Rachel Gross
Science journalist and author who reported this episode about her personal experience with a cerebellar stroke and subsequent investigation into cerebellum science.
Best podcasts with Rachel Gross
Ranked by the Snipd community
155 snips
Jan 30, 2026 • 43min
Song of the Cerebellum
Rachel Gross, science journalist who lived through a cerebellar stroke, tells a personal quest into what the cerebellum really does. She traces its surprising ties to language, emotion, social attunement, and singing. Short scenes move from karaoke failure to choir rehearsals, surgical choices to brain wiring and evolution, all probing how movement and thought might share a neural conductor.
8 snips
Mar 17, 2026 • 38min
“I Felt Like an Alien Impersonating Myself”
Rachel Gross, a science journalist who covers medicine and biology, recounts her 2024 cerebellar stroke and curious investigation into its effects. She describes strange motor and voice glitches, the dissonance of conscious effort versus automatic action, and the slow relearning of movement and identity. Conversation touches on fatigue, masking normalcy, and unexpected moments of embodied presence.
