer and storyteller currently living in—and frequently writing about—Los Angeles. For the last decade, he has worked as a writer for the LA Phil, where he recently wrote a book and recorded a podcast series about the Hollywood Bowl’s first century. Both can be found at hollywoodbowl.com/first100years. Follow him on IG @froznla.
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| 0:00.0 | A science story, huh? |
| 0:04.0 | Is NYU a scientist? |
| 0:06.0 | I felt. |
| 0:07.0 | I felt right. |
| 0:08.0 | And I just thought, well. |
| 0:10.0 | It was that golden moment. |
| 0:12.0 | Because science was on my side. |
| 0:15.0 | Hey, everyone. Hey everyone, welcome to the story collider, where we bring you true personal stories about science. |
| 0:30.3 | I'm your host, Aaron Barker, and last Wednesday, we just held our annual fundraiser, the Proton Prom. |
| 0:40.2 | We had an amazing time. I hope you were able to join us in person or virtually. But in any case, we're going to be sharing |
| 0:44.8 | some of the incredible stories from Proton Prom in next week's episode. But for now, this week, |
| 0:50.9 | we have two wonderful stories about the mysteries of science. |
| 0:55.3 | Stories about searching for answers and finding unexpected explanations. |
| 1:00.5 | Our first story is from Sabrina Imbler. |
| 1:03.7 | It was recorded recently at Caviott in New York City and originally produced for an outdoor show at Low Tide Motors in Brooklyn. |
| 1:11.1 | The theme that night was Pedal to the Metal. |
| 1:22.4 | So I'm at Reese Beach, which is a gay beach in New York City, and it is a perfect day. |
| 1:30.2 | The sun is out and blisteringly hot, and I'm surrounded by queer and trans friends |
| 1:35.3 | and crushes and people I matched with on Tinder and people that I wish I matched with on Tinder. |
| 1:42.1 | And my friends and I put our towel down in a relatively quiet patch |
| 1:45.6 | of sand, which is to say that we are still surrounded by multiple speakers playing different |
| 1:51.3 | Lady Gaga songs. Like we are in a Lady Gaga multiverse. And the sun is so hot, I start to sweat. |
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