Alix Spiegel

Invisibilia: Inspired By 'American Idol,' Somali TV Show Aimed To Change The World

By • Mar 16, 2018

Welcome to Invisibilia Season 4! The NPR program and podcast explores the invisible forces that shape human behavior, and we here at Goats and Soda are joining in for the podcast's look at how a reality show in Somalia tried to do far more than crown a winning singer. The ultimate goal: to change human behavior.

How Much Can A Vision Of Your 'Future Self' Motivate You To Achieve?

By • Jul 30, 2017

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NPR's Invisibilia started a new season this summer examining the forces that shape who we are and who we will become. Today, Invisibilia co-host Alix Spiegel introduces us to a young man whose vision of his future self started at a dance party.

Eager To Burst His Own Bubble, A Techie Made Apps To Randomize His Life

By • Jun 8, 2017

This week, the podcast and show Invisibilia examines the nature of reality, with a Silicon Valley techie who created apps to randomize his life, a psychologist who trains herself to experience the world like dogs do and

Invisibilia: A Man Finds An Explosive Emotion Locked In A Word

By • Jun 1, 2017

Welcome to Invisibilia Season 3! The NPR program and podcast explores the invisible forces that shape human behavior, and we here at Shots are joining in to probe the often tenuous line between perception and reality. Here's an excerpt from Episode 1.

She Offered The Robber A Glass Of Wine, And That Flipped The Script

By • Jul 15, 2016

This week's Invisibilia podcast and show explore what happens when people flip the script, responding to situations in ways that are completely unexpected. We tend to respond to aggression with aggression, kindness with kindness. Usually that works just fine. But sometimes turning 180 degrees can change the world. Think Mahatma Gandhi or Martin Luther King Jr.

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