# Nun of Us Are Friends Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/invisibilia-46299/nun-of-us-are-friends Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/invisibilia-46299/nun-of-us-are-friends.md Podcast: [Invisibilia](https://stenobird.com/podcast/invisibilia-46299) Published: 2021-09-23T19:16:25+00:00 Episode link: https://www.npr.org/2021/09/16/1037902699/nun-of-us-are-friends Audio file: https://prfx.byspotify.com/e/play.podtrac.com/npr-510307/npr.simplecastaudio.com/4212bb96-b3ff-452a-9fef-d7c0df1493b4/episodes/fc8f252e-32b9-431b-8d33-22b70d4aa295/audio/128/default.mp3?awCollectionId=4212bb96-b3ff-452a-9fef-d7c0df1493b4&awEpisodeId=fc8f252e-32b9-431b-8d33-22b70d4aa295&t=podcast&e=1037902699&p=510307&d=2681&size=42907777 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/invisibilia-46299/episodes/nun-of-us-are-friends Duration seconds: 2681 ## Resource It's a basic tenet of friendship that you get to choose your friends. We look at two institutions that took away that choice: convents circa the 1960s and a summer program with unusual rules. What do we lose and what do we gain when we give up our preferences and try to make friends with everyone equally? See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. NPR Privacy Policy ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/invisibilia-46299/episodes/nun-of-us-are-friends/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/invisibilia-46299/nun-of-us-are-friends.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.