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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.
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- Perfectly Leveraged for the Squat · 36 min. · Episode 691Jan Todd was considered by many to be the strongest woman in the world back in the 1970s. Then she became a historian, and uncovered a lost generation of strong women who came…
- 100 Objects #23: Coin From the Ship of Gold · 41 min.The story of the sinking of the SS Central America and the gold that sparked the first global financial panic, helped fuel the Civil War, and—over a century later—ruined one…
- Zone Zero · 37 min. · Episode 690Emmett Fitzgerald reports on the new rules about what plants you can grow around your house in Berkeley, CA.
- 100 Objects #22: AOL Disc · 34 min.In the 1990s, AOL introduced millions of Americans to the internet with its ubiquitous free CDs, but how did the company that once dominated the internet nearly disappear?
- Doktoro Esperanto · 35 min. · Episode 689Reporter Katie Thornton tells the story of Doktoro Esperanto’s dream, and what we can all still learn from Esperanto right now.
- 100 Objects #21: Window from the House of D · 37 min.How a women’s prison in Greenwich Village, and its unusual open windows, helped shape queer community and the modern gay rights movement.
- Audio Guide of the Imperfections of a Perfect Masterpiece · 30 min.A closer look at the quirks, imperfections, and clever design solutions that have helped Frank Lloyd Wright’s Guggenheim Museum evolve over the decades.
- Tony Hawk's Real-Life Willy Wonka · 52 min. · Episode 688A desert train built for Tony Hawk leads into the strange and thoughtful world of N.D. Austin, a designer of real-life experiences.
- The Problem With Football Helmets · 43 min. · Episode 687Football helmets can prevent devastating injuries, but they may also help make an inherently violent game feel safer than it really is.
- (Not Just) Another Brick in the Wall · 28 min. · Episode 686A closer look at the messy, beautiful bricks hiding across Chicago.
- 100 Objects #20: AA Sobriety Chip · 53 min.Imbued in the Alcoholics Anonymous sobriety chip is a hidden history of America’s relationship to gender, religion, and morality.
- Tootle of a Devilish Song · 32 min. · Episode 685How a Swiss mountain call crossed the Atlantic and helped define the sound of country music.
- 100 Objects #19: Western Electric 500 Series · 39 min.Former MythBuster Adam Savage joins Roman Mars to explore the history of the 500 Series Telephone and what we lost when we eventually decided to leave it behind.
- The Rocky Statue · 33 min. · Episode 684How a movie prop became one of Philadelphia’s most beloved monuments, and sparked a decades-long fight over where it belonged.
- 100 Objects #18: Hair Relaxer · 35 min.How a single product—the hair relaxer—became a mirror for all of America's contradictions.
- Doves Type · 37 min. · Episode 683A legendary typeface, a spectacular friendship breakup, and one extremely committed act of revenge.
- 100 Objects #17: M43 Field Jacket · 41 min.How should the military outfit its soldiers to make them as safe and effective as possible?
- Kobuk the Destroyer · 38 min. · Episode 682Every product has to be tested somehow, and sometimes that means finding increasingly creative ways to break it.
- 100 Objects #16: Wheel of Fortune Dalmatian · 47 min.How the ceramic Dalmatian became the mascot for one of America's most popular game shows.
- 1-800-PODCAST · 43 min. · Episode 681This week, two stories about the strange power of the 1-800 number.
- 100 Objects #15: Bundy Clock · 38 min.How the time clock not only ignited a revolution in workplace efficiency and surveillance, but transformed our relationship to time itself.
- 100 Objects #14: Basketball Sleeve · 42 min.Producer and reporter Ramtin Arablouei has a simple question: Why are so many NBA players wearing a compression sleeve on their arm?
- The Bone Wars · 45 min. · Episode 679Two rival paleontologists turn a hunt for dinosaur bones into an all-out scientific war.
