All-Star: Stories from our All-Star Slam challengers
b'In the lead up to our special Story Collider All-Star Slam on December 6, 2022, we\\u2019re featuring two past stories from our challengers on this week\\u2019s episode. If their old stories are this good, we can only imagine how awesome they\\u2019re gonna be competing for the title of Ultimate Science Storyteller. You won\\u2019t want to miss this online event! Register for free here.\\nPart 1: A college course forces John Rennie to confront a furious rat, and himself.\\nPart 2: As a kid, comedian Gastor Almonte seeks answers about some of the scientific terms he hears around school.\\nJohn has worked as a science editor, writer and lecturer for more than 30 years. Currently, he is deputy editor at Quanta Magazine. During his time as editor in chief at Scientific American, between 1994 and 2009, the magazine received two National Magazine Awards. He co-created and hosted the 2013 series Hacking the Planet on The Weather Channel. Since 2009, he has been on the faculty of the Science, Health and Environmental Reporting Program in New York University\\u2019s graduate journalism school. John is @tvjrennie \\n\\ufeffGastor Almonte is a stand-up comedian and storyteller from Brooklyn, NY. He\'s appeared on Comedy Central\'s This Is Not Happening, Risk! podcast and the Story Collider Podcast. Timeout magazine named him one of your "New Comedy Obsessions." He\'s been featured on the New York Comedy Festival, The People\'s Impov Theater\'s SoloCom and Cinderblock Comedy Festival. His new album, Immigrant Made, was released in March 2019. \\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'