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Invisibilia Questions Your Emotions

The hosts of NPR’s hit podcast say there’s been a quiet revolution in the way we understand our feelings.

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NPR’s Hanna Rosin and Alix Spiegel explain what they learned about feelings from their third season of Invisibilia. Society has come around to the idea that emotions are a force to be reckoned with—is that a good thing?

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