Jul 18, 20263 min
In the summer of 2020, sixteen-year-old Antonio Mays Jr. traveled a thousand miles to join the racial justice movement of his generation in the wake of George Floyd's killing. Antonio arrived in Seattle during the...
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Invisibilia
Hosted by NPR · society · EN
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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.
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What is Invisibilia about?
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.
Who hosts Invisibilia?
Invisibilia is hosted by NPR. The show has published 89 episodes to date.
What has Invisibilia covered recently?
Recent episodes include "New NPR Series: "We Keep Us Safe" from the Embedded podcast" (18 July 2026, 3 minutes), ""The Network" from NPR's Embedded" (17 July 2025, 42 minutes), and "Alternate Realities from NPR's Embedded" (24 February 2025, 26 minutes).
How often does Invisibilia publish?
Invisibilia publishes roughly irregularly, with episodes averaging 34 minutes across 89 episodes.
How hard is it to get booked on Invisibilia?
Booking probability for Invisibilia is 34%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Invisibilia requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Invisibilia's contact route on record: verified email.
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NPR hosts Invisibilia, a society podcast with 89 episodes published.
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Invisibilia
"The Network" from NPR's Embedded
Jul 17, 202542 minNew from NPR's Embedded: Hosts Victoria Estrada and Marta Martinez travel across Latin America and within the U.S. to understand how women in Brazil discovered one of the medications that's used for self-managed...
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Alternate Realities from NPR's Embedded
Feb 24, 202526 minNew 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...
Aug 22, 202434 minWe 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...
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Tested (Ep 1): The Choice
Aug 22, 202439 minNew 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...
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The Goodbye Show
Apr 27, 202350 minS10In their final episode, Invisibilia searches for the right way to say goodbye. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship...
Dec 16, 202233 minSometimes 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...
Episode #5
Power Tools
Oct 7, 202235 minS9Bad 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...
Episode #4
Freedom Diving
Sep 30, 202233 minS9After 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...
Episode #3
Therapy Ghostbusters
Sep 23, 202248 minS9In 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...
Episode #2
A Little Bit Pregnant
Sep 16, 202228 minS9This week on Invisibilia, could the rebrand of a familiar pill open up a new way to control fertility in a post-Roe America? See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for...
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The P-Word
Sep 9, 202242 minS9Alex is a comic who feels perfectly comfortable commanding a packed, rowdy audience, but consistently submits to what other people want in everyday life. This week, a look at how uncomfortable feelings about power can...
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Invisibilia Takes Control
Sep 6, 20222 minS92022 feels like walking a tightrope. We're grappling with control of our bodies, our time, the direction of our country - while trying to not spin out and just doomscroll. So this season, Invisibilia takes on control...
Episode #6
Therapy, with Friends
Nov 4, 202139 minS8Would you ever consider going to therapy with a friend?Two best friends who call themselves brothers were drifting apart, so they asked psychotherapist Esther Perel to help — and we listened in. This episode was...
Episode #5
Poop Friends
Oct 28, 202145 minS8Sh*t happens. So why is it so hard to talk about? This week, the ways that poop divides and binds us in our friendships. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship...
Episode #4
Friends with Benefits
Oct 21, 202150 minS8A lot of us think that it's a bad idea to get physical with friends. We worry it'll get messy, maybe even ruin the friendship. But if physical intimacy between friends weren't so taboo, what could our friendships look...
Episode #3
International Friend of Mystery
Sep 30, 202136 minS8You know the old saying--keep your friends close and your enemies closer. But what if you can't tell the difference? In this episode, the story of two friends who got caught up in a Top Secret operation that tested...
Episode #2
Nun of Us Are Friends
Sep 23, 202145 minS8It's a basic tenet of friendship that you get to choose your friends. We look at two institutions that took away that choice: convents circa the 1960s and a summer program with unusual rules. What do we lose and what do...
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A Friendly Ghost Story
Sep 16, 202149 minS8It's one of the most common and infuriating friend mysteries out there - a friend disappears into thin air. But where do these ghosts go? And why are we so haunted by them? If you or someone you know may be considering...
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The Friendship Season
Sep 14, 20212 minS8Friendship gets the Invisibilia treatment. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy
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