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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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.
21 Oct 2021
50 MINS
50:16
21 Oct 2021
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.
30 Sep 2021
35 MINS
35:32
30 Sep 2021
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?
23 Sep 2021
44 MINS
44:41
23 Sep 2021
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.
16 Sep 2021
48 MINS
48:34
16 Sep 2021
01:35
14 Sep 2021
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.
07 Jul 2021
50 MINS
50:50
07 Jul 2021
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.
12 Jun 2021
41 MINS
41:21
12 Jun 2021
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.
20 May 2021
58 MINS
58:05
20 May 2021
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.
13 May 2021
47 MINS
47:56
13 May 2021
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.
06 May 2021
50 MINS
50:25
06 May 2021
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?
29 Apr 2021
40 MINS
40:06
29 Apr 2021
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?
22 Apr 2021
52 MINS
52:28
22 Apr 2021
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.
19 Apr 2021
04 MINS
04:10
19 Apr 2021
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?
13 Jun 2020
47 MINS
47:39
13 Jun 2020
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/) .
10 Apr 2020
1 HR 08 MINS
1:08:29
10 Apr 2020
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/) .
03 Apr 2020
1 HR 02 MINS
1:02:31
03 Apr 2020
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/) .
27 Mar 2020
52 MINS
52:02
27 Mar 2020