Ep. 414: Seeing in the Dark (State of the Human)




State of the Human show

Summary: This week on State of the Human, we're hearing stories about people whose vision changed, first throwing them in the dark, then revealing something new. When the lights go out, at first we can’t see anything, but eventually our eyes adjust. We slowly begin to see again, but the world looks a little bit different than it did before. This week, we’ve got four stories about people who learn to see in a new way after finding themselves in different kinds of darkness. A young kid has a superpower to see things no one else can see, but then he loses that ability. A mythologist embarks on a retreat in darkness on a mountain in Wales. An art student learns to see the human body in a new way. And an Oxford University student finds himself, unexpectedly, in darkness. Host: Xandra Clark - Producers: Xandra Clark and Sophia Paliza, with help from Rachel Hamburg, Darlene Franklin, Lemiece Zarka, John Hollywood, Natacha Ruck, Christy Hartman, Charlie Mintz, Victoria Hurst, Josh Hoyt, Heidi Thorsen, Nina Foushee, and Jonah Willihnganz.