{"podcast":{"title":"Invisibilia","slug":"invisibilia-46299","podcast_index_feed_id":46299,"rss_url":"https://feeds.npr.org/510307/podcast.xml","website_url":"https://www.npr.org/podcasts/510307/invisibilia","image_url":"https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2022/09/23/invisibilia_tile_npr-network-01_sq-94a8b38d9f7ae17255b5ea034778b45ddf5d6f6a.jpg?s=1400&c=66&f=jpg","author":"NPR (podcasts@npr.org)","episode_count":89,"summary":"Unseeable forces control human behavior and shape our ideas, beliefs, and assumptions. Invisibilia—Latin for invisible things—fuses narrative storytelling with science that will make you see your own life differently.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-18T16:18:59.456756+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/invisibilia-46299"},"episode":{"title":"Friends with Benefits","slug":"friends-with-benefits","published_at":"2021-10-21T18:47:07+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/invisibilia-46299/friends-with-benefits","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/invisibilia-46299","url":"https://www.npr.org/2021/10/20/1047650260/friends-with-benefits","audio_url":"https://prfx.byspotify.com/e/play.podtrac.com/npr-510307/npr.simplecastaudio.com/4212bb96-b3ff-452a-9fef-d7c0df1493b4/episodes/94129ae4-6909-4d4a-9d4b-21b138f43db7/audio/128/default.mp3?awCollectionId=4212bb96-b3ff-452a-9fef-d7c0df1493b4&awEpisodeId=94129ae4-6909-4d4a-9d4b-21b138f43db7&t=podcast&e=1047650260&p=510307&d=3014&size=48265178","summary":"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. 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","meta_description":"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 be…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3014,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/invisibilia-46299/episodes/friends-with-benefits/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/invisibilia-46299/friends-with-benefits.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}