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diff --git a/frontend/src/scenes/session-recordings/player/inspector/PlayerInspector.stories.tsx b/frontend/src/scenes/session-recordings/player/inspector/PlayerInspector.stories.tsx
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+++ b/frontend/src/scenes/session-recordings/player/inspector/PlayerInspector.stories.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+import { Meta, StoryFn, StoryObj } from '@storybook/react'
+import { BindLogic, useActions, useValues } from 'kea'
+import { useEffect } from 'react'
+import recordingEventsJson from 'scenes/session-recordings/__mocks__/recording_events_query'
+import recordingMetaJson from 'scenes/session-recordings/__mocks__/recording_meta.json'
+import { snapshotsAsJSONLines } from 'scenes/session-recordings/__mocks__/recording_snapshots'
+import { PlayerInspector } from 'scenes/session-recordings/player/inspector/PlayerInspector'
+import { sessionRecordingDataLogic } from 'scenes/session-recordings/player/sessionRecordingDataLogic'
+import { sessionRecordingPlayerLogic } from 'scenes/session-recordings/player/sessionRecordingPlayerLogic'
+
+import { mswDecorator } from '~/mocks/browser'
+
+type Story = StoryObj<typeof PlayerInspector>
+const meta: Meta<typeof PlayerInspector> = {
+    title: 'Components/PlayerInspector',
+    component: PlayerInspector,
+    decorators: [
+        mswDecorator({
+            get: {
+                '/api/environments/:team_id/session_recordings/:id': recordingMetaJson,
+                '/api/environments/:team_id/session_recordings/:id/snapshots': (req, res, ctx) => {
+                    // with no sources, returns sources...
+                    if (req.url.searchParams.get('source') === 'blob') {
+                        return res(ctx.text(snapshotsAsJSONLines()))
+                    }
+                    // with no source requested should return sources
+                    return [
+                        200,
+                        {
+                            sources: [
+                                {
+                                    source: 'blob',
+                                    start_timestamp: '2023-08-11T12:03:36.097000Z',
+                                    end_timestamp: '2023-08-11T12:04:52.268000Z',
+                                    blob_key: '1691755416097-1691755492268',
+                                },
+                            ],
+                        },
+                    ]
+                },
+            },
+            post: {
+                '/api/environments/:team_id/query': (req, res, ctx) => {
+                    const body = req.body as Record<string, any>
+                    if (body.query.kind === 'EventsQuery' && body.query.properties.length === 1) {
+                        return res(ctx.json(recordingEventsJson))
+                    }
+
+                    // default to an empty response or we duplicate information
+                    return res(ctx.json({ results: [] }))
+                },
+            },
+        }),
+    ],
+}
+export default meta
+
+const BasicTemplate: StoryFn<typeof PlayerInspector> = () => {
+    const dataLogic = sessionRecordingDataLogic({ sessionRecordingId: '12345', playerKey: 'story-template' })
+    const { sessionPlayerMetaData } = useValues(dataLogic)
+
+    const { loadSnapshots, loadEvents } = useActions(dataLogic)
+    loadSnapshots()
+
+    // TODO you have to call actions in a particular order
+    // and only when some other data has already been loaded
+    // 🫠
+    useEffect(() => {
+        loadEvents()
+    }, [sessionPlayerMetaData])
+
+    return (
+        <div className="flex flex-col gap-2 min-w-96 min-h-120">
+            <BindLogic
+                logic={sessionRecordingPlayerLogic}
+                props={{
+                    sessionRecordingId: '12345',
+                    playerKey: 'story-template',
+                }}
+            >
+                <PlayerInspector />
+            </BindLogic>
+        </div>
+    )
+}
+
+export const Default: Story = BasicTemplate.bind({})
+Default.args = {}
diff --git a/frontend/src/scenes/session-recordings/player/inspector/PlayerInspector.tsx b/frontend/src/scenes/session-recordings/player/inspector/PlayerInspector.tsx
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index 0000000000000..dc8c712cef413
--- /dev/null
+++ b/frontend/src/scenes/session-recordings/player/inspector/PlayerInspector.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+import { PlayerInspectorControls } from 'scenes/session-recordings/player/inspector/PlayerInspectorControls'
+import { PlayerInspectorList } from 'scenes/session-recordings/player/inspector/PlayerInspectorList'
+
+export function PlayerInspector(): JSX.Element {
+    return (
+        <>
+            <PlayerInspectorControls />
+            <PlayerInspectorList />
+        </>
+    )
+}
diff --git a/frontend/src/scenes/session-recordings/player/sidebar/PlayerSidebarTab.tsx b/frontend/src/scenes/session-recordings/player/sidebar/PlayerSidebarTab.tsx
index 8f2c12055f2c1..9c69a46274d11 100644
--- a/frontend/src/scenes/session-recordings/player/sidebar/PlayerSidebarTab.tsx
+++ b/frontend/src/scenes/session-recordings/player/sidebar/PlayerSidebarTab.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
 import { useValues } from 'kea'
+import { PlayerInspector } from 'scenes/session-recordings/player/inspector/PlayerInspector'
 
 import { SessionRecordingSidebarTab } from '~/types'
 
-import { PlayerInspectorControls } from '../inspector/PlayerInspectorControls'
-import { PlayerInspectorList } from '../inspector/PlayerInspectorList'
 import { PlayerSidebarDebuggerTab } from './PlayerSidebarDebuggerTab'
 import { playerSidebarLogic } from './playerSidebarLogic'
 import { PlayerSidebarOverviewTab } from './PlayerSidebarOverviewTab'
@@ -15,12 +14,7 @@ export function PlayerSidebarTab(): JSX.Element | null {
         case SessionRecordingSidebarTab.OVERVIEW:
             return <PlayerSidebarOverviewTab />
         case SessionRecordingSidebarTab.INSPECTOR:
-            return (
-                <>
-                    <PlayerInspectorControls />
-                    <PlayerInspectorList />
-                </>
-            )
+            return <PlayerInspector />
         case SessionRecordingSidebarTab.DEBUGGER:
             return <PlayerSidebarDebuggerTab />
         default: