Invisibilia
Sundays at 10:00 AM (Seasonal)
Invisibilia is about the unseen forces that control human behavior -- things like ideas, beliefs, assumptions, and thoughts. Co-hosted by Lulu Miller and Alix Spiegel, who helped create Radiolab and This American Life, Invisibilia interweaves narrative storytelling and fascinating, new psychological and brain science in a way that ultimately makes you see your own life differently.
Catch up on the latest season here https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510307/invisibilia
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We all have a future self, a version of us that is better, more successful. It can inspire us to achieve our dreams, or mock us for everything we have failed to become. -
Is there a part of ourselves that we don't acknowledge, that we don't even have access to and that might make us ashamed if we encountered it? -
The concept of social bubbles has become popular lately as people grapple with the unexpected outcomes of the 2016 election. We meet two people making radical attempts to break out of their bubbles.
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What happens when we can't agree on reality? In Eagle's Nest Township, Minnesota, residents have been grappling with that question since long before the polarizing presidential election of 2016. -
We offer you a mind-blowing alternative explanation for how emotions get made with a bizarre lawsuit, where a child dies in a car accident, and her parents get sued by the man driving the other car. -
An anthropologist discovers an emotion, and after a tragic event, comes to understand it. And a young woman does the one thing guaranteed to ruin a date, and learns something about her emotional life. -
On June 1, Invisibilia is back for Season 3 and the trailer is here! Invisibilia explores the invisible forces that shape human behavior – thoughts, emotions, assumptions, expectations.
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Music featured on this episode.
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Meet the people who contributed stories for this episode.
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