BONUS: A Friendly Ghost Story

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🗓️ 26 September 2021

⏱️ 48 minutes

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It's one of the most common and perplexing friend mysteries out there - when friends ghost friends. In this episode of NPR's Invisibilia, they examine a contemporary real-life ghost story to see why we're so haunted. Also, a listener attempts to find the friend who got away. And finally, we offer a new way to think about friendship endings.

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0:00.0	Hey there, it's Ari Shapiro.
0:02.1	Our friends at NPR's Invisibility podcast just launched a new season, all about friendship.
0:06.6	They're diving into questions like, what happens when you take away the ability to choose
0:11.0	your friends?
0:12.4	And why do we have lines between sex and friendship?
0:15.5	So we wanted to share the first episode of the new season with you.
0:18.5	It's all about ghosting.
0:20.0	You know, when someone seemingly falls off the face of the earth, they don't respond to
0:23.0	your calls or texts.
0:24.9	We usually think about ghosting in a romantic context, but friends can hurt us in much
0:29.6	the same way.
0:31.0	Invisibility hosts Kia Miyakanatees and Yowai Shah take it from here.
0:37.2	Hey y'all.
0:40.6	Before we get started, we want you to know today's episode mentions suicide and depression.
0:45.5	So if you need to skip this episode, please do.
0:48.5	And if you're struggling with thoughts of suicide, please reach out for help.
0:52.5	We have resources on our episode page, which you can find at npr.org, backslash, and
0:57.8	visit Biliah.
1:00.2	Here's the show.
1:09.4	From npr, this is Invisibility.
1:10.9	I'm Yowai Shah.
1:12.1	And I'm Kia Miyakanatees.
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