Invisibilia

I was looking for podcasts to listen to, and Invisibilia turned up as one of the top rated podcasts.

From the description, "Invisibilia (Latin for invisible things) is about the invisible forces that control human behavior - ideas, beliefs, assumptions and emotions."

I listened to Season 3 - Emotions, parts 1 and 2.  There were two primary stories - one about an accident that was caused by a driver whose young daughter died in a head-on collision, and how the family was sued by the driver of the other vehicle who suffered emotional distress from seeing the young daughter's dead arm hanging inside the mangled vehicle.  The other story was about a man studying a tribe of headhunters who had an emotion that the man had never experienced before.

The stories were enhanced by one researcher's idea that our emotions are not shaped by the world around us, rather that our emotions shape the world around us.  This was an interesting thought, and one day, when I was feeling down, I decided that if I changed my sad thoughts, that I could change my world and my perception of the world.  It was quite empowering.