- 100 Objects #13: The Sand Letters · 49 min.Comedian Elliott Kalan joins Roman Mars to tell the story of how a politician who owed so much to a corrupt government system became the one to dismantle it, thanks to one woman…
- Bamboo Is Innocent · 32 min. · Episode 678A devastating fire put one of Hong Kong's oldest building traditions on trial, but the real story runs much deeper.
- 100 Objects #12: "Negro Cloth" · 38 min.Roman Mars and historian Seth Rockman trace the strange life of so-called "Negro cloth" — a textile category defined by nothing but who it was worn by.
- The Borrowed Nature of Biomimicry · 32 min. · Episode 677Behind every perfect nature-inspired design is a far more complicated story.
- 100 Objects #11: Brannock Device · 28 min.In 1925, the world saw the birth of what just might be the greatest gadget in American History: the Brannock Device.
- The Finnish Baby Box · 33 min. · Episode 676A simple cardboard box helped transform Finland into one of the best places in the world to raise a child.
- 100 Objects #10: Nunchaku · 36 min.In the early 1970s, Bruce Lee made nunchaku (nunchucks) cool, but the nunchucks craze coincided with something much bigger: the birth of a radical new Asian American identity.
- The Original 100 Objects · 45 min. · Episode 675Neil MacGregor reflects on creating the landmark series that changed how people think about history. Then, revisit the Rosetta Stone, the artifact that unlocked ancient Egypt.
- 100 Objects #9: Missing Children Milk Carton · 34 min.In 1982, a twelve-year-old paperboy, Johnny Gosch, vanished from a quiet Iowa street and sparked an unlikely campaign: the faces of missing children printed on milk cartons by…
- If Mosquito Hawks Can Fly · 42 min. · Episode 674A Louisiana man born into slavery designs an airship with hopes to take flight. Those plans are interrupted, but maybe not forever.
- 100 Objects #8: Billy Possum · 36 min.The teddy bear was a huge hit, and sparked an idea…maybe every president from then on should have their own viral stuffed animal.
- The Score · 26 min. · Episode 673We keep score of everything these days. But what happens when the numbers start changing what we actually care about?
- 100 Objects #7: The Otis Pamphlet · 37 min.Journalist Jack Hitt returns to tell the wild, tragic story of America’s forgotten proto-founding father and his inflammatory 1764 pamphlet.
- Transatlantic Fiber-Optic Expialidocious · 32 min. · Episode 672Before the internet went global, one undersea gamble made it possible.
- 100 Objects #6: "Sharpened Screwdriver" · 40 min.How was a household tool reimagined as a deadly weapon…that never actually existed?
- The Most Exciting Change America Has Ever Seen · 43 min. · Episode 671Billions of state quarters disappeared from circulation...and that was exactly the plan.
- 100 Objects #5: Blue Back Speller · 46 min.Why did an ordinary schoolbook become so treasured that enslaved people risked their lives to possess it?
- The Horn That Divided the World Cup · 34 min. · Episode 511Love it or hate it, one buzzing horn changed the sound of the World Cup forever.
- 100 Objects #4: Lowe's Gas Bag · 39 min.In 1861, one man and a “gas bag” filled with hydrogen sparked America's obsession with going higher, farther, into the unknown.
- Karaoke Videos · 35 min. · Episode 670Behind every cheesy karaoke track was a surprisingly ambitious filmmaking experiment.
- 100 Objects #3: The Pension Files · 43 min.Unearthing a remarkable slave rebellion through dusty Civil War paperwork.
- The MAPL Test · 40 min. · Episode 669Canada reshaped its music industry with a quirky radio rule that changed who got heard.
- 100 Objects #2: 60-Degree Screw · 36 min.A tiny screw. A precise angle. How America built a hidden empire, one standard at a time.
- Drug Story: Ivermectin · 48 min. · Episode 668What started as a revolutionary treatment for river blindness became something far messier.
- 100 Objects #1: The Century Safe · 30 min.A locked iron safe, sealed for 100 years. What objects did Americans choose to remember?
- Ask Your Doctor About · 32 min. · Episode 667As wild and random as they might seem, a lot of work—and even poetry—goes into coming up with today's catchiest, most unforgettable drug names.
