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The Story Collider

Sticky Fingers: Stories about theft

The Story Collider

Story Collider, Inc.

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

4.4818 Ratings

🗓️ 8 August 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

In this week’s episode, we explore what pushes someone to steal, and how it feels to be the one robbed.

Part 1: With a potential cancer diagnosis looming and his health insurance about to vanish, David Crabb finds an envelope stuffed with $100 bills.

Part 2: When Zakiya Whatley bonds with another student in grad school, it feels like the start of a lifelong friendship – but turns out there's more to her new friend than she expected.

David Crabb is a writer, performer & storyteller from San Antonio, Texas, where he spent his teenage years as a gay Goth, which was just as much fun as it sounds. David is a member of the Groundlings Main Company and the host of Risk! at Lyric Hyperion in LA. He's the creator of the solo show “Bad Kid” (New York Times Critics’ Pick) and writer of the memoir “Bad Kid" (Harper Perennial). David has performed solo works in LA, Australia, Scotland, Texas & NYC and his storytelling has been featured on NPR, BuzzFeed & The Moth. You can currently hear him playing multiple weirdos on Wondery’s "This Job is History" with Chris Parnell. 

Zakiya Whatley is a scientist turned storyteller who uses audio, video, and live events to bring science to life. She’s passionate about making science accessible and engaging for all kinds of audiences. She hosts two Webby-nominated podcasts—Breakthrough from Boston Children’s Hospital and Dope Labs, where science meets pop culture. Zakiya has trained scientists and researchers to share their stories effectively, helping them bridge the gap between their expertise and the broader public. Whether in front of the mic or behind the scenes shaping narratives, she believes storytelling is one of the most powerful tools for connection, understanding, and change.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

A science story, huh?

0:04.0

Is NYU a scientist?

0:06.0

I felt it.

0:07.0

I felt.

0:08.0

I was so powerful.

0:09.0

And I just thought, well, I figured it out.

0:11.0

It was that golden moment.

0:13.0

Because science was on my side.

0:15.0

Hey. Hey everyone, welcome to the story clatter, where true personal stories about science help us to discover how weird and wonderful it is to exist in this world and be a human.

0:32.5

I'm your host, Misha Gayevsky, and today's stories involve stealing, sort of.

0:37.1

Now, these stories aren't true crime mysteries.

0:39.2

Sorry.

0:40.0

But trust me, they're just as fascinating.

0:42.7

Let's dive in.

0:43.8

Our first story is from writer, performer, and storyteller David Krab.

0:47.3

His story was recorded a few years ago at LAist in Los Angeles, California.

0:51.4

Here's David.

1:01.8

Thank you. Los Angeles, California. Here's David. So a few years ago, about 10 years ago, I was a caterer at a wedding in a refurbished

1:07.3

Brooklyn warehouse. You know the place. And it was a long shift. I was really

1:13.1

exhausted. There were a bunch of girls and gays dancing, screaming, I will survive. So loud and out of

1:19.7

tune that I knew if they did it for a minute longer, I would not. And I was trying to like enjoy the

1:25.2

night because the cool thing about it was I was getting to do the night with my fiancee Jack. We didn't really do catering, but our friends started a catering company. And she was like, would y'all help me? So it was like fun to be with like your loved one who you were going to marry in like three months, even like exhausted and angry at people that wouldn't tip and didn't know how to sing. But it was still a real challenge for me because I felt

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