State of the Human
Stanford Storytelling ProjectState of the Human, a podcast of the Stanford Storytelling Project, shares stories that deepen our understanding of single, common human experiences—belonging, giving, lying, forgiveness—all drawn from the experiences and research of the Stanford community.
Breaking the Rules, Story 2: Scaling Stanford
May 16 • 17m
Nakedness, part 4: Naked Retreat
Jun 29, 2024 • 11m
Nakedness, Story 3: Okay With the Gay
Jun 28, 2024 • 15m
Nakedness, part 2: Stripping Down
Jun 28, 2024 • 29m
Nakedness, story 1: Exposure Therapy
Jun 28, 2024 • 30m
Reclaiming, story 8: Back to the Garden
Jun 27, 2024 • 19m
Reclaiming, part 7: Orca Boy
May 28, 2024 • 33m
Reclaiming, part 7: Orca Boy (part 1)
Apr 3, 2024 • 10m
Reclaiming, part 6: Friends in Liminal Spaces
Apr 3, 2024 • 34m
Reclaiming, part 5: Welcome to Paradise
Apr 3, 2024 • 29m
Reclaiming, story 4: Tattoos and Taboos
Apr 3, 2024 • 17m
Reclaiming, part 3: Keep Stanford Wrestling
Apr 2, 2024 • 15m
BONUS: Aru Nair on creating Journey Through Generations
Dec 20, 2023 • 30m
Reclaiming, part 2: Journey Through Generations
Dec 20, 2023 • 23m
Reclaiming, part 1: Home is Little Tokyo
Dec 5, 2023 • 33m
Wonder Under Water by Gracie Newman
Feb 4, 2021 • 33m
Feeding
Feb 4, 2021 • 58m
Feeding Story 3: Garden On The Rooftop
Feb 3, 2021 • 13m
Feeding Story 1: First, Bread
Feb 3, 2021 • 18m
Feeding Intro Story: Mukbang
Feb 3, 2021 • 5m
She Was There by Paloma Moreno
Feb 1, 2021 • 22m
Missed Connections by Neeharika Bandlapalli
Feb 1, 2021 • 26m
Radical Puppets Revisiting The 1999 Seattle WTO Protests by Emily Zhang
Jan 31, 2021 • 28m
Gathering (full episode)
Jun 2, 2020 • 1h 1m
Preserving (full episode)
May 9, 2020 • 53m
Learning Medicine (full episode)
Mar 19, 2020 • 56m
Materializing (full episode)
Dec 6, 2019 • 54m
Dying (full episode)
May 29, 2019 • 33m
Mythologizing (full Episode)
May 21, 2019 • 39m
Solitude (full episode)
Apr 1, 2019 • 49m
Broadcasting Story 3: Stargate
Jun 20, 2018 • 17m
Broadcasting Story 2: Congress Radio
Jun 20, 2018 • 22m
Broadcasting Story 1: Perfect Storm
Jun 20, 2018 • 13m
Broadcasting (full episode)
Jun 15, 2018 • 1h 3m
Naming Story 6: Daisy, meet Finn.
Jun 12, 2018 • 7m
Naming Story 5: Make the Mascot Indian Again
Jun 12, 2018 • 7m
Naming Story 4: NumberTwo
Jun 12, 2018 • 11m
Naming Story 3: Fursonas
Jun 12, 2018 • 8m
Naming Story 2: Sweet Potato Love
Jun 12, 2018 • 9m
Naming Story 1: Choi Jeong Min
Jun 12, 2018 • 2m
Naming (full episode)
Jun 10, 2018 • 51m
Survival (full episode)
Apr 25, 2018 • 1h 32m
Survival Bonus: Archival Tape Collection
Apr 25, 2018 • 15m
Survival Story 5: The Jane Collective
Apr 25, 2018 • 20m
Survival Story 4: The Misinformation Effect
Apr 25, 2018 • 24m
Survival Story 3: The Blue Time
Apr 25, 2018 • 12m
Survival Story 2: The Brink
Apr 25, 2018 • 13m
Survival Story 1: Santa Rosa
Apr 25, 2018 • 4m
Speculation (full episode)
Apr 19, 2018 • 52m
Speculation: Story 4 - My Dear Melville
Apr 10, 2018 • 13m
Speculation: Story 3 - The Coming Storm
Apr 10, 2018 • 10m
Speculation: Story 2 - Vanquishing Vaccines
Apr 10, 2018 • 6m
Speculation: Story 1 - Miner Threat
Apr 10, 2018 • 13m
Caretaking (full episode)
