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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 […]
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 […]
In this moment when Invisibilia is forced to stop production, the team says goodbye by doing what Invisibilia does best: thinking hard about goodbyes. In this episode, we offer a bouquet of meditations on these tricky moments of departure. We’ll miss you. To keep in touch with our team members who are leaving NPR, you […]
Islenia M Milien Tejada/Islenia Mil Islenia M Milien Tejada/Islenia Mil 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. […]
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. Featured in this episode: Special thanks to […]
Somewhere in the pandemic and the terrible news cycle, co-host Kia Miakka Natisse got stuck in a butt divot in her couch and an even deeper funk. To break out, she sets out on a journey to the bottom of the ocean, looking for an answer to a single, existential question: can I be safe […]
What does it take to address the collective trauma of a genocide? This week, we’re shining a light on the ghosts haunting a community of Cambodian immigrants living in San Jose, California. When author and reporter Stephanie Foo was researching for her memoir, What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma, she […]
This week on Invisibilia, could the rebrand of a familiar pill open up a new way to control fertility in a post-Roe America? Featured in this episode: Learn more: Late Period Pill Study When Abortion Was a Crime by Leslie J. Reagan “Before Roe: The Physicians’ Crusade” from NPR’s Throughline “The Racist History of Abortion […]
This week on Invisibilia, a close look at the expression of power in everyday interactions. We’ve all heard that power is dirty, that it corrupts. And yet, there’s no denying that we need it – to meet our needs, to make demands, to effect change in the world. So what happens when you’re so grossed […]
2022 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. The narratives we have about what’s in or out of our control. Invisible tools of control. The crutches […]