Airs Sunday, July 24, at 6 p.m. You probably don’t even notice them, but social norms determine so much of your behavior - how you dress, talk, eat, and even what you allow yourself to feel. These emotional norms are so entrenched we never imagine they can shift. But hosts Alix Spiegel, Hanna Rosin and Lulu Miller examine two social experiments that attempted to do just that: teach McDonald’s employees in Russia to smile, and workers on an oil rig how to cry.
Invisibilia is about the invisible forces that shape human behavior – ideas, beliefs, assumptions and thoughts. Invisibilia continues NPR’s tradition of reimagining science programming from something dry and scholarly into something whimsical and captivating. Co-hosted by Lulu Miller, Alix Spiegel and Hanna Rosin, Invisibilia interweaves narrative storytelling with scientific research that will ultimately make you see your own life differently.