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The joy and journey of learning to roller skate as an adult

NPR's Kia Miakka Natisse describes how and why roller skating allows skaters, young and old, to push their bodies to the limit.

The joy and journey of learning to roller skate as an adult

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Freedom Diving
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Invisibilia

Freedom Diving

After months of working from home and retreating from the world, Kia Miakka Natisse is stuck - in her house, and in her head. In an attempt to break out of the funk, she's searching for wisdom at the bottom of the ocean with South Africa's first Black freediving instructor, Zandile Ndhlovu.

Freedom Diving

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The Long Hot Summer (2020)

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The Long Hot Summer (2020)

Things in the U.S. feel tense right now. Two years after a police officer killed George Floyd outside a Minneapolis corner store, videos of police violence still appear regularly – and protests follow. Maybe the closest parallel to what's happening today is the so-called "long hot summer" of 1967, when more than 150 cities across the country experienced civil unrest.

The Long Hot Summer (2020)

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What's your attachment style? Take this quiz to find out
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Life Kit

What's your attachment style? Take this quiz to find out

According to the field of attachment theory, each person has a unique attachment style that informs how that person relates to intimacy: secure, anxious or avoidant. We talk with Amir Levine, a neuroscientist and co-author of the book Attached, about how your attachment style can impact your relationships.

What's your attachment style? Take this quiz to find out

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Friends with Benefits
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Invisibilia

Friends with Benefits

A lot of us think that it's a bad idea to get physical with friends. We worry it'll get messy, maybe even ruin the friendship. But if physical intimacy between friends weren't so taboo, what could our friendships look like? In this episode, we explore the gray zone of sex and friendship, following a man who deliberately kept his friendships with women hazy and now wants to apologize, and a pair of BFFs who became close through sex.

Friends with Benefits

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DIY Reparations
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Planet Money

DIY Reparations

Some Vermonters were tired of waiting around for reparations. So they decided to take matters into their own hands. | This episode was produced with our friends at Invisibilia. Check out their new season here.

DIY Reparations

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Race

'Invisibilia' Episode Highlights Social Experiment Involving Money, Race

For generations, there have been demands for reparations from the U.S. government. The team of the NPR podcast Invisibilia shares a story from the history of the fight for reparations.

'Invisibilia' Episode Highlights Social Experiment Involving Money, Race

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Eat The Rich

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Eat The Rich

Invisibilia explores a social experiment with money, focused around a contentious topic: reparations. What happens when you demand white people give up their wealth?

Eat The Rich

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Presenting Throughline: 'James Baldwin's Fire'

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Presenting Throughline: 'James Baldwin's Fire'

Writer and thinker James Baldwin used the power of his words to confront in order to connect, something that feels especially relatable in a year when the United States has been forced to reckon with racial inequality. This week we share an episode from our friends at NPR's Throughline, about James Baldwin, his life and philosophy, and what we can learn from him to lead us into the future.

Presenting Throughline: 'James Baldwin's Fire'

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