Evolution: Stories about our changing relationship with science

The Story Collider

In this week’s episode, both of our storytellers explore their ever changing relationships with science over the course of their lives.

Part 1: All throughout his life, Chris Wade has a love-hate relationship with science, with very little love.

Part 2: After Caroline Hu’s parents make her choose between art and science at age 17, she struggles with her choice.

Chris Wade is a native Washingtonian and a retired police officer. He is married to his best friend and adores his children. Chris enjoys storytelling, laughter, traveling and good food. He is a Johns Hopkins University graduate and currently works in community outreach. One of his favorite quotes is, "Tell me the facts and I'll learn. Tell me the truth and I'll believe. But tell me a story and it will live in heart forever."

Caroline Hu studied the evolution of animal behavior at Harvard University. She has lived in the Midwest, California, and China, but like the salmon, is now back in the Boston area where she was born. She also draws comics inspired by other living things–from pitcher plants to those toads that carry their eggs in their back. Her dream project is to create a graphic novel inspired by her scientific training. A copy of its first chapter, which she self-published, is in the Library of Congress.

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