"Hello, Goodbye"... to Supervising Editor Neena Pathak

More gossip from behind the scenes [View this email online]( [Invisibilia]( As we count down to our final episode, we’ll be running a feature in the newsletter called Hello, Goodbye spotlighting our team members. We hope you’ll miss us as much as we’ll miss you. Sincerely, The Invisibilia Team --------------------------------------------------------------- Newsletter continues after sponsor message --------------------------------------------------------------- Hello, Goodbye to Neena Pathak, Supervising Editor --------------------------------------------------------------- Photographer: Earl Wilson I’m looking forward to keeping in touch, and you can find me @neenpathak on, y’know, the platforms 🤠 Invisibilia Origin Story: I started working at Invisibilia in the winter of 2022. I had met the recent hosts years before - Kia at an artist residency outside Chicago, and Yowei at a listening group in Philly - and had been a fan of the show in its various iterations. The podcast felt like that tag line from MTV's True Life: "You think you know, but you have no idea." Whenever I'd listen, my brain would buzz. Then after joining the team and working on the show, my brain kept buzzing. I liked this feeling. Sometimes we are melting ice cubes (left to right: Yowei Shaw, Abby Wendle, and Kia Miakka Natisse). Favorite episodes you've worked on and insights you’ve actually used in real life: This is a boringly diplomatic answer, but it's really hard to choose! "[A Little Bit Pregnant]( and "[Freedom Diving]( taught me about the journey it takes to ask the right questions. I learned so much about building the emotional, intellectual, and narrative arcs of a story in "[The P-Word]( "[Power Tools]( reinforced the importance of advocating for yourself and your team amidst structural inequities and systemic failures (lol). And "[Therapy Ghostbusters]( showed me how healing, like most things, is a practice. This response feels very, "I love each of my children equally," and I'm sorry for this. Sometimes we think about taking naps, and sometimes we take naps (left to right: Kia Miakka Natisse, Andrew Mambo, and Liana Simstrom). BTS moments seared into brain: Working with Ariana Gharib Lee, Andrew Mambo, Abby Wendle, Kia Miakka Natisse, Yowei Shaw, Liana Simstrom, and Irene Noguchi was truly a gift. Plus David Gutherz, Clare Marie Schneider, Phoebe Wang, Lee Hale, Nic Neves, Sara Long, Brianna Scott, Stephanie Foo, Lauren Beard, B.A. Parker, Liza Yeager, Pablo Argüelles Cattori, Shirley Henry, Brittany Luse...this isn't even close to everyone, but y’all made work more interesting and joyful. In the words of [Little Richard at the 1988 Grammy Awards]( “The winner really is me." Sometimes we do ballet (left to right: Liana Simstrom and Ariana Gharib Lee). Sometimes we meet a chalkboard and everywhere is school (left to right: Irene Noguchi, Yowei Shaw, Neena Pathak, Andrew Mambo, and Ariana Gharib Lee). Sometimes we do nature (left to right: Neena Pathak, Liza Yeager, Liana Simstrom, Meghan Keane, and Clare Marie Schneider). Sometimes we can’t believe it (left to right: Ariana Gharib Lee and Yowei Shaw). Sometimes we eat pens (top to bottom: Ariana Gharib Lee, Yowei Shaw, and Kia Miakka Natisse). Sometimes we are Sylvie the Cat (left to right: Sylvester and Abby Wendle). --------------------------------------------------------------- Stream your local NPR station. Visit NPR.org to find your local station stream. [Find a Station]( --------------------------------------------------------------- [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [Instagram]( What do you think of today's email? We'd love to hear your thoughts, questions and feedback: [invisibiliamail@npr.org](mailto:invisibiliamail@npr.org?subject=Newsletter%20Feedback) Enjoying this newsletter? Forward to a friend! They can [sign up here](. Looking for more great content? [Check out all of our newsletter offerings]( — including Pop Culture Happy Hour, Code Switch and more! You received this message because you're subscribed to Invisibilia emails. This email was sent by National Public Radio, Inc., 1111 North Capitol Street NE, Washington, DC 20002 [Unsubscribe]( | [Privacy Policy]( [NPR logo]