Invisibilia Takes Control

Invisibilia

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🗓️ 6 September 2022

⏱️ 2 minutes

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2022 feels like walking a tightrope. We're grappling with control of our bodies, our time, the direction of our country - while trying to not spin out and just doomscroll. So this season, Invisibilia takes on control. The narratives we have about what's in or out of our control. Invisible tools of control. The crutches we use to FEEL in control but that might not be helping.

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0:00.0	Lately, every day feels like walking a tightrope.
0:03.6	Ahhh!
0:05.6	We're overwhelmed by problems that feel out of our control.
0:09.4	Well, we have to remind ourselves what is inside our control.
0:13.4	It's like the serenity prayer.
0:15.2	Grant me the serenity to stop doom scrolling.
0:19.7	How does it go?
0:23.5	It's um, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change.
0:28.5	Why not?
0:29.4	Why can't we do that?
0:32.3	The courage to change the things I can.
0:34.8	If you had all the power you wanted, what would you do with it?
0:37.6	And the wisdom to know the difference.
0:39.4	If you own that freeway of suffering, you would just go along the freeway.
0:43.5	But every freeway has an exit.
0:46.3	I'm Yoha Shah.
0:47.3	And I'm Kiyam Yakonites.
0:49.1	In this season on MPR's Invisibility, we take on control.
0:53.4	We've got stories.
0:54.4	A mystery about healing the ghost sitting on everyone's chest.
0:58.6	What happens when a dominatrix and a comedian walk into a zoo?
1:02.9	And a diary about a journey into the sea.
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