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Invisibilia

Revisiting Love and Lapses: A Conversation with Code Switch host B.A. Parker

Invisibilia

NPR

Society & Culture, Personal Journals, Social Sciences, Science

4.622.6K Ratings

🗓️ 16 December 2022

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Sometimes the holidays are filled with the people you love. Other times, they're marked by an absence. In this special holiday episode, new Code Switch co-host and former Invisibilia producer B.A. Parker tells a story about family, loss and preserving memories before it's too late. Then Parker joins Kia and Yowei to reflect on the making of this story, and what it means to her now.

Transcript

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Hey everybody, today we are back for the holidays with a little sonic gift.

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But first, in the spirit of asking for what we need, we're asking for your support.

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Thank you, thank you for your support.

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Okay.

0:55.7

On to the show.

1:06.0

From NPR, this is Invisibelia.

1:08.2

I'm Kea Miyakana-Tis.

1:09.9

And I'm Yoha Shaw.

1:11.4

So Yohue, it's the holidays.

1:14.3

How are you feeling?

1:15.6

I'm feeling pretty good.

1:17.9

I'm excited for some time off and, you know, just seeing some family and overeating.

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