Society

State of the Human

by Stanford Storytelling Project

State 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.

79 episodes

EN language

All Episodes

1

Play: Adesuwa's Day Off

20:05 Mar 16, 2026

2

Invisibility, Story 6: The Cancer Fighter's Other Side

12:11 Dec 9, 2025

3

Invisibility, Story 5: Hillbilly Highway

30:42 Jun 10, 2025

4

Invisibility, Story 4: Willies on West 79th

19:36 Jun 9, 2025

5

Invisibility, Story 3: Mousetraps

18:48 Jun 8, 2025

6

BONUS: Story Craft Conversation with Langston Buddenhagen on New Flowers

14:14 Jun 7, 2025

7

Invisibility, Story 2, New Flowers

30:42 Jun 7, 2025

8

Invisibility, Story 1: Emotional Prosody

15:01 Jun 6, 2025

9

BONUS: Story Craft Conversation with Alex Strong on A Foot in Both Worlds

27:54 May 30, 2025

10

Breaking the Rules, Story 3: A Foot in Both Worlds (BLEEPED Version)

29:48 May 23, 2025

11

Breaking the Rules, Story 3: A Foot in Both Worlds (UNBLEEPED Version)

29:48 May 23, 2025

12

Breaking the Rules, Story 2: Scaling Stanford

17:34 May 16, 2025

13

Breaking the Rules, Story 1: Statute of Limitations

19:44 May 9, 2025

14

Nakedness, story 4: Naked Retreat

11:43 Jun 29, 2024

15

Nakedness, Story 3: Okay With the Gay

15:03 Jun 28, 2024

16

Nakedness, story 2: Stripping Down

29:20 Jun 28, 2024

17

Nakedness, story 1: Exposure Therapy

30:45 Jun 28, 2024

18

Reclaiming, story 8: Back to the Garden

19:36 Jun 27, 2024

19

Reclaiming, story 7: Orca Boy

33:41 May 28, 2024

20

Reclaiming, story 6: Friends in Liminal Spaces

34:21 Apr 3, 2024

21

Reclaiming, story 5: Welcome to Paradise

28:55 Apr 3, 2024

22

Reclaiming, story 4: Tattoos and Taboos

17:01 Apr 3, 2024

23

BONUS: Story Craft Conversation with Kaitlyn Auth and Charlie Darracott on Keep Stanford Wrestling

13:03 Apr 3, 2024

24

Reclaiming, story 3: Keep Stanford Wrestling

15:56 Apr 2, 2024

25

BONUS: Story Craft Conversation with Aru Nair on Journey Through Generations

30:37 Dec 20, 2023

26

Reclaiming, story 2: Journey Through Generations

23:36 Dec 20, 2023

27

Reclaiming, story 1: Home is Little Tokyo

33:09 Dec 5, 2023

28

Feeding (Full Episode)

58:04 Feb 4, 2021

29

Gathering (full episode)

1:01:09 Jun 2, 2020

30

Preserving (full episode)

53:58 May 9, 2020

31

Learning Medicine (full episode)

56:49 Mar 19, 2020

32

Materializing (full episode)

54:58 Dec 6, 2019

33

Dying (full episode)

33:06 May 29, 2019

34

Mythologizing (full episode)

39:10 May 21, 2019

35

Solitude (full episode)

49:46 Apr 1, 2019

36

Broadcasting (full episode)

1:03:56 Jun 15, 2018

37

Naming (full episode)

51:53 Jun 10, 2018

38

Survival (full episode)

1:32:26 Apr 25, 2018

39

Speculation (full episode)

52:37 Apr 19, 2018

40

Caretaking (full episode)

33:47 Feb 7, 2018

41

Immigrating: Crossings (full episode, part 1 of theme)

38:55 Nov 27, 2017

42

Immigrating: Conversations (full episode, part 2 of theme)

36:10 Nov 24, 2017

43

Crashing (full episode)

40:49 May 31, 2017

44

Navigating (full episode)

52:37 May 17, 2017

45

Breathing (full episode)

35:13 May 3, 2017

46

Inheritance (full episode)

59:00 Jan 31, 2017

47

Burying (full episode)

59:00 Dec 17, 2016

48

Imagining (full episode)

59:58 Apr 20, 2016

49

Teaching (full episode)

58:17 Feb 10, 2016

50

Losing (full episode)

59:02 Jan 20, 2016

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