99% Invisible and WBUR’s Endless Thread team up for Hidden Levels, a six-part series about how video games left the arcade and started reshaping the real world. These stories go beyond high scores and consoles, tracing how a joystick became the bridge between people and machines, how a Chicago basketball game turned into a cultural phenomenon, and how the Army built its own first-person shooter to reach new recruits. Whether you are a lifelong gamer or have never picked up a controller, Hidden Levels uncovers how games have quietly changed culture, technology, and the way we see the world.
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Signup to Generate a Pitch99% Invisible and WBUR’s Endless Thread team up for Hidden Levels, a six-part series about how video games left the arcade and started reshaping the real world.
Hidden Levels is hosted by 99% Invisible. The show has published 6 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Segagaga" (24 October 2025, 41 minutes), "Press B to Touch Grass" (21 October 2025, 42 minutes), and "Machinima" (17 October 2025, 45 minutes).
Hidden Levels publishes roughly a few times a week, with episodes averaging 42 minutes across 6 episodes.
Booking probability for Hidden Levels is 17%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Hidden Levels requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Hidden Levels's contact route on record: verified email.
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99% Invisible hosts Hidden Levels, an arts podcast with 6 episodes published.
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Episode #6
One SEGA employee chronicles the company’s struggles the only way he knows how: by turning it into a game. Hidden Levels is a production of 99% Invisible and WBUR's Endless Thread . Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz...
Episode #5
From blocky biomes to breathtaking open worlds, video games are teaching us new ways to see, build, and even save nature. Hidden Levels is a production of 99% Invisible and WBUR's Endless Thread . Hosted by Simplecast...
Episode #4
Back in the 90s, artists turned video games into movie sets, and their wildest ideas are finally hitting documentaries. Hidden Levels is a production of 99% Invisible and WBUR's Endless Thread . Hosted by Simplecast, an...
Episode #3
Before Fortnite and Call of Duty ruled the scene, the US Army quietly shaped the early 2000s with a wildly popular, free shooter designed to excite young people about enlisting. Hidden Levels is a production of 99%...
Episode #2
From airplanes to Pac-Man to the battlefield, the joystick has quietly shaped the way humans connect with machines. Hidden Levels is a production of 99% Invisible and WBUR's Endless Thread . Hosted by Simplecast, an...
Episode #1
Step back into the ’90s, when dunks broke backboards, catchphrases caught fire, and one arcade game turned every kid into an NBA superstar. Hidden Levels is a production of 99% Invisible and WBUR's Endless Thread...
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