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A Note from Alix, Lulu, and Hanna

Apr 21, 2021
A note on the host transition from the former hosts of Invisibilia.
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Tiny Desk Playlists
Tiny Desk Concert with DakhaBrakha on April 3, 2015

Invisibilia Staffers Pick Their 5 Favorite Tiny Desk Concerts

Jul 24, 2020
A hypnotizing mix of music and visuals, plus performances that honor home are two themes that emerge as the team at Invisibilia pick their five favorite Tiny Desk concerts.
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Shots - Health News

Her Incredible Sense Of Smell Is Helping Scientists Find New Ways To Diagnose Disease

Mar 23, 2020
Years before he got diagnosed with Parkinson's, Joy Milne noticed her husband's characteristic scent had changed. The discovery that she could smell his illness has opened up a new field of research.
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Race
In the 1970s, professor Peter Kranz asked what would happen if students went around the room and said what they <em>really</em> thought about people of the other race.

What 10 Students Learned From Having To Say Their Worst Thoughts On Race Out Loud

Mar 16, 2020
In 1973, five black students and five white students were told to go around the room and say what they really thought about people of the other race. It bonded them in ways they never expected.
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Shots - Health News
We all walk around the world thinking of ourselves as individuals. But in this short animation, NPR's Invisibilia explores some of the ways in which we're all invisibly connected to one another.

How Microexpressions Can Make Moods Contagious

Jul 21, 2019
Feelings seem to spread contagiously between friends, partners or groups. Why are we so easily influenced by one another's emotions? A new video from Invisibilia explains what's going on.
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NPR Public Editor
X-ray of knee with injury.

Seeking A Second Opinion On Pain Podcast

Mar 15, 2019
Invisibilia's season debut raised audience concerns around reporting on one teenager's experience with a controversial chronic pain treatment program.
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Shots - Health News
Walter Mischel, a psychologist who devised the marshmallow test, explained what it really means.

Remembrance For Walter Mischel, Psychologist Who Devised The Marshmallow Test

Sep 21, 2018
Walter Mischel had an idea that became a pop culture touchstone. He wanted to see if preschoolers seated in front of a marshmallow could delay their gratification. What did the experiment really mean?
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NPR Extra

Q&A: Invisibilia Producer Yowei Shaw on "What Was Not Said"

May 11, 2018
Invsibilia producer Yowei Shaw tells NPR Extra what it's like working on an all-female team and what went into the episode "What Was Not Said."
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The Record
<em>Invisibilia</em> investigates Richmond's hardcore punk scene and the self-policing that went on there — and what it cost.

Invisibilia: Punks Policing Their Own

Apr 13, 2018
When someone in your community transgresses, do you banish them? Purge them in an attempt to make the community safer for everyone?
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Shots - Health News

Invisibilia: When Daydreaming Gets In The Way Of Real Life

Apr 05, 2018
In this episode of the Invisibilia podcast, our hosts explore how it feels to be "in between," including the story of one woman who spends so much time daydreaming that it interferes with her life.
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Goats and Soda
Xawo Abdi Hassan rehearses her song. Xawo did not win the competition but the show launched her career as a singer.

Invisibilia: They Risked Their Lives To Bring Music Back

Mar 21, 2018
When Somalia decided to start a reality show with a singing competition, there was a major problem. Singing in public could bring on the wrath of al-Shabab.
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Shots - Health News

'Invisibilia': The Otherworldly Alien Hand Syndrome, Animated

Feb 09, 2018
Imagine trying to play the piano or button a shirt, while one hand does something else, entirely of its own volition. Invisibilia explored this phenomenon. More stories are coming in the new season.
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Shots - Health News

Forget Freud: Dreams Replay Our Everyday Lives

Jun 22, 2017
Sigmund Freud thought dreams were all about wish fulfillment and repressed desire. But scientists now think they're linked to memory processing and consciousness. And they're often quite mundane.
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Shots - Health News

The Roots Of Consciousness: We're Of Two Minds

Jun 15, 2017
Surgery that severs the link between brain hemispheres reveals that those halves have way different views of the world. We ask a pioneering scientist what that tells us about human consciousness.
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Shots - Health News
A psychologist argues people experience emotions differently. For instance, fear might make some people cry while for others, it could elicit laughter.

