Steve Zimmer: Less Than One Percent

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4.4 • 824 Ratings

🗓️ 2 December 2014

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Against the odds, animal-loving kid Steve Zimmer attempts to rescue tadpoles in jeopardy. An aging yuppie from the midwest, Steve Zimmer was originally an academic economist and is currently a programmer, but not before working 5 years in an NYU immunology lab. Steve began attending the Moth in 2004 and telling stories in 2006. He is a past Grandslam winner. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:28.2	A science story, huh?
0:31.4	Is NYU scientist the...
0:33.2	I felt...
0:33.9	And I just thought, well...
0:36.2	It was that golden moment.
0:39.4	Because science was on my side.
0:49.5	Hey, everyone.
0:52.4	I'm Ben Lilly, and welcome to the Story Collider, where we bring you true personal
0:55.7	stories about science. Quick reminder, we have shows coming up December 3rd in New York and
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1:12.4	This week's story is from Steve Zimmer.
1:14.5	The story was recorded in August 2014 at Littlefield in Brooklyn.
1:26.4	My first year as an underachieving Cubs scout concludes with a make-your-own pizza party,
1:33.3	and afterward the Den Mother drops us off.
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