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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.

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100 Objects #24: White House Solar Panels
2026-11-13 · 40 min
Journalist and environmental activist Bill McKibben takes Roman Mars through the story of how a president showed the American people a powerful new technology promising abundant cheap energy and why A...
Perfectly Leveraged for the Squat
2026-11-10 · 36 min
Jan 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 before her.
100 Objects #23: Coin From the Ship of Gold
2026-11-06 · 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 man’s life.
Zone Zero
2026-11-03 · 38 min
Emmett Fitzgerald reports on the new rules about what plants you can grow around your house in Berkeley, CA.
100 Objects #22: AOL Disc
2026-10-30 · 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
2026-10-27 · 35 min
Reporter 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
2026-10-23 · 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
2026-10-21 · 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
2026-10-20 · 52 min
A 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
2026-10-13 · 43 min
Football helmets can prevent devastating injuries, but they may also help make an inherently violent game feel safer than it really is.

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