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Invisibilia

Invisibilia

94 Episodes • By NPR • www.npr.org/podcasts/510307/invi...
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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Invisibilia Presents: Buffalo Extreme
If you're a kid and a terrible thing happens, what d... more
Jun 23 2023 45m
Cheerleading Against All Odds
Chapter 1 14 mins
Buffalo Extreme
Chapter 2 12 mins
Surviving a Mass Shooting
Chapter 3 4 mins
Healing Circle After Tragedy
Chapter 4 12 mins
The Journey of a Cheerleading Gym
Chapter 5 57 sec
Announcing Embedded Season With Thank You
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The Goodbye Show
In their final episode, Invisibilia searches for the... more
Apr 27 2023 50m
Chapter 1 14 mins
Navigating Goodbyes
Chapter 2 14 mins
The Goodbye You Regret
Chapter 3 14 mins
Goodbyes
Chapter 4 6 mins
Goodbye Ritual and Farewell Thank You
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One Last Callout
We need your help to say goodbye.
Mar 29 2023 2m
Chapter 1 2 mins
Saying Goodbye to Envisibility
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It's Been A Minute: The molten center of 'The Real Housewives' multiverse
This week, we're running an episode from our friends... more
Mar 3 2023 34m
Exploring Rabokan Fandom
Chapter 1 9 mins
Exploring the Phenomenon of Real Housewives
Chapter 2 11 mins
The Making of Reality TV
Chapter 3 13 mins
The Housewife to Entrepreneur Pipeline
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Life Kit: What's your attachment style?
The new year is a time to be reflective and make cha... more
Jan 13 2023 19m
Attachment Styles for Healthier Relationships
Chapter 1 8 mins
The Four Attachment Styles
Chapter 2 9 mins
Attachment Styles
Chapter 3 42 sec
How to Flirt' and 'How to Compost
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Revisiting Love and Lapses: A Conversation with Code Switch host B.A. Parker
Sometimes the holidays are filled with the people yo... more
Dec 16 2022 32m
Different Versions of People We Love
Chapter 1 17 mins
Invisibility' by BA Parker
Chapter 2 13 mins
I'm Scared
Chapter 3 1 min
Recording Your Favorite Sounds
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Power Tools
Bad bosses. Obnoxious coworkers. Unfair compensation... more
Oct 7 2022 35m
Is Business Unethical?
Chapter 1 10 mins
Consequences of Negative Feelings About Power
Chapter 2 13 mins
The Power Game
Chapter 3 5 mins
Inoculating Workers Against Anti-Union Messaging
Chapter 4 6 mins
Building Solidarity
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Freedom Diving
After months of working from home and retreating fro... more
Sep 30 2022 33m
Zandi and Racism
Chapter 1 7 mins
Invisibility
Chapter 2 18 mins
Free Diving With Zandhi
Chapter 3 8 mins
The Importance of Life Experiences
Chapter 4 26 sec
Swim You Later
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Therapy Ghostbusters
In San Jose, California, a community clinic was stum... more
Sep 23 2022 48m
Buddhist Clients and Karma
Chapter 1 14 mins
Community Trauma
Chapter 2 7 mins
The Ripple Effects of the Khmer Rouge
Chapter 3 12 mins
Buddhist-CBT for Cambodian Refugees
Chapter 4 13 mins
Therapy for Asian Immigrants and Families
Chapter 5 1 min
InvisibleShield
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A Little Bit Pregnant
This week on Invisibilia, could the rebrand of a fam... more
Sep 16 2022 28m
The Ambiguity of Pregnancy.
Chapter 1 9 mins
What if Pregnancy Tests Didn't Exist?
Chapter 2 6 mins
The Revolutionary Idea of Period Pills
Chapter 3 11 mins
The Power of Productive Ambiguity
Chapter 4 35 sec
Sign Up for the Invisibilia Newsletter
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The P-Word
Alex is a comic who feels perfectly comfortable comm... more
Sep 9 2022 42m
Letting People Help You
Chapter 1 13 mins
The Negative Effects of Power Aversion
Chapter 2 7 mins
The Power Professional
Chapter 3 12 mins
Dominant and Submissive Attention States
Chapter 4 8 mins
Asking for What You Want
Chapter 5 1 min
The Importance of Avocados
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Invisibilia Takes Control
2022 feels like walking a tightrope. We're grappling... more
Sep 6 2022 1m
The Serenity Prayer.
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Uncomfortable with power? Tell us about it!
Invisibilia is seeking stories about discomfort with... more
Mar 3 2022 51 sec
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The Nostalgia Bone from Throughline
This week at Invisibilia, we're bringing you an epis... more
Dec 9 2021 56m
Nostalgia
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How To Make Friends from Life Kit
It's the end of the friendship season! We'll be back... more
Nov 18 2021 24m
Vulnerability in Friendship
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Therapy, with Friends
Would you ever consider going to therapy with a frie... more
Nov 4 2021 39m
SDR Parral
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Poop Friends
Sh*t happens. So why is it so hard to talk about? Th... more
Oct 28 2021 44m
Poop
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Friends with Benefits
A lot of us think that it's a bad idea to get physic... more
Oct 21 2021 50m
What Do You Talk to Your Closest Friends About?
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International Friend of Mystery
You know the old saying--keep your friends close and... more
Sep 30 2021 35m
Catherine and Marianna's Lives
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Nun of Us Are Friends
It's a basic tenet of friendship that you get to cho... more
Sep 23 2021 44m
Carol the Rule Breaker.
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A Friendly Ghost Story
It's one of the most common and infuriating friend m... more
Sep 16 2021 48m
Emily's Story About a Friend
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The Friendship Season
Friendship gets the Invisibilia treatment.
Sep 14 2021 1m
Invisibilia
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Presenting: On Our Watch
A 16-year-old Black kid walks into a gas station in ... more
Jul 7 2021 50m
IAA Investigation of Officer Robert Johnson
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American Slow Radio
Let's get slow. Producer Abby Wendle picks up the ga... more
Jun 12 2021 41m
My Parents Met in 1947.
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The Great Narrative Escape
Imagine a TV show with no plot, no characters, no te... more
May 20 2021 58m
Robert Kennedy's Funeral Train
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