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99% Invisible
Roman Mars
741 episodes
6 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
Ambassador Bridge
A billionaire family’s private bridge empire shaped Detroit for decades, sparking battles over power, neighborhoods, and the future of an international crossing.
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6 days ago
40 minutes 13 seconds

99% Invisible
All About That Bass
Vintage music barely had any bass. Today’s hits are all about the low end. What changed?
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1 week ago
25 minutes 51 seconds

99% Invisible
Sister Aimee and the Birth of the Megachurch
Aimee Semple McPherson built America’s first megachurch, blended showbiz with salvation, and vanished in a scandal that captivated the nation.
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2 weeks ago
36 minutes 3 seconds

99% Invisible
Weeding is Fundamental Revisited
The fight over weeding books from the library.
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3 weeks ago
38 minutes 3 seconds

99% Invisible
Air-Borne
Old ideas about air and disease were wrong on the science, but looking to the past might actually help us design healthier buildings today.
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1 month ago
40 minutes 46 seconds

99% Invisible
Constitution Breakdown #1: Nikole Hannah-Jones
This month, Roman and Elizabeth discuss the Preamble, alongside Nikole Hannah-Jones.
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1 month ago
1 hour 20 minutes 17 seconds

99% Invisible
The Quiet Storm
How a radio show born at a small college station in DC and dedicated to smooth, romantic love songs transformed black radio and reshaped love lives across the country.
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1 month ago
40 minutes 40 seconds

99% Invisible
Neil Young’s iPod Killer
A rock icon sets out to save music with a strange yellow gadget that almost no one understood.
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1 month ago
31 minutes

99% Invisible
Roman Mars's Guide to San Francisco
In this bonus episode, an offbeat walking tour through San Francisco uncovers hidden rooftop parks, a leaning skyscraper scandal, a vanished statue, and the graceful brilliance of the Golden Gate Bridge.
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1 month ago
30 minutes 18 seconds

99% Invisible
Food Deserts
How did millions of Americans end up living in neighborhoods where finding fresh food is harder than ever, and why is the problem by design, not accident?
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1 month ago
38 minutes 15 seconds

99% Invisible
Open Borders
An immigration reporter’s chance encounter in the desert reveals how borders shape our actions, our beliefs, and the way we see the world around us.
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2 months ago
29 minutes 9 seconds

99% Invisible
The Titanic's Best Lifeboat
A century-old shipwreck, a sea of glass, and the lifeboats that were never meant to save you.
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2 months ago
33 minutes 17 seconds

99% Invisible
The Red, the Black, and the Green
The Red, Black, and Green flag was invented to unite Black people all over the world living under racial repression.
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2 months ago
35 minutes 40 seconds

99% Invisible
The Return of Con Law
Announcing The 99% Invisible Breakdown: The Constitution and the return of What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law.
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2 months ago
57 minutes 38 seconds

99% Invisible
Adapt or Design
A debilitating injury forces 99PI's Kurt Kohlstedt to confront new everyday challenges and seek out accessible design solutions for one-handed living.
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3 months ago
32 minutes 42 seconds

99% Invisible
Build, Interrupted: A Conversation with Ezra Klein
Why is it so hard to build anything in America?
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3 months ago
43 minutes 41 seconds

99% Invisible
Foreign in a Domestic Sense
A dusty surveillance file uncovers the story of love, betrayal, and the fight for Puerto Rico’s freedom.
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3 months ago
38 minutes 10 seconds

99% Invisible
Fishing In The Night
Shortwave radio opened a portal to the world—then became a weapon in a high-stakes war of propaganda and power.
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3 months ago
44 minutes 17 seconds

99% Invisible
😅⚖️
A single 👍 emoji sent over text was meant to say “got it”—but instead, it kicked off a $62,000 legal battle and raised the question: can an emoji seal a contract?
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3 months ago
27 minutes 29 seconds

99% Invisible
Changing Stripes Revisited
At the January 6th Capitol insurrection, rioters waved Confederate, MAGA, and Trump-as-Rambo flags. Easy to miss without knowing the design was a bright yellow flag with three red stripes — the flag of South Vietnam.
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4 months ago
32 minutes 48 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.