99% Invisible
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.
The Power Broker #03: David Sims
Featuring Blank Check co-host and The Atlantic movie critic David Sims covering the first section of Part 4, chapters 11-15
Mar 15
2 hr 7 min
573- Toyetic
The constant and sometimes fraught back and forth between cartoons and toys, as exemplified by Transformers and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Mar 12
39 min
Roman Mars Describes Santa Fe As It Is
A 99pi guide to some of our favorite design features of Santa Fe.
Mar 1
33 min
438- The Real Book [rebroadcast]
Since the mid-1970s, almost every jazz musician has owned a copy of the same book and originally it was a totally unlicensed publication
Feb 27
41 min
Significant Others: A Sneak Peek at the Woman Behind Benedict Arnold’s Betrayal
It’s been said that history is written by the person at the typewriter. But who did the person who made history depend on?
Feb 23
7 min
571- You Are What You Watch
How much film and television shapes us as individuals and as a society, far beyond what we give it credit for
Feb 20
31 min
The Power Broker #2: Jamelle Bouie
Featuring New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie covering Part 3.
Feb 16
1 hr 45 min
570- The White Castle System of Eating Houses
How White Castle invented fast food
Feb 13
42 min
569- Between the Blocks
The interblock parks of Sofia, Bulgaria that are caught between old failed communism and new hyper capitalism
Feb 6
33 min
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