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Invisibilia

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Unseeable forces control human behavior and shape our ideas, beliefs, and assumptions. Invisibilia—Latin for invisible things—fuses narrative storytelling with science that will make you see your own life differently.

Unseeable forces control human behavior and shape our ideas, beliefs, and assumptions. Invisibilia—Latin for invisible things—fuses narrative storytelling with science that will make you see your own life differently.

 

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#85

Power Tools

Bad bosses. Obnoxious coworkers. Unfair compensation. There are so many reasons people feel disempowered in the workplace. But how can our feelings about power enable or disrupt the larger dynamics we hate at work? This week, Yowei Shaw seeks answers from a power researcher and a union organizer. ... Read more

07 Oct 2022

35 MINS

35:27

07 Oct 2022

#84

Freedom Diving

After months of working from home and retreating from the world, Kia Miakka Natisse is stuck - in her house, and in her head. In an attempt to break out of the funk, she's searching for wisdom at the bottom of the ocean with South Africa's first Black freediving instructor, Zandile Ndhlovu. ... Read more

30 Sep 2022

33 MINS

33:10

30 Sep 2022

#83

Therapy Ghostbusters

In San Jose, California, a community clinic was stumped as to why their clients were seeing ghosts. This week, a story about grappling with ghosts of our past and one clinic's attempt to heal intergenerational trauma. ... Read more

23 Sep 2022

48 MINS

48:32

23 Sep 2022

#82

A Little Bit Pregnant

This week on Invisibilia, could the rebrand of a familiar pill open up a new way to control fertility in a post-Roe America? ... Read more

16 Sep 2022

28 MINS

28:19

16 Sep 2022

#81

The P-Word

Alex is a comic who feels perfectly comfortable commanding a packed, rowdy audience, but consistently submits to what other people want in everyday life. This week, a look at how uncomfortable feelings about power can backfire on ourselves and the people we love. We get the help of a power expert - a dominatrix - to untangle Alex's power dynamics, and find out what it takes to treat a power allergy. ... Read more

09 Sep 2022

42 MINS

42:14

09 Sep 2022

#80

Invisibilia Takes Control

2022 feels like walking a tightrope. We're grappling with control of our bodies, our time, the direction of our country - while trying to not spin out and just doomscroll. So this season, Invisibilia takes on control. The narratives we have about what's in or out of our control. Invisible tools of control. The crutches we use to FEEL in control but that might not be helping. ... Read more

06 Sep 2022

01 MINS

01:40

06 Sep 2022

#79

Therapy, with Friends

Would you ever consider going to therapy with a friend?Two best friends who call themselves brothers were drifting apart, so they asked psychotherapist Esther Perel to help — and we listened in. This episode was recorded in collaboration with Where Should We Begin? with Esther Perel and a companion episode can be heard on her podcast. ... Read more

04 Nov 2021

39 MINS

39:08

04 Nov 2021

#78

Poop Friends

Sh*t happens. So why is it so hard to talk about? This week, the ways that poop divides and binds us in our friendships. ... Read more

28 Oct 2021

44 MINS

44:43

28 Oct 2021

#77

Friends with Benefits

A lot of us think that it's a bad idea to get physical with friends. We worry it'll get messy, maybe even ruin the friendship. But if physical intimacy between friends weren't so taboo, what could our friendships look like? In this episode, we explore the gray zone of sex and friendship, following a man who deliberately kept his friendships with women hazy and now wants to apologize, and a pair of BFFs who became close through sex. ... Read more

21 Oct 2021

50 MINS

50:16

21 Oct 2021

#76

International Friend of Mystery

You know the old saying--keep your friends close and your enemies closer. But what if you can't tell the difference? In this episode, the story of two friends who got caught up in a Top Secret operation that tested their assumptions about trust, betrayal, loyalty, and power. ... Read more

30 Sep 2021

35 MINS

35:32

30 Sep 2021

#75

Nun of Us Are Friends

It's a basic tenet of friendship that you get to choose your friends. We look at two institutions that took away that choice: convents circa the 1960s and a summer program with unusual rules. What do we lose and what do we gain when we give up our preferences and try to make friends with everyone equally? ... Read more

23 Sep 2021

44 MINS

44:41

23 Sep 2021

#74

A Friendly Ghost Story

It's one of the most common and infuriating friend mysteries out there - a friend disappears into thin air. But where do these ghosts go? And why are we so haunted by them? If you or someone you know may be considering suicide, contact the [National Suicide Prevention Lifeline] (http://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/) at 1-800-273-8255 or the [Crisis Text Line] (http://www.crisistextline.org/) by texting HOME to 741741. ... Read more

16 Sep 2021

48 MINS

48:34

16 Sep 2021

#73

The Friendship Season

Friendship gets the Invisibilia treatment. ... Read more

14 Sep 2021

01 MINS

01:35

14 Sep 2021

#72

Presenting: On Our Watch

A 16-year-old Black kid walks into a gas station in Stockton, Calif. to buy gummy worms for his little sister. When the teen gets in an argument with the clerk over a damaged dollar bill, a white officer in plainclothes decides to intervene — with force. We bring you an episode of On Our Watch, a new podcast from NPR and KQED that traces the ripple effects of this incident over the next 10 years in a department trying to address racism and bias. ... Read more

