99% Invisible
Roman Mars
99% Invisible
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.
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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...
Tuesday 15 December 2020 : If homelessness is the problem, housing is the solution. But it’s not always that simple. Kate Cody has been living in her encampment...
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...
Tuesday 01 December 2020 : The way homelessness has exploded in California over the last decade, you’d think there was no system in place to address it. But there is...
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,...
Wednesday 11 November 2020 : Enron collapsed nearly 20 years ago, but chances are something you use today was affected by emails sent by 150 of the company's top...
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 13 October 2020 : When we think about carbon storage, we tend to think about forests, but peatlands are also incredible carbon sinks. In Europe, peatlands...
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...
Wednesday 09 September 2020 : There have been many waves of panic and resistance to new people moving into the public sphere and needing accommodation. And a focus of...
99% Invisible
Roman Mars
427- Mini-Stories: Volume 11
In this set of short stories, 99% Invisible producers talked with host Roman Mars about everything from the Fresh Air Movement to the lost...
426- Mini-Stories: Volume 10
In this set of short stories, 99% Invisible producers talked with host Roman Mars about everything from climate-changing sheep to the...
425- Mini-Stories: Volume 9
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...
Roman Mars on Bullseye with Jesse Thorn
Roman Mars joins Jesse Thorne on Bullseye this week to talk about life before podcasting, and what decades in radio has taught him. Roman...
Chapter 5: Housing Finally
If homelessness is the problem, housing is the solution. But it’s not always that simple. Kate Cody has been living in her encampment...
Chapter 4: The List
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...
Chapter 3: Housing First
In the 1980's, a psychologist named Sam Tsemberis was working with mentally ill homeless people on the streets of New York. Sometimes, when...
Chapter 2: The Hotline
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...
Chapter 1: Tulicia
When we think about homelessness, we often have a certain image in our mind—people pushing shopping carts, or big sprawling tent...
According to Need: Prologue
The way homelessness has exploded in California over the last decade, you’d think there was no system in place to address it. But there is...
According to Need coming December 1
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...
424- The Great Indoors
Emily Anthes is the author of The Great Indoors: The Surprising Science of How Buildings Shape Our Behaviour, Health and Happiness, and she...
423- Sean Exploder
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...
422- In The Unlikely Event
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,...
421- You've Got Enron Mail!
Enron collapsed nearly 20 years ago, but chances are something you use today was affected by emails sent by 150 of the company's top...
420- The Lost Cities of Geo
Geocities was an online collection of metropolises, each with their own neighborhoods built around shared interests. The city metaphor...
419- Take a Walk
During publicity interviews for The 99% Invisible City someone asked us, “What is your favorite way to experience the city?” The answer...
99pi Presents The Next Billion Users
This bonus episode is sponsored by Google’s Next Billion User Initiative. Every week millions of people come online for the very first...
418- Sign Stealing
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...
417- For the Love of Peat
When we think about carbon storage, we tend to think about forests, but peatlands are also incredible carbon sinks. In Europe, peatlands...
416- Exploring The 99% Invisible City
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...
415- Goodnight Nobody
The unlikely battle between the creator of the New York Public Library children's reading room and the beloved children’s classic...
414- The Address Book
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...
413- Highways 101
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...
412- Where Do We Go From Here?
There have been many waves of panic and resistance to new people moving into the public sphere and needing accommodation. And a focus of...
