Roman Mars
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.
Wednesday 20 January 2021 : In this set of short stories, 99% Invisible producers talked with host Roman Mars about everything from the Fresh Air Movement to the lost...
Tuesday 12 January 2021 : In this set of short stories, 99% Invisible producers talked with host Roman Mars about everything from climate-changing sheep to the...
Tuesday 22 December 2020 : Each year, 99% Invisible producers select short design stories to talk about with host Roman Mars. Some of these were just too brief to make...
Friday 18 December 2020 : Roman Mars joins Jesse Thorne on Bullseye this week to talk about life before podcasting, and what decades in radio has taught him. Roman...
Friday 11 December 2020 : When Tulicia Lee tried to get help with housing, she was essentially put on a big long list with a bunch of other homeless people. If you...
Tuesday 08 December 2020 : In the 1980's, a psychologist named Sam Tsemberis was working with mentally ill homeless people on the streets of New York. Sometimes, when...
Friday 04 December 2020 : Katie Mingle heard a lot about 211 doing this reporting. Not just from Tulicia Lee who called a bunch of times, but from everyone—from...
Tuesday 01 December 2020 : When we think about homelessness, we often have a certain image in our mind—people pushing shopping carts, or big sprawling tent...
Sunday 29 November 2020 : According to Need is a documentary podcast in 5 chapters from 99% Invisible’s Katie Mingle that asks: What are we doing to get people into...
Wednesday 25 November 2020 : Emily Anthes is the author of The Great Indoors: The Surprising Science of How Buildings Shape Our Behaviour, Health and Happiness, and she...
Saturday 21 November 2020 : As you might know, we have our own composer here at 99pi named Sean Real who works with the producers to score our episodes with original...
Wednesday 18 November 2020 : If you’ve ever flown on a plane, you’ve been directed to study the safety briefing card in your seatback pocket. Every passenger plane,...
Tuesday 03 November 2020 : Geocities was an online collection of metropolises, each with their own neighborhoods built around shared interests. The city metaphor...
Tuesday 27 October 2020 : During publicity interviews for The 99% Invisible City someone asked us, “What is your favorite way to experience the city?” The answer...
Friday 23 October 2020 : This bonus episode is sponsored by Google’s Next Billion User Initiative. Every week millions of people come online for the very first...
Tuesday 20 October 2020 : In the early days of baseball, sign-stealing was almost like a game within the game. Teams and players would try all kinds of tricks to get...
Tuesday 06 October 2020 : We're excited to celebrate the release of The 99% Invisible City book by host Roman Mars and producer Kurt Kohlstedt with a guided audio...
Tuesday 29 September 2020 : The unlikely battle between the creator of the New York Public Library children's reading room and the beloved children’s classic...
Tuesday 22 September 2020 : An address is something many people take for granted today, but they are in fact a fairly recent invention that has shaped our cities and...
Tuesday 15 September 2020 : Icons and symbols and signage are all around us, and nowhere more so than on the open road. So for this episode of Ubiquitous Icons: hop in...
99% Invisible
Roman Mars
The podcast 99% Invisible has been added to your home screen.
Thank you for your subscription
For a better experience, also consider installing the application.