After being bullied for his sexuality as a kid, Scott Taylor hesitates to bring his full self to his identity as a scientist and Kamryn Parker’s high school history teacher unwittingly influences her scientific journey.

Curtis Chou becomes dogmatic in his quest to correct a person’s incorrect fact on the internet and Richard Cardillo is determined to uncover a priest’s secret to keeping a thriving cactus collection.

In anticipation of our upcoming Proton Prom, this week we’re re-airing the first Story Collider stories from two of the storytellers who will be performing at the event.

It’s almost magical how a combination of just A, C, T, and G entirely determine who we are. In this week’s episode both our storytellers look at how their genes impact their lives.