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Invisibilia

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Invisibilia

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4.622.6K Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2018

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Today we introduce you to Allie n Steve, who is one person. For half the day she can be Allie and the other half he is Steve. For many of us this would be a disorienting experience. But after a shattering experience in their life, Allie n Steve has learned to live comfortably in this in between space. And Allie n Steve has lessons to teach us about the beauty of not retreating to black and white. We also talk to a woman who suffers from a little known condition called "maladaptive daydreaming." She is so addicted to her fantasy life that she's finding it hard to manage her real one.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Right from the beginning, Hannah wasn't cooperating.

0:03.3

Where are you going?

0:05.5

It was twilight and we were out in the woods.

0:07.9

Two Jews in a winter forest,

0:10.0

surrounded by trees and dead leaves.

0:12.7

We were there because of our executive producer, Caritalo.

0:15.9

She wanted us to document the majesty of nature

0:18.2

for a story we were supposed to do about animals.

0:20.9

And this day, in the dead of winter,

0:23.6

was according to her calendar the most convenient time.

0:27.2

So off we set, to nail some majesty of nature reporting.

0:31.5

Okay, which part of shh, shh, did you know I'm just in?

0:34.5

I certainly could win.

0:35.8

Here, let me help you out.

0:37.6

So, blow into my microphone.

0:42.2

That's not cool.

0:52.3

But the truth was that there wasn't that much majesty

0:55.0

to document, at least for our human eyes.

0:58.2

Not just because it was winter,

1:00.0

but because it was twilight.

1:01.8

That moment, right before the sun goes down

1:04.3

and the world turns from day when things are busy growing

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