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24 alternatives to This American Life - Invisible Made Visible, Act One May 18, 2012

A man trying to get his daughter to understand his blindness

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. This American Life - Invisible Made Visible, Act One May 18, 2012 launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   This American Life - Something Only I Can See▲77

   This week: people trying to show others what they see

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   eSight▲97

   Glasses helping the legally blind see

   2018 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   See Now▲75

   Experience what being blind is like

   2017 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   99% Invisible - On Average▲68

   An episode about why no one is average.

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Seeing AI▲414

   Talking camera for the blind, by Microsoft

   2017 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   This American Life - 562: The problem we all live with▲89

   First of a two-part series rethinking and reinvent education

   2015 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   This American Life - How to Win Friends and Influence People▲76

   Stories of people climbing to be number one.

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8MT
   Made this with my daughter to help kids ages 2 to 4 learn logic▲367

   2019 · countable.github.io · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Serial Podcast▲177

   From This American Life, follow 1 story over a whole season

   2014 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    The Truth - Visible & Drive Straight Ahead▲51

    A (too) personal GPS & a blind man gets a Seeing Eye App

    2016 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    This American Life - 571: The heart wants what the heart wants▲87

    A story about love and longing

    2015 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    Hidden Brain: Ep. 41: Defeated: Losing Hurts (In Surprising Ways)▲55

    A conversation about life's unseen patterns

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Longform - Ira Glass▲107

    Ira Glass, creator of This American Life

    2015 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Date/able Podcast Season 2 Episode 1: The Blind Date▲55

    A candid conversation about dating in SF

    2016 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Invisibilia▲112

    Podcast about the intangible forces that shape our behavior

    2015 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Seeing Is Forgetting the Name of the Thing One Sees▲62

    Amazing Robert Irwin's biography

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Dudes of Disruption Ep 7 - Always Look in the Mirror First (Before Looking at Someone Else)▲52

    What we see in others is often a reflection of ourselves

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Dudes of Disruption - Ep 12 - Religion - Our Automatics, Core Beliefs and Blind Faith▲53

    The Dudes take on Religion, another hot button topic...

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Hatching - 17: How to meet your heroes▲93

    A podcast about the inner workings of Need/Want

    2015 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Man's Search for Meaning▲102

    An enduring work of Holocaust survival literature

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Wayfindr▲158

    Empowering blind people to navigate the world independently

    2017 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    The Art of Charm - Russ Roberts | How Adam Smith Can Change Your Life (Episode 489)▲61

    Does your impartial spectator have an invisible hand?

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Reply All - 66: On The Inside, Part III▲70

    The one person who witnessed the murder

    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Eone Watches▲70

    Watches for the visually impaired.

    2014 · its alternatives →

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