07 Jul 2021

50 MINS

50:50

07 Jul 2021

#71

American Slow Radio

Let's get slow. Producer Abby Wendle picks up the gauntlet that was thrown down in the last episode " [The Great Narrative Escape] (https://www.npr.org/2021/05/19/998228413/the-great-narrative-escape) ." Sit back, relax, and enjoy the ride. ... Read more

12 Jun 2021

41 MINS

41:21

12 Jun 2021

#70

The Great Narrative Escape

Imagine a TV show with no plot, no characters, no tension... and yet, it went viral! In this episode, we have a story that questions storytelling as we know it. Plus, co-hosts Kia Miakka Natisse and Yowei Shaw take a spectacularly unspectacular train ride. ... Read more

20 May 2021

58 MINS

58:05

20 May 2021

#69

The Chaos Machine: A Looping Revolt

Is 209 Times helping or hurting the community it claims to serve? What does the site mean for the future of local news in America? And what can be done about it? In the final installment of "The Chaos Machine" series , Yowei finds herself in the middle of a long-standing tug of war over who owns the truth. ... Read more

13 May 2021

47 MINS

47:56

13 May 2021

#68

The Chaos Machine: Wrathful Lord

The man behind 209 Times is not who you'd expect. In Part 2, co-host Yowei Shaw discovers the website's surprising origin story, and ends up at the frontlines of a revolt against the mainstream media and a fight over who gets to own the truth. ... Read more

06 May 2021

50 MINS

50:25

06 May 2021

#67

The Chaos Machine: An Endless Hole

Yowei gets a tip about Russian trolls in Stockton, California and falls down a hole of swirling conspiracy theories. At the center is a scrappy, controversial website that has become one of the most popular sources of local news in town. Some say it's doing important investigative journalism while others say it's spreading hateful lies about progressive leaders. In part 1 of The Chaos Machine series, what happens when traditional local news runs out of resources and reporting the narrative of a community is anybody's game? ... Read more

29 Apr 2021

40 MINS

40:06

29 Apr 2021

#66

Eat The Rich

Invisibilia explores a social experiment with money, focused around a contentious topic: reparations. What happens when you demand white people give up their wealth? ... Read more

22 Apr 2021

52 MINS

52:28

22 Apr 2021

#65

Season 7: New Stories. New Hosts.

Invisibilia is back! Stories that help you see the world differently, with new hosts Kia Miakka Natisse and Yowei Shaw. ... Read more

19 Apr 2021

04 MINS

04:10

19 Apr 2021

#64

Trust Fall

Hacking, phishing, surveillance, disinformation... these are tools used to silence dissidents and influence elections. But what happens when these same methods are used against an ordinary citizen? The story of a man fighting an enemy he can't see and becoming increasingly paranoid.Which makes him a lot like the rest of us. What happens when you no longer know how to trust? ... Read more

13 Jun 2020

47 MINS

47:39

13 Jun 2020

#63

Two Heartbeats A Minute

The strange story of an unlikely crew of people who band together to take on one of our largest problems using nothing but whale sounds, machine learning, and a willingness to think outside the box. Even stranger, several of the world's most accomplished scientists seem to think they might have a good idea. | To learn more about this episode, [subscribe to our newsletter] (http://npr.org/newsletter/invisibilia?utm_source=rss_feed_copy&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=invisibilia) . Click [here to learn more about NPR sponsors] (https://www.nationalpublicmedia.com/podcastsponsors/invisibilia/) . ... Read more

10 Apr 2020

1 HR 08 MINS

1:08:29

10 Apr 2020

#62

White v. White?

A city council candidate says he's black. But his opponent accuses him of being a white man pretending to be black. If race is simply a social construct and not a biological reality, how do we determine someone's race? And who gets to decide? We tell the story of a man whose racial identity was fiercely contested... and the consequences this had on an entire city. | To learn more about this episode, [subscribe to our newsletter] (http://npr.org/newsletter/invisibilia?utm_source=rss_feed_copy&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=invisibilia) . Click [here to learn more about NPR sponsors] (https://www.nationalpublicmedia.com/podcastsponsors/invisibilia/) . ... Read more

03 Apr 2020

1 HR 02 MINS

1:02:31

03 Apr 2020

#61

An Unlikely Superpower

What if you had a superpower that allowed you to see part of the world that was to come? At the age of 60, a Scottish woman named Joy Milne discovers she has a biological gift that allows her to see things that will happen in the future that no one else can see. A look at how we think about the future, and the important ways the future shapes the present. | To learn more about this episode, [subscribe to our newsletter] (http://npr.org/newsletter/invisibilia?utm_source=rss_feed_copy&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=invisibilia) . Click [here to learn more about NPR sponsors] (https://www.nationalpublicmedia.com/podcastsponsors/invisibilia/) . ... Read more

27 Mar 2020

52 MINS

52:02

27 Mar 2020