Validity: Stories about finding validation
The Story Collider
Story Collider, Inc.
4.4 • 824 Ratings
🗓️ 28 January 2022
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
In this week’s episode, both our storytellers are seeking what all scientists are looking for: validity. If you want to check the reliability of this episode though, we suggest listening to it more than once.
Part 1: Adrian Demeritte struggles to find a reason to stay in science after he loses his biggest inspiration.
Part 2: After years of a chronic disorder make Becky Feldman feel like she’ll be single forever, she finds acceptance from an unusual source.
Adrian Demeritte is a fourth year PhD graduate student at Emory University from Nassau, Bahamas. His research focuses on combatting fungal and antibiotic resistance, and he hopes to continue his work to help bolster the chemical industry in the Caribbean one day. In his free time he enjoys writing, hiking and experiencing whatever hidden gems Atlanta's melting pot of cultures has to offer.
Becky Feldman is a writer, performer, and podcast host. Originally from New Jersey, she is an alum of the UCB Theatre and the Ruby LA. In addition to being a staff writer on children's animated shows, her TV appearances include "Community", "Broad City", and "Brooklyn 99". This story is an excerpt from her solo storytelling show "Tight: Sexy Stories About Pelvic Pain", which debuted in January 2020.
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| 0:00.0 | A science story, huh? |
| 0:04.0 | Is NYU scientist the... |
| 0:06.0 | I felt... |
| 0:07.0 | I was so... |
| 0:09.0 | 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, everybody. Hey everybody, welcome to the Story Collider, where we bring you true personal stories about science. |
| 0:30.0 | This week's theme is validity, and both of our storytellers today are looking for validation |
| 0:35.4 | of some kind, whether as a scientist or just as a human or both. |
| 0:41.0 | Our first story is from Adrian de Merritt. It was recorded last December at a closed live stream show in Atlanta. The theme that night was clarity. |
| 1:01.1 | The clarity. As a child, tinkering was like my specialty. |
| 1:05.8 | I could take the top of the line, |
| 1:07.8 | RC car from Toys R Us, a hammer, a screwdriver, and just a little bit |
| 1:12.9 | of hope that I wouldn't break that one motor that I wanted from it and flawlessly waste |
| 1:17.8 | $50. |
| 1:20.5 | And you know, what's interesting is that if you were a parent who had recently invested a |
| 1:24.9 | lot of money in an expensive toy for your child's happiness, |
| 1:27.9 | you would have probably gone ballistic at the fact that it didn't make it more than a week. |
| 1:32.4 | If you were a preschool teacher like my godmother, you would have probably sent a child home |
| 1:36.9 | who continuously dismantled toys and electronics to combine them into these like weird |
| 1:42.6 | Frankenstein-like contraptions that you could have bought for just a few dollars. |
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