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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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Signup to Generate a PitchDesign 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.
99% Invisible is hosted by Roman Mars. The show has published 836 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "100 Objects #22: AOL Disc" (30 October 2026, 34 minutes), "Doktoro Esperanto" (27 October 2026, 35 minutes), and "100 Objects #21: Window from the House of D" (23 October 2026, 37 minutes).
99% Invisible publishes roughly a few times a week, with episodes averaging 39 minutes across 836 episodes.
Booking probability for 99% Invisible is 47%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. 99% Invisible requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. 99% Invisible's contact route on record: verified email.
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Roman Mars hosts 99% Invisible, an arts podcast with 836 episodes published.
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99% Invisible
In 1998, the recording industry was thriving. But the company pressing more compact discs than anyone else in America wasn't a record label…it was an internet company: America Online . The AOL Disc was a marketing...
Episode #689
Esperanto is what linguists call a “constructed language.” It isn’t attached to a nation or a region, and it didn’t evolve from another language over time. Instead, nearly 150 years ago, someone decided to sit down and...
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In 1932, the Women's House of Detention—New York City's first women's prison—opened in the heart of Greenwich Village. It was opened to make "wayward" women quiet, private, and properly feminine. And the building had...
This episode is sponsored by Acura. From the outside, the building is a light gray spiral, and from the inside, the art is displayed on one long ramp that curves up towards a glass skylight in the ceiling. We’re going...
Episode #688
A desert train built for Tony Hawk leads into the strange and thoughtful world of N.D. Austin, a designer of real-life experiences. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of 99% Invisible ad-free and...
Episode #686
A closer look at the messy, beautiful bricks hiding across Chicago. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of 99% Invisible ad-free and a whole week early. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or...
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Comedian, writer, and podcaster Jamie Loftus has always known about Alcoholics Anonymous. As a kid, she loved the album where her dad kept all his AA chips – that little piece of plastic that marks a day, a month, a...
Episode #685
How a Swiss mountain call crossed the Atlantic and helped define the sound of country music. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of 99% Invisible ad-free and a whole week early. Start a free trial...
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This episode is sponsored by Claude. For problems worth solving, get started with Claude at Claude.ai . The Western Electric 500 Series Telephone used to be everywhere . For over 50 years, it was the default telephone...
Episode #684
How a movie prop became one of Philadelphia’s most beloved monuments, and sparked a decades-long fight over where it belonged. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of 99% Invisible ad-free and a...
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Somewhere between 85 to 95 percent of Black women in the United States have used a chemical hair relaxer at least once in their lifetime. It is a ubiquitous American product with a complicated legacy: it built Black...
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Articles of Interest host Avery Trufelman joins Roman to tell the incredible story of the American military’s jacket problem: How should the military outfit its soldiers to make them as safe and effective as possible...
Episode #682
Every product has to be tested somehow, and sometimes that means finding increasingly creative ways to break it. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of 99% Invisible ad-free and a whole week early...
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This episode is sponsored by Claude. For problems worth solving, get started with Claude at Claude.ai . If you watched Wheel of Fortune in the 1980s, you probably remember one prize more than all the others: the ceramic...
Episode #681
This week, two stories about the strange power of the 1-800 number. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of 99% Invisible ad-free and a whole week early. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or...
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In 1888, Willard Bundy created the first employee "time clock" — essentially a souped-up grandfather clock that could, for the first time, produce an accurate record of when workers arrived and left. Though Bundy’s aim...
Episode #680
Spolia, from a Liverpool neighborhood to ancient Rome. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of 99% Invisible ad-free and a whole week early. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by...
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Producer and reporter Ramtin Arablouei (co-creator of the NPR show, Throughline ) has a simple question: why are so many NBA players wearing a compression sleeve on their arm? It seems like everyone has one. Do they all...
Episode #679
Two rival paleontologists turn a hunt for dinosaur bones into an all-out scientific war. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of 99% Invisible ad-free and a whole week early. Start a free...
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This episode is sponsored by Claude. For problems worth solving, get started with Claude at Claude.ai . On his deathbed, President Chester Arthur ordered that all of his personal and professional papers be burned. Three...
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