Invisibilia

''Invisibilia'' is a radio program and podcast from National Public Radio, which debuted in early 2015 and "explores the intangible forces that shape human behavior—things like ideas, beliefs, assumptions and emotions." The program's title comes from Latin, meaning "all the invisible things." ''The Guardian'' ranked ''Invisibilia'' among "the 10 best new podcasts of 2015." As of their seventh season, the program is hosted by Kia Miakka Natisse and Yowei Shaw; previous seasons were also hosted by Lulu Miller, Alix Spiegel and Hanna Rosin.

Background

Alix Spiegel was a founding producer of ''This American Life'' and freelanced for NPR's Science Desk covering psychology and human behavior. At Chicago's Third Coast International Audio Festival, Spiegel met former ''Radiolab'' producer Lulu Miller and asked her to co-produce a piece she was working on. The two began collaborating on radio stories and conceived of a new long-form program that would become ''Invisibilia''. The show's first six-episode season aired from January to February 2015, with excerpts occasionally running on ''All Things Considered'', ''Morning Edition'', ''Radiolab'' and ''This American Life''. This extra exposure and Miller and Spiegel's track record helped ''Invisibilia'' debut at #1 on the iTunes podcast chart and to maintain a consistent top-ten ranking in the months following its launch. Hanna Rosin from ''The Atlantic'' joined as cohost for the second season, which premiered in June 2016 and ran for seven episodes. The third season debuted in June 2017 with Spiegel and Rosin as hosts. The Atlantic included the episode "How to Become Batman" on their list of "The 50 Best Podcast Episodes of 2015".

In June 2020, NPR announced that Spiegel and Rosin would relinquish their roles by early 2021, and Kia Miakka Natisse and Yowei Shaw were named the new co-hosts of the program, which aired its seventh season in April 2021. The show aired its eighth season in September 2021.

Awards

Episodes

Season 1

# The Secret History of Thoughts
# Fearless
# How to Become Batman
# Entanglement
# The Power of Categories
# Our Computers, Ourselves

Season 2

#The New Norm
#The Personality Myth
#The Problem with the Solution
#Frame of Reference
#Flip the Script
#The Secret Emotional Life of Clothes
#Outside In

Season 3

# True You
# Future Self
# The Culture Inside
# Reality
# Bubble-Hopping (Reality Part 2)
# Emotions
# High Voltage (Emotions Part 2)

Season 4

# I, I, I. Him
# The Other Real World
# What Was Not Said
# The Pattern Problem
# Everything Good
# The Callout

Season 5

# The Fifth Vital Sign
# Post, Shoot
# The Weatherman
# The Remote Control Brain
# A Very Offensive Rom-Com
# The End of Empathy
# Kraftland
# The Profile
# Back When I Was Older
# Love and Lapses
# Raising Devendra

Season 6

# Two Heartbeats a Minute
# The Confrontation
# An Unlikely Superpower
# White v. White?
# The Reluctant Immortalist
# The Last Sound
# Trust Fall

Season 7

# Eat the Rich
# The Chaos Machine: An Endless Hole
# The Chaos Machine (part 2): Wrathful Lord
#The Chaos Machine (part 3): A Looping Revolt
#The Great Narrative Escape
#American Slow Radio (Bonus Episode)

Season 8

# A Friendly Ghost Story
# Nun of Us Are Friends
# International Friend of Mystery
# Friends with Benefits

References

External links

*

{{NPR

2015 radio programme debuts
2015 podcast debuts
Audio podcasts
American documentary radio programs
NPR programs
Science podcasts