99% Invisible
- Author: Vários
- Narrator: Vários
- Publisher: Podcast
- Duration: 305:54:39
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Synopsis
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. A proud member