The Making Of Emotions, From Pleasurable Fear To Bittersweet Relief

Jun 01, 2017
Since ancient times, philosophers and scientists have viewed emotions as innate. In the latest Invisibilia, a psychologist argues that emotions spring from the sum of our experiences, not just wiring.
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Goats and Soda
Students at St. Scholastica's College in the Philippines gesture the "No. 1" sign in a campaign to end discrimination and violence against women and girls.

Your Thoughts: What Does It Mean To Be A 'Feminist' In Your Country?

Jul 29, 2016
How do the belief systems, cultural traditions and ideas shape your view of how a woman should exercise her rights? Tell us with the hashtag #FeminismInMyCountry.
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Shots - Health News

Invisibilia: He Mocked Celebrity, Then Came To Crave It Himself

Jul 29, 2016
This week the NPR program Invisibilia talks with a guy who despised our mindless worship of celebrities. So he devised an elaborate prank. It succeeded in ways he never would have anticipated.
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Shots - Health News
Jayson Brown of Sterling, Va., portrays Predator from the 1987 film. Brown has spent the past two years working on his costume, which includes a Predator ring that he wears even when he's not cosplaying. Brown's daughter Skyla Brown is dressed as the Que

Cosplayers Use Costume To Unleash Their Superpowers

Jul 23, 2016
A shy woman becomes a brave warrior princess. A man calls on Captain America to help him lose 45 pounds. In costume role play they become part of a community where they can transform themselves.
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Shots - Health News

Invisibilia: The Unbearable Lightness Of Footwear

Jul 22, 2016
When we invented shoes, we slipped a surface between ourselves and the world. Ever wonder if this is the moment mankind fell from grace? No? Well, for better or worse, NPR's Colin Dwyer has.
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Shots - Health News
Casanova Frankenstein started wearing dark glasses as a defense against bullies. That was decades ago. But he's still wearing them.

Invisibilia: Do His Sunglasses Keep Him From Seeing The Light?

Jul 22, 2016
Cass Frankenstein started wearing sunglasses to protect himself from bullies. Decades later, he still wears them. Some friends and relatives say that holds people at bay. But he says it's worth it.
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Shots - Health News

She Offered The Robber A Glass Of Wine, And That Flipped The Script

Jul 15, 2016
NPR's Alix Spiegel, co-host of the podcast and program Invisibilia, tells the story of a robbery that was halted when a woman decided to respond to the threat in an unexpected way — with kindness.
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Shots - Health News
Kitt uses pastels and pencils to draw vibrant renderings of life in New York.

Invisibilia: For An Artist, A Room Of His Own Is A Lifesaver

Jul 01, 2016
William Kitt was living on the streets, abusing drugs and very sick when Broadway Housing Communities in New York offered him a room. Thirteen years later, he's thriving. His art tells the tale.
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Shots - Health News

To Help A Criminal Go Straight, Help Him Change How He Thinks

Jun 26, 2016
More than half of prisoners released from prison are rearrested within a year. Cognitive therapy can help prisoners change the thinking that gets them in trouble, like "I'll never back down."
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Shots - Health News
Cards from the Rejection Therapy game.

To Conquer Fear, A Man Turns Rejection Into A Game

Dec 30, 2015
Jason Comely was terrified of being rejected. The only cure, he figured, was to get rejected on purpose, once a day. It started to hurt less and less. And then it actually started to become fun.
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Shots - Health News
The ShantiNiketan retirement complex provides residents with Indian food and cultural experiences.

Being With People Like You Offers Comfort Against Death's Chill

Feb 06, 2015
Iggy Ignatius bet that immigrants from India would long to live with other Indians in his Florida condos. He was right. Psychologists say intimations of mortality make us want to be with our own kind.
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