A Very Offensive Rom-Com

Invisibilia

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🗓️ 5 April 2019

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Summary

A young woman discovers a pattern in her dating habits that disturbs her - a pattern that challenges her very conception of who she is and what she believes in. The realization sets her off on a quest to change her attractions. But is this even possible? And should we be hacking our desire to match our values?

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody, it's Elise.
0:02.6	Thank you so much for listening to Invisibility.
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0:17.5	NPR.org slash podcast survey.
0:20.9	And thanks.
0:31.5	Invisibility presents a very offensive rom-com by producer
0:36.9	Yoweshah.
0:38.6	The following program contains adult language and sexual
0:41.4	content.
0:42.6	In other words, it's definitely all rated.
0:47.5	A couple years ago, I was on a date at the art museum.
0:57.7	We were walking home from the trolley stop, and I could not
1:00.6	for the life of me break away.
1:03.4	Yes, I needed to piece of Adley my leg was shaking.
1:06.9	And yes, it was my birthday.
1:09.2	And I was already an hour late to my own party.
1:12.0	But my attraction was so overpowering and intoxicating that I
1:16.6	needed to maximize any time I had in this person's presence.
1:20.2	Even if I meant hugging goodbye, then running the last three
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