Invisibilia

Flip the Script

Usually when someone is hostile to us, we are hostile right back. The psychological term is "complementarity." But then in rare cases someone manages to be warm, and what happens as a result can be surprising.

By Alix Spiegel • Jul 16, 2016 • 1 min read

The episode starts with a story about a dinner party in DC, when an attempted robbery was foiled by... a glass of wine and some cheese. Then we travel across the pond, to Denmark, where police officers are attempting to combat the growing problem of Islamic radicalization with... love. And finally, we talk to a man who attempted to flip the script on one of our most basic animal functions: finding a mate.

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Image: Kristen Uroda for NPR

Alix Spiegel
Co-Host of NPR's 'Invisibilia'
Lulu Miller
Co-host of NPR's 'Invisibilia'
Hanna Rosin
senior editor, The Atlantic, co-host of the podcast We Live Here Now
Anne Gudenkauf
Producer of NPR's 'Invisibilia'

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Invisibilia

Flip the Script

Usually when someone is hostile to us, we are hostile right back. The psychological term is "complementarity." But then in rare cases someone manages to be warm, and what happens as a result can be surprising.

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Invisibilia

Flip the Script

Usually when someone is hostile to us, we are hostile right back. The psychological term is "complementarity." But then in rare cases someone manages to be warm, and what happens as a result can be surprising.

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