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. A proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX. Learn more at radiotopia.fm.
The Power Broker #12: Robert Caro
This is the twelfth and final episode breaking down the 1974 Pulitzer Prize winning book, The Power...
EscucharMini-Stories: Volume 19
Cheeky highway signs, Jane Fonda’s surprising side hustle, a dynamite twist on legacy, and the Greeks’...
EscucharThe Flop House: Megalopolis, with Roman Mars
Roman Mars and the Flop House team dive into Francis Ford Coppola's intriguing and controversial film,...
EscucharThe 15 Minute City
How did the “15 Minute City,” a simple urban planning idea, spark protests, conspiracy theories,...
EscucharRaccoon Thanksgiving
After Toronto unveiled its "raccoon-resistant" compost bins in 2016, some people feared the animals...
EscucharRoman, Elliott, and Robert Caro: Live in Conversation
What makes The Power Broker endure 50 years on? Roman Mars and Elliott Kalan sit down with legendary...
EscucharThe Power Broker #11: Brennan Lee Mulligan
This is the eleventh official episode, breaking down the 1974 Pulitzer Prize winning book, The Power...
EscucharThe Memory Palace…Book!
Roman talks with The Memory Palace creator Nate DiMeo, whose new book brings his poetic history podcast...
EscucharMeet Me at Riis
As the last warmth of summer fades, Riis Beach—a hidden queer oasis behind a decaying hospital—faces...
EscucharHow the World Ran Out of Everything
Remember when grocery shelves went bare and cargo ships clogged the California coast? That chaos wasn’t...
EscucharSpirit Halloween
Every fall, a vacant Toronto storefront is possessed by Spirit Halloween, the pop-up shop haunting 1,500...
EscucharThe Power Broker #10: Clara Jeffery
This is the tenth official episode, breaking down the 1974 Pulitzer Prize winning book, The Power Broker...
EscucharTrompe L'oeil
Today, we have three stories about designs meant to fool you. Camouflage meant to fool U-boats. Highways...
EscucharBrilliantly Boring
In this bonus episode, Roman unearths the surprising story behind the 99% Invisible's name and delves...
EscucharChristiania
In the heart of Copenhagen, a former military base transformed into Christiania, a self-proclaimed anarchist...
EscucharThe Infernal Machine
The unexpected story of how Alfred Nobel’s invention of dynamite—designed to build the world—was...
EscucharCue the Sun!
What started as Emily Nussbaum’s “guilty pleasure” of watching Big Brother became a deeper dive...
EscucharThe Power Broker #9: Majora Carter
This is the ninth official episode, breaking down the 1974 Pulitzer Prize winning book, The Power Broker...
EscucharPlanet Money: Zombie 2nd Mortgages
Karen MacDonough had paid her mortgage for years, raised her family, and lived a quiet life in her Quincy,...
EscucharMedellin, Revisited
Once considered the most dangerous city in the world due to drug cartel violence, by the early 2000s...
EscucharNot Built For This #6: Maximum Temperature
The impacts of climate disasters are often measured in terms of property damage. But in places like...
EscucharNot Built For This #5: The Little Levee That Could
Most of the stories in this series have been about places that are ill-prepared for the extreme weather...
EscucharNot Built For This #4: Unbuilding the Terrace
All across the country thousands of people are living in locations that regularly flood, and many of...
EscucharNot Built For This #3: The Price is Wrong
Insurance companies are not climate activists, but they know more about climate risk than just about...
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