{"podcast":{"title":"The Story Collider","slug":"the-story-collider-511167","podcast_index_feed_id":511167,"rss_url":"https://rss.art19.com/the-story-collider","website_url":"https://art19.com/shows/the-story-collider","image_url":"https://content.production.cdn.art19.com/images/2c/b1/23/3d/2cb1233d-642e-4dba-9d73-8e58915a3c21/5700f265f78404f56ce398b9cab0a46c9d1980581e389b068f18b84c89ce6f28300c9cbf6b96056d471f65a7d1d98e456b862372e9b59253737b85a67a5ac514.jpeg","author":"Story Collider, Inc.","episode_count":729,"summary":"Whether we wear a lab coat or haven't seen a test tube since grade school, science is shaping all of our lives. And that means we all have science stories to tell. Every year, we host dozens of live shows all over the country, featuring all kinds of storytellers - researchers, doctors, and engineers of course, but also patients, poets, comedians, cops, and more. Some of our stories are heartbreaking, others are hilarious, but they're all true and all very personal. Welcome to The Story Collider!","last_synced_at":"2026-07-24T12:18:26.389320+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-story-collider-511167"},"episode":{"title":"Like Me: Stories about finding representation in STEM","slug":"like-me-stories-about-finding-representation-in-stem","published_at":"2026-02-20T05:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-story-collider-511167/like-me-stories-about-finding-representation-in-stem","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-story-collider-511167","url":"https://mgln.ai/e/211/rss.art19.com/episodes/b04d969e-6628-4999-b5bb-79d8b5cdeb37.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","audio_url":"https://mgln.ai/e/211/rss.art19.com/episodes/b04d969e-6628-4999-b5bb-79d8b5cdeb37.mp3?rss_browser=BAhJIg90cmFuc2NyaWJyBjoGRVQ%3D--952c5701c84ad333c69d5faa668f8177091704f0","summary":"Science can feel isolating when you don’t see yourself reflected around you. This episode brings together two stories about the search for representation, connection, and belonging in STEM. Part 1: Graduate student Angelique Allen doesn’t fully understand the strong connection she feels to the 2015 animated film Home . Part 2: Growing up in segregated 1950s Baltimore, Ken Phillips learns early who society says he can’t be. Angelique Allen is a graduate student at the University of Oregon, the founder of Dreams of a Scientist, and an aspiring dirtbag. She spends most of her time thinking about science, with a focus on researching octopus brains and creating art that helps integrate science into society. She spends the rest of her time sleeping in the back of her car, climbing rocks, and doing anything she possibly can to see a sea slug (including but not limited to SCUBA diving, snorkeling, and tidepooling). To follow along her scientific journey (and see what her elderly cat is up to) check her out on instagram @angeliques.outthere.   Ken Phillips has served as Curator of Aerospace Science at the  California Science Center  in Los Angeles since 1990 and is responsible for shaping its exhibits and programs in aeronautics and space exploration. In 1991, he began planning a display of a flown space shuttle orbiter that culminated in NASA awarding the  Space Shuttle Endeavour  to the California Science Center two decades later. He is now working toward the opening of the 200,000 square-foot  Samuel Oschin Air and Space Center  for which groundbreaking occurred in June 2022.  Ken has taught numerous courses in astrophysics, planetary geology, and space exploration to primary and secondary school students, and is an adju…","meta_description":"Science can feel isolating when you don’t see yourself reflected around you. This episode brings together two stories about the search for representation,…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2042,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-story-collider-511167/episodes/like-me-stories-about-finding-representation-in-stem/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-story-collider-511167/like-me-stories-about-finding-representation-in-stem.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}