The P-Word

Invisibilia

NPR

Society & Culture, Personal Journals, Social Sciences, Science

4.6 • 22.6K Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

Alex is a comic who feels perfectly comfortable commanding a packed, rowdy audience, but consistently submits to what other people want in everyday life. This week, a look at how uncomfortable feelings about power can backfire on ourselves and the people we love. We get the help of a power expert - a dominatrix - to untangle Alex's power dynamics, and find out what it takes to treat a power allergy.

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	From NPR, this is Invisibilia. I'm Kia Miyakanatees.
0:11.9	And I'm Yoha Shaw.
0:13.4	And we're back!
0:17.2	We are back! We are pumped to be back in your ears.
0:21.1	Thrilled.
0:22.0	And to kick off our season today, Kia, I want to start by playing you a recording.
0:28.8	Of course, what else will we do here?
0:31.1	They think going on in my life right now is an interview for this podcast for NPR Verta.
0:40.9	What is this? What am I listening to?
0:44.8	Someone's making jokes about our show? Keep listening.
0:47.6	The premise is they were looking for someone who's very uncomfortable with any kind of power.
0:53.8	And so I talked to this reporter and she was like, great, you're perfect.
0:59.4	Are you the reporter?
1:00.8	Yes, I have made it into a stand-up routine.
1:03.8	Wow. Congratulations!
1:06.0	That's kind of big time.
1:07.8	Yeah, I mean, thank God I was just at the tippy top and didn't make it into a roast.
1:11.8	Oh, thank God.
1:12.9	But anyway, the person doing this stand-up is Alex Songshaw.
1:17.5	I don't know how to say you know it if people...
1:19.8	The 29 and actor and writer with a fancy job in LA writing for TV.
1:25.2	They've written for shows like Rick and Morty and The Tonight Show.
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from NPR, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of NPR and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.