99% Invisible

Roman Mars

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4/15/2025 • 33 min

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Everything Is Tuberculosis
A Walking Tour with Mr. Memphis
The Great American Pyramid
Secret Mall Apartment
Beautiful West Oakland, California
What We're Reading
A Beetle By Any Other Name
The Brutalists
The Nazi Block
The Power Broker Breakdown Wrap-Up
Your Own Personal Jesus
The Wide Open
Valley So Low
The Power Broker Breakdown Breakdown
Sanctuary
Ancient DMs
Mini-Stories: Volume 20
Hyperfixed: Dylan's Supermarket Cold Case
New Year, New Neighborhood
The Power Broker #12: Robert Caro
Mini-Stories: Volume 19
The Flop House: Megalopolis, with Roman Mars
The 15 Minute City
Raccoon Thanksgiving
Roman, Elliott, and Robert Caro: Live in Conversation
The Power Broker #11: Brennan Lee Mulligan
The Memory Palace…Book!
Meet Me at Riis
How the World Ran Out of Everything
Spirit Halloween
The Power Broker #10: Clara Jeffery
Trompe L'oeil
Brilliantly Boring
Christiania
The Infernal Machine
Cue the Sun!
The Power Broker #9: Majora Carter
Planet Money: Zombie 2nd Mortgages
Medellin, Revisited
Not Built For This #6: Maximum Temperature
Not Built For This #5: The Little Levee That Could
Not Built For This #4: Unbuilding the Terrace
Not Built For This #3: The Price is Wrong
Not Built For This #2: The Ripple Effect
Not Built For This #1: The Bottom of the Bowl
The Power Broker #8: Shiloh Frederick
Side Projects
Top Billing
The Art of the Olympics

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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I've Got 1099 Problems...