What’s the right way to say goodbye?

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View this email online In our final episode, we say goodbye by doing what Invisibilia does best: thinking hard about goodbyes. In this episode, we offer a bouquet of meditations on these tricky moments of departure. We'll miss you. Listen to the final episode Many of our producers are staying on to keep telling beautiful audio stories at NPR. We’re converting this newsletter into a space to tell you about the best longform documentaries produced by NPR, from investigative series to intimate personal narratives.  The Invisibilia team in a group edit listening to a draft of the final episode. Tears were shed. Newsletter continues after sponsor message The Dead Grandma Club When we put out the call for your goodbye stories, we got a lot of death in our inbox. It makes sense; it’s the most final goodbye of them all. Co-host & Editorial Lead Yowei Shaw, producer Ariana Gharib Lee, and Invisibilia listener Molly Devnani found common ground with stories of their late grandmothers and alternative ways to think about that final goodbye.  Invisibilia listener Molly Devnani and her late grandmother, Hari Devnani Grandma Hari's nighties. Left: Ariana's living room with a portrait of her grandma, Kin Ping Lee. Right: Ariana's huge ring on her rug, both inherited from her grandmother, Homa Gharib Yowei's mom and grandma throwing deuces at the nursing home in Taipei Waipo happily eating her favorite sticky dessert: nian gao.  Left: Yowei’s mom as a tiny person wearing one of the doll dresses Waipo made her.  Right: Just chilling in the park somewhere in Taipei in 1959. The Tupperware Party Lead Producer/Reporter Abby Wendle taught us all how to do a real Midwestern Goodbye. For more detailed instructions, fellow midwesterner Supervising Producer Liana Simstrom recommends this 4-minute instructional video from Minnesota public television.  And we can’t let you go without sharing a few pictures from our legendary (and debaucherous) coven parties.  Alix initiates a ritual burn at one of our coven parties.  Left: A mobile howling dome built at the coven gathering by Abby Wendle (inspired by Renato Rosaldo from our episode “High Voltage”). Right: Abby breaks out her trembita. She got it at a market in Lviv, Ukraine. It's a traditional instrument of the people who live in the Carpathian mountains.  Coming Soon As we mentioned at the top of this newsletter, there will be more great stories coming from NPR and we'd like to use this newsletter to keep you updated about them. Please stay subscribed if you'd like to hear more about projects like "Buffalo Extreme" - a three-part series coming to the Embedded podcast in May.  On May 14, 2022, a white man entered the Jefferson Street Tops supermarket on the east side of Buffalo, murdering ten and injuring three Black people, in a self-declared racist massacre. That same day, teenagers and children — members of the all-Black cheer squads at BASE gym in Buffalo —  practiced around the corner. This series follows the girls, their mothers and their coaches for 12 months as they grapple with the incident and continue to compete.  The Invisibilia team during a rare, post-pandemic gathering IRL. We will miss you and thank you so much for listening!  Listen to your local NPR station. Visit NPR.org to hear live radio from WBEZ (edit station). What do you think of today's email? We'd love to hear your thoughts, questions and feedback: invisibiliamail@npr.org 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