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Invisibilia

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.Copyright 2014-2021 NPR - For Personal Use Only Science Social Sciences
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  • Proxy with Yowei Shaw
    May 6 2025
    The case of George, a guy who got dumped by his bisexual wife, who left him for another woman. For her new podcast Proxy, former Invisibilia host Yowei Shaw finds a proxy to stand in for George's ex - another queer woman who left her straight relationship, former Invisibilia host Hanna Rosin. Proxy investigates niche emotional conundrums through conversations with strangers who have relevant experience. New cases every other Tuesday in the Proxy feed. You can binge episodes in the Proxy feed now.

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    55 mins
  • Alternate Realities from NPR's Embedded
    Feb 24 2025
    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?

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    26 mins
  • Tested (Ep 2): Questions of a Physical Nature
    Aug 22 2024
    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.

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    34 mins

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Raw, human and scientific. More people need to listen to this. Delves into topics that feel individual and person, that many experience on a scale. Unearthing collective experience.

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