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99% Invisible
Roman Mars
768 episodes
5 days ago
Design is everywhere in our lives, perhaps most importantly in the places where we've just stopped noticing. 99% Invisible is a weekly exploration of the process and power of design and architecture. From award winning producer Roman Mars. Learn more at 99percentinvisible.org.
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Design is everywhere in our lives, perhaps most importantly in the places where we've just stopped noticing. 99% Invisible is a weekly exploration of the process and power of design and architecture. From award winning producer Roman Mars. Learn more at 99percentinvisible.org.
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99% Invisible
Mini-Stories: Volume 22
Performance changing gear, a Titanic era nurse with unbelievable resilience, and an ingenious art vending project reveal how innovation and endurance shape unexpected worlds.
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5 days ago
33 minutes 25 seconds

99% Invisible
Beyond the 99% Invisible City
From rogue stop signs to rooftop mini golf, discover how chaos and creativity quietly shape the urban world.
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1 week ago
39 minutes 46 seconds

99% Invisible
Constitution Breakdown #5: Dr. Tom Frieden
This month, Roman and Elizabeth turn to the remainder of Article Two, which defines the scope and limits of presidential power, alongside former CDC director Dr. Tom Frieden.
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2 weeks ago
1 hour 19 minutes 27 seconds

99% Invisible
Mini-Stories: Volume 21
A glowing Vegas pyramid, a famously mistyped domain, and a long-delayed miracle investigation unfold in three unexpected tales.
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2 weeks ago
29 minutes 2 seconds

99% Invisible
Sax Appeal
From military parades to smoky clubs, one invention’s wild journey reveals how an instrument can become a symbol of rebellion and reinvention.
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3 weeks ago
43 minutes 37 seconds

99% Invisible
The Checkerboard
A single diagonal step on a map sparks a legal war with huge consequences.
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1 month ago
38 minutes 5 seconds

99% Invisible
U Is for Urbanism
How Jane Jacob's urbanism dreams came to life on the most beloved kids' TV block.
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1 month ago
38 minutes 24 seconds

99% Invisible
Constitution Breakdown #4: Janet Napolitano
This month, Roman and Elizabeth turn to Article Two, which establishes the executive branch, alongside former Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano.
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1 month ago
1 hour 22 minutes 21 seconds

99% Invisible
Murderland
Writer Caroline Fraser argues a chilling link between industrial poison, deadly design, and a generation of serial killers in the Pacific Northwest.
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1 month ago
27 minutes 59 seconds

99% Invisible
The Moving Walkway Is Ending
People once dreamed of sidewalks that could whisk them across cities. Somehow, that dream ended up at the airport.
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1 month ago
39 minutes 38 seconds

99% Invisible
How to Write a Joke
Comedy writer Elliott Kalan (The Daily Show, The Flop House, Mystery Science Theater 3000, and co-host of the 99% Invisible Breakdown of The Power Broker) spills the secrets of how he grows jokes from tiny ideas into full-blown laughs.
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2 months ago
31 minutes 20 seconds

99% Invisible
Gear (Articles of Interest)
From buckskin breeches to Patagonia vests, uncover how America’s obsession with ruggedness and war shaped the clothes we wear every day.
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2 months ago
59 minutes 9 seconds

99% Invisible
Constitution Breakdown #3: Sen. Elizabeth Warren
This month, Roman and Elizabeth dive into Article One, Sections 8 through 10, which spells out what Congress can and cannot do. Then, Senator Elizabeth Warren joins to talk about Congress’s “power of the purse."
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2 months ago
1 hour 10 minutes 6 seconds

99% Invisible
Your Call Is Important to Us
What if all those dropped calls, endless wait times and dead end hotlines every time you try to reach customer service weren’t accidents but part of the plan?
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2 months ago
30 minutes 3 seconds

99% Invisible
Hidden Levels #6: Segagaga
One SEGA employee chronicles the company’s struggles the only way he knows how: by turning it into a game.
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2 months ago
41 minutes 20 seconds

99% Invisible
Hidden Levels #5: Press B to Touch Grass
From blocky biomes to breathtaking open worlds, video games are teaching us new ways to see, build, and even save nature.
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2 months ago
41 minutes 47 seconds

99% Invisible
Hidden Levels #4: Machinima
Back in the 90s, artists turned video games into movie sets, and their wildest ideas are finally hitting documentaries.
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2 months ago
45 minutes 8 seconds

99% Invisible
Hidden Levels #3: This Game Wants YOU
Before Fortnite and Call of Duty ruled the scene, the US Army quietly shaped the early 2000s with a wildly popular, free shooter designed to excite young people about enlisting.
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2 months ago
44 minutes 9 seconds

99% Invisible
Hidden Levels #2: Stick It to 'Em
From airplanes to Pac-Man to the battlefield, the joystick has quietly shaped the way humans connect with machines.
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3 months ago
41 minutes 36 seconds

99% Invisible
Hidden Levels #1: Mr. Boomshakalaka
Step back into the ’90s, when dunks broke backboards, catchphrases caught fire, and one arcade game turned every kid into an NBA superstar.
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3 months ago
37 minutes 16 seconds

99% Invisible
Design is everywhere in our lives, perhaps most importantly in the places where we've just stopped noticing. 99% Invisible is a weekly exploration of the process and power of design and architecture. From award winning producer Roman Mars. Learn more at 99percentinvisible.org.