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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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Significant Others: A Sneak Peek at the Woman Behind Benedict Arnold’s Betrayal

2024/02/23

It’s been said that history is written by the person at the typewriter. But who did the person who made history depend on?

571- You Are What You Watch

2024/02/21

How much film and television shapes us as individuals and as a society, far beyond what we give it credit for

The Power Broker #2: Jamelle Bouie

2024/02/16

Featuring New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie covering Part 3.

570- The White Castle System of Eating Houses

2024/02/13

How White Castle invented fast food

569- Between the Blocks

2024/02/06

The interblock parks of Sofia, Bulgaria that are caught between old failed communism and new hyper capitalism

568- Don't Forget to Remember

2024/01/30

There are memorials to lost fishermen, lost astronauts, even lost members of Lynyrd Skynyrd. What should a COVID pandemic memorial look like?

Roman Mars Describes Chicago As It Is

2024/01/26

A 99pi guide to some of our favorite design features of Chicago

567- The Double Kick

2024/01/24

The design evolution of the seemingly simple, but not all that simple, skateboard

Power Broker #01: Robert Caro

2024/01/19

Featuring author Robert Caro covering The Introduction, Part 1, and Part 2.

566- Imitation Nation

2024/01/16

The fake villages and role players used to train US soldiers

565- Mini-Stories: Volume 18

2024/01/09

Upside-down construction, the linguistics of filler, and a fire that has been burning...and will burn... for decades.

470- Another Visit from the Three Santas of Slovenia

2023/12/26

Mapping the long history of Slovenia onto the three "Santas' that visit each year

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4.8 out of 5

24701 reviews

wlc825 2024/02/22

Power Broker!

I love all the 99PI episodes. Engaging, informative and entertaining. The Power Broker series is incredibly fun and interesting, even though I haven’t...

RandomNickname00 2024/02/23

Whoops

Really enjoyed 99% Invisible until the recent episode on the COVID-19 memorial. That clip from the Republican about how a memorial should stand for pe...

internetsleuth 2024/02/19

Good Show

I like Roman Mars and Roman Mars likes me

Todabelle 2024/02/19

The podcast Robert Caro deserves

The read along to The Power Broker was a stellar surprise. It’s the best. Thanks, guys, for making the best walk and talk book club around my favorite...

CC-7-nell 2024/02/17

Didn’t know it could get better

99% Invisible was already basically perfect, but The Power Broker series is everything. Love this show.

Jim, ret. 2024/02/15

Never miss!

I never miss an episode. These podcasts make me ask important questions about life and our world!

JJHogan240 2024/02/16

just ads

I can’t believe how many ads they have now. It’s horrible.

cloudman1 2024/02/14

Interrobang

Always an absolute joy to listen to

Motivated moviegoer 2024/02/15

Trump 2024

99% MAGA, where’s your constitutional law podcast on Biden…

AmiableSnake 2024/02/01

Poor fact checking and correction

I could no longer stomach this podcast after they aired a boldfaced fabrication about my hometown and laughed about it on the podcast. It felt humilia...

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