Feb 7, 2018 • 33m
Caretaking - Story 3: Depression 1, 2, 3 …
Feb 7, 2018 • 9m
Caretaking - Story 2: From the Ashes
Feb 7, 2018 • 6m
Caretaking - Story 1: Midwife Crisis
Feb 7, 2018 • 11m
Immigrating: Crossings (full episode, part 1 of theme)
Nov 27, 2017 • 38m
Immigrating - Story 7: Frankie and Francisco
Nov 26, 2017 • 7m
Immigrating - Story 6: Solmaz
Nov 26, 2017 • 11m
Immigrating - Story 5: Chinese Railroad Workers
Nov 26, 2017 • 7m
Immigrating - Story 4: Grace and Justin
Nov 26, 2017 • 6m
Conversations, part 2
Nov 26, 2017 • 36m
Immigrating - Story 3: Nisrin
Nov 26, 2017 • 20m
Immigrating - Story 2: Maddie
Nov 26, 2017 • 10m
Immigrating - Story 1: Oscar
Nov 26, 2017 • 5m
Crossings, part 1
Nov 26, 2017 • 38m
Immigrating: Conversations (full episode, part 2 of theme)
Nov 24, 2017 • 36m
Crashing (full episode)
May 31, 2017 • 40m
Navigating (full episode)
May 17, 2017 • 52m
Navigating - Story 5: If There Were a Manual
May 17, 2017 • 3m
Navigating - Story 4: A Speck in the Ocean
May 17, 2017 • 6m
Navigating - Story 3: It's not a Sap Story
May 17, 2017 • 4m
Navigating - Story 2: In Transit - Greyhound
May 17, 2017 • 23m
Navigating - Story 1: California as an Island
May 17, 2017 • 8m
Breathing (full episode)
May 3, 2017 • 35m
Inheritance (full episode)
Jan 31, 2017 • 59m
Inheritance - Story 6: Call Me by My Old Familiar Name
Jan 30, 2017 • 15m
Inheritance - Story 5: Father to Son
Jan 30, 2017 • 5m
Inheritance - Story 4: CRISPR-Cas9
Jan 30, 2017 • 6m
Inheritance - Story 3: We're All Okay
Jan 30, 2017 • 11m
Inheritance - Story 2: Abuelita
Jan 30, 2017 • 4m
Inheritance - Story 1: The Stories We Wear
Jan 30, 2017 • 8m
Inheritance - Intro Story: Alice
Jan 30, 2017 • 3m
Burying (full episode)
Dec 17, 2016
Imagining (full episode)
Apr 20, 2016 • 59m
Teaching (full episode)
Feb 10, 2016 • 58m
Losing (full episode)
Jan 20, 2016 • 59m
Secret-Keeping (full episode)
Oct 21, 2015 • 59m
Healing (full episode)
Apr 22, 2015 • 59m
Believing (full episode)
Mar 10, 2015
Promising (full episode)
Jul 16, 2014
Datafying (full episode)
Jun 17, 2014
Belonging (full episode)
May 31, 2014 • 1s
Beyond Human (full episode)
May 19, 2014 • 1s
Joking (full episode)
Apr 3, 2014 • 1s
Resilience (full episode)
Feb 13, 2014
Seeing Ourselves (full episode)
Feb 13, 2014 • 1s
How to Give (full episode)
Feb 13, 2014 • 1s
Learning to Lie (full episode)
Feb 13, 2014 • 1h 10m
In Between (full episode)
Feb 13, 2014 • 1h 12m
Haunting (full episode)
Feb 13, 2014 • 1s
Returning Home (full episode)
Feb 13, 2014 • 1s
Questing (full episode)
Feb 13, 2014 • 1s
Listening (full episode)
Feb 13, 2014 • 1s
Breaking into Song (full episode)
Feb 13, 2014 • 1s
Obsession (full episode)
Feb 13, 2014 • 1s
Wildness (full episode)
Feb 13, 2014 • 1h 8m
Seeing in the Dark (full episode)
Feb 13, 2014 • 1s
Recovery (full episode)
Feb 13, 2014
Storytelling (full episode)
Feb 13, 2014 • 1s
Crisis (full episode)
Feb 13, 2014
The Human Voice (full episode)
Feb 13, 2014
Space Craft (full episode)
Feb 13, 2014 • 1s
Barking up the Wrong Tree (full episode)
Feb 13, 2014 • 1h 15m
Trial and Error (full episode)
Feb 13, 2014 • 1s
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