Hi all, I just wanted to say that if you haven't heard of the The Story Collider<http://www.storycollider.org>(kind of like The Moth except storytellers all incorporate science into their stories).
I think it's a great venue for getting your humanized science stories out to a broader audience. I'm kind of biased, though, because I've gotten to be one of their storytellers, recalling my first dive in Alvin<http://storycollider.org/podcast/2014-02-10>. I've seen a lot of posts regarding living off foodstamps the issues with supply and demand of PhDs. I know that when I tell my friends and families about how frequently there are PhDs living off foodstamps they're always surprised and think I'm exaggerating the truth. I think that reaching out to a broader audience through storytelling can help make the public more aware that getting a PhD is not necessarily a reliable meal ticket in your field. I know not everyone wants to publicize what they've been going through, but someone collecting stories on the matter might have a great pitch to The Story Collider for a compelling tale. Just my two cents! All the best, Skylar -- Skylar Bayer University of Maine School of Marine Sciences Graduate Student of Marine Biology Darling Marine Center 193 Clark's Cove Road Walpole, ME 04573 [email protected]
