BioTeenFiction: Recent Episodes
BioTeenFiction team
BioTeenFiction is a storytelling podcast narrating YA short stories in which bio/medical elements are present. The stories are written for and/or by teens and narrated by bio-med high school students,
Alex, a young Alice in Wonderland Syndrome (AIWS) sufferer, gains a new perspective on life as he/she encounters a wise woman.
Alice In Wonderland Syndrome (NIH/National Library of Medicine)
Auscultation of the Tell-Tale Heart murderer —the fictional character from Edgar Allan Poe’s The Tell-Tale Heart story.
Genre: contemporary with a speculative element
Bio/medical topics broached and their links:
Definition of psychosis- National Library of Medicine
Understanding psychosis—National Institute of Mental Health
Psychosis Diagnosis & Treatment —National Library of Medicine
The Natural History of Antisocial Personality Disorder-National Library of medicine
Author: Alexander Irigov
A teenaged girl struggles with unwanted hair
Genre: contemporary with a speculative element
Bio/medical topics broached and their links:
Hirsutism (National Library of Medicine)
Lycanthropy (National Library of Medicine)
Author: Anita S.
Beat, a human heart, experiences how it feels when its human falls in love.
When love and science double date (The Harvard Gazette/ health and Medicine)
Love and the Brain (Harvard article)
What your heart and brain are doing when you're in love (CNN article)
Target Heart Rate and Estimated Maximum Heart Rate (CDC.org)
A cunning, anti-abortion priest discovers that the tumor growing inside him, and threatening his life, has a beating heart.
Bio/medical topics broached and their links:
Fetus-in-fetuAbortion (medlineplus.gov)Birth Control and Reproductive rights
Narrator: Hannah Bosworth is a San Diego-based actor and singer. Most recent local credits include Sylvia in Coronado Playhouse’s Two Gentlemen Rock Verona, Sweethearts of Swing, and SeaWorld San Diego’s Howl-O-Scream. Last May, Hannah earned her BFA in Acting from the University of Mississippi. Credits there include Gretchen in Boeing Boeing, Hope Cladwell in Urinetown, and Veronica Sawyer in Heathers. Since coming home to San Diego, Hannah spends her free time with her German shepherd, Stevie, enjoying socal’s beautiful weather.
Instagram: @hannah_bosworth https://www.instagram.com/hannah_bosworth/
Facebook: Hannah Bosworth https://www.facebook.com/bosworthhannahf/
Youtube: Hannah Bosworth https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu38Zmd025KfiI6J-k8urrw
The story of an acromegalic girl's undying love for the circus.
Story inspired by the true life of Mary Ann Bevan (née Webster), a woman who joined the circus as the "ugliest woman on earth" to provide for her children.
Bio/medical topics broached and their links:Acromegaly (National Institute of Health)https://www.endocrine.org/patient-engagement/endocrine-library/acromegalyGigantism (National Institute of Health)
On a quest for a rare medicinal plant, a pre-med student stumbles upon a sea dragon.
Genre: fantasy / horror
Bio/medical topics broached and their links:
Hypothermia preventionHypothermia — Medline.govBiological metamorphosisBiology dictionary about metamorphosisSkin graft Author: Elle Jauffret is a French-born American lawyer and writer who grew up on Twilight Zone reruns. She writes across genres, from children’s adventures to speculative fiction for adults. Her short stories have been featured in anthologies by Dreaming Robot Press, Running Wild Press, Black Hare Press, and Ghost Orchid Press.
Website: http://ellejauffret.com/
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ellejauffret/
Narrator: Hannah Bosworth is a San Diego-based actor and singer. Most recent local credits include Sylvia in Coronado Playhouse’s Two Gentlemen Rock Verona, Sweethearts of Swing, and SeaWorld San Diego’s Howl-O-Scream. Last May, Hannah earned her BFA in Acting from the University of Mississippi. Credits there include Gretchen in Boeing Boeing, Hope Cladwell in Urinetown, and Veronica Sawyer in Heathers. Since coming home to San Diego, Hannah spends her free time with her German shepherd, Stevie, enjoying socal’s beautiful weather.
Instagram: @hannah_bosworth https://www.instagram.com/hannah_bosworth/
Facebook: Hannah Bosworth https://www.facebook.com/bosworthhannahf/
Youtube: Hannah Bosworth https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCu38Zmd025KfiI6J-k8urrw
A Halloween rite of passage: the visit of an abandoned factory
Scary
Bio/medical topics broached and their links:
paleness
clinical vampirism and Renfield's syndrome
A teenaged boy moves to the countryside and meets an unlikely friend
Genre: contemporary
Author: Gloria Mendis loves writing both short stories and long pieces. You can find them on NaNoWriMo.
Narrator: Neil J.
Bio/medical topics broached and their links:
Rabies Virus (CDC)Animal bites—World Health OrganizationLouis Pasteur
A teenage girl of modest means goes to extra lengths to fit in with her wealthy classmates.
Genre: contemporary drama.
Bio/medical topics broached and their links:
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD)Substance abuseNational Library of Medicine/Drugs
A mine worker realizes the people with whom they work are being brainwashed.
Genre: science-fiction / speculative fiction
The author: Audrey Weishaar has been writing since fifth grade and continues to write short stories today on Wattpad and Instagram under @writing_with_turtle
The narrator: C. Luna
Bio/medical topics broached and their links:
Brain Anatomy and How the Brain Works
Miners’ Health —Respiratory Diseases
A 16-year-old stroke-recovering cheerleader searches for an activity that will help her stand out on her college application.
Genre: contemporary drama.
Bio/medical topics mentioned and their links:Patent Foramen Ovale (PFO)PFO fast factsStrokePFO closure / implant
Racing the Ghost is about a 14-year-old boy determined to win a nighttime bike race along a haunted road.
Length: 8mn 31s
Bio/medical topics broached: Physiology of cycling ; Muscle memory;Heat stress and heat related illness: