The Storyology Podcast
The Storyology Podcast
Podcast Description
The Storyology Podcast investigates what happens when science meets story. Hosted by materials scientist and storyteller Dr Anna Ploszajski, each episode tracks the effects, risks, limitations and opportunities of communicating science with story. The podcast gathers evidence from experts along the way, as we track the presence of story along the whole pipeline of how science gets communicated; from funding to publication to the media and the general public. If you want to understand how two of the strongest forces in society affect our everyday lives - from GP appointments to justice - this is the podcast for you.
This podcast is made in partnership with the UK Reproducibility Network, Sonic Screen Lab at University of the Arts London and StoryArcs at Bath Spa University. StoryArcs is an Arts and Humanities Research Council funded programme.
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The podcast explores themes such as the role of storytelling in scientific communication, the challenges faced by science in the media, and funding narratives, with episodes including discussions on the media's influence on science storytelling, the problems of scientific publishing, and open science solutions.
The Storyology Podcast investigates what happens when science meets story. Hosted by materials scientist and storyteller Dr Anna Ploszajski, each episode tracks the effects, risks, limitations and opportunities of communicating science with story. The podcast gathers evidence from experts along the way, as we track the presence of story along the whole pipeline of how science gets communicated; from funding to publication to the media and the general public. If you want to understand how two of the strongest forces in society affect our everyday lives – from GP appointments to justice – this is the podcast for you.
This podcast is made in partnership with the UK Reproducibility Network, Sonic Screen Lab at University of the Arts London and StoryArcs at Bath Spa University. StoryArcs is an Arts and Humanities Research Council funded programme.
In this episode, we hear about the the power of how storytelling in news media.
With thanks to Helen Pearson, Melanie Brown and Mark Greaves for contributing to this episode.
Helen’s book that’s mentioned is called What to Believe, and it’ll be published by Princeton University Press in Spring 2026. More info here.
This podcast is made in partnership with the UK Reproducibility Network, Sonic Screen Lab at University of the Arts London and StoryArcs at Bath Spa University. StoryArcs is an Arts and Humanities Research Council funded programme. The opinions shared in this podcast are those of the individuals, and don’t necessarily represent those of their employers.
If you want to read more about Anna’s work around science and story, head over to the Storyology website.
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