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99% Invisible

Design is everywhere in our lives, perhaps most importantly in the places where we've just stopped n

Episodes

Total: 753

When people ask me what my favorite episode of 99% Invisible is, I have a hard time answering. Not b

Train Set: Track Two

2022/11/9

Funiculars are great, which is why the main image from our previous train episode featured one -- ex

Articles of Interest is a show about what we wear. Host and producer Avery Trufelman investigates ou

The Safety Bicycle

2022/10/25

The basic mechanics of the bike are pretty simple --- it’s basically a triangle with wheels and a ch

Walk of Fame

2022/10/18

Even if you haven't made the pilgrimage to Southern California, you can probably already picture wha

Vuvuzela

2022/10/11

The vuvuzela is a two foot long injection-molded plastic horn. It only plays one note: a B flat. And

Wickedest Sound

2022/10/4

Jamaica is famous around the world for its music, including genres like ska, dub, and reggae. It’s t

Tale of the Jackalope

2022/9/28

The magical mythical "jackalope" is a essentially a horned rabbit, with antlers of different sizes a

On this special feature episode, President Bill Clinton interviews 99% Invisible host and creator Ro

Search and Ye Might Find

2022/9/14

Adam Rogers has been thinking and writing about what’s known in the industry simply as "search." For

Monumental Diplomacy

2022/9/6

In downtown Windhoek, Namibia -- at the intersection of Fidel Castro Street and Robert Mugabe Avenue

First Errand

2022/8/30

Back in March, Netflix picked up a long running Japanese TV program based on a children’s book from

Bleep!

2022/8/23

There's a particular one-kilohertz tone that is universally understood to be covering up inappropria

In the final week of the  most recent term, the Supreme Court decided to limit one constitutional ri

Re:peat

2022/8/10

A few years back, 99pi producer Emmett FitzGerald brought us a beautiful story about peat bogs. Peat

99% Vernacular: Volume 3

2022/8/3

In the final episode of our vernacular spectacular anniversary series, 99pi producers and friends of

99% Vernacular: Volume 2

2022/7/26

Only a small percentage of architecture is actually designed by architects. And while a famous archi

99% Vernacular: Volume 1

2022/7/19

For the 500th episode of 99% Invisible, we started thinking about the kinds of designs that we love

Houseplants are having a moment right now. In 2020, 66% of people in the US owned at least one plant

The Octagon House

2022/7/5

99% Invisible producer emeritus Avery Trufelman traveled from New York to San Francisco recently, an