Invisibilia

NPR

4.6 (2.2K)
SOCIAL SCIENCES

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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Alternate Realities from NPR's Embedded

New from NPR's Embedded: Reporter Zach Mack thinks his dad has gone all in on conspiracy theories, while his father thinks that Zach is the one being brainwashed. In 2024, after the latest round of circular arguments, they decided to try something new, an attempt to pull each other out of the spell each of them thinks the other is under. Can one family live in two realities? This is episode 1 of a three-part series. To hear the rest, head to NPR's Embedded podcast. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

26 min
2024-08-22

Tested (Ep 2): Questions of a Physical Nature

We go back almost 100 years, to the beginning of women's inclusion in elite sports. It turns out that men had an odd variety of concerns about women athletes. Some doubted these athletes were even women at all. And their skepticism resulted in the first policies requiring sex testing. Tested is a six-part series, you can binge all the episodes now in the Embedded podcast and the CBC feed. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

34 min
2024-08-22

Tested (Ep 1): The Choice

New from NPR's Embedded podcast and CBC in Canada: Would you alter your body for the chance to compete for a gold medal? That's the question facing a small group of elite athletes right now. Last year, track and field authorities announced new regulations that mean some women can't compete in the female category unless they lower their body's naturally occurring testosterone levels. You'll meet one of those runners, Christine Mboma, a reigning Olympic silver medalist, and hear about the difficult choice she faces. Tested is a six-part series, you can binge all the episodes now in the Embedded podcast and the CBC feed. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

39 min
2023-04-27

The Goodbye Show

In their final episode, Invisibilia searches for the right way to say goodbye. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

50 min
2022-12-16

Revisiting Love and Lapses: A Conversation with Code Switch host B.A. Parker

Sometimes the holidays are filled with the people you love. Other times, they're marked by an absence. In this special holiday episode, new Code Switch co-host and former Invisibilia producer B.A. Parker tells a story about family, loss and preserving memories before it's too late. Then Parker joins Kia and Yowei to reflect on the making of this story, and what it means to her now. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

33 min
2022-10-07

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. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

35 min
2022-09-30

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. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

33 min
2022-09-23

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. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

48 min

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2,167 Ratings

Best podcast overall

2024-04-20

sandytho

This is probably the best and most thought provoking podcast of all time. It seems on brand for NPR to run from it but it’s too bad because it was amazing
This podcast has me captivated

2022-04-18

Em.hau98

This podcast is one of my favourites, I love how it flows, I love the hosts, topics and the moments of non zen. Super intriguing, interesting and mind opening.
What happened?

2023-03-21

Neonsally

The first seasons of invisibilia were mind bending, soul searching, the best kind of podcast made. It was amazing! I don’t know what happened but the last season has slipped. And now rebroadcasting other shows reviews of Real Housewives??? I’m super disappointed and just hanging on hoping in my heart that the production level will come back to what it was at the beginning. That being said, if you are reading this wondering if you should listen, def start at the beginning episodes and work your way to present, the first seasons are absolutely spell binding.
Thank god for change in hosts

2022-01-04

Holyloholy

Alix and hannah are both extremely brute and entitled “journalists” who make belittling comments to those who they’re interviewing. They also have really annoying voices. Thank god that they don’t host the later episodes. The topics are very social and interesting, so this podcast gets 4 stars

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.