99% Invisible

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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.

5H AGO

One-Nil to the Arsenal

A goofy Shakira remix, a nervy penalty kick, and 60,000 fans turning banter into legend—welcome to the world of football chants.

33 min
APR 15

I've Got 1099 Problems...

How did our tax system become so complicated?

33 min
APR 8

Everything Is Tuberculosis

John Green uncovers how the world’s deadliest curable disease still thrives—and why everything, from cowboy hats to colonial borders, traces back to tuberculosis.

30 min
APR 4 · BONUS

A Walking Tour with Mr. Memphis

Take a whirlwind tour of Memphis with the city’s most enthusiastic historian, uncovering duck parades, telecom turf wars, and a street named after a single day in 1934.

23 min
APR 1

The Great American Pyramid

In 1991, one of the strangest buildings in America opened — a 32-storey, stainless steel pyramid in Memphis, Tennessee.

36 min
MAR 25

Secret Mall Apartment

A group of artists explored the back hallways of a mall in Providence, RI, and found the perfect place to build a private hangout. Plus, mall history with Alexandra Lange.

57 min
MAR 18

Beautiful West Oakland, California

When global trade reshapes a city, who pays the price—and who fights back?

31 min
MAR 11

What We're Reading

What the 99PI team is currently reading.

35 min

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COMEDY
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COMEDY
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Power Broker season changed my life

Apr 3

Frankienoodles

Always loved this show, gosh dang did the Power Broker season have an impact on me. Hands down one of my new favorite books, absolutely changed the way I look at New York and politics at large. Now my friends are all reading it, so much gratitude for getting us into that and introducing me to Caro!
once my fave, now just ads

Apr 13

🖐️🕯️

this show once had an incredible premise, ethical backbone, and well produced, fascinating episodes…. now it’s just a glorified interview show for writers on their book tours and ad after ad after ad 😔sucks that they sold out so hard the backlog from years ago is life-changing though!!
Fantastic podcast

Mar 26

Zenman

Who knew that design, in all its forms, is so central to everything we touch and everything that touches us? I’ve been listening for 10 years and am never bored with the show or tired of the host.
85% invisible, 14% ads

Mar 15

Fredgar?

I’m not an a—hole so I’m giving five stars for a decade of enjoyment. I’m glad Roman got a well-deserved payday for his work and love, but wow you can tell a difference once the pod got bought out. Take care of your people financially and take those advertising dollars while you can, before the advertisers figure it out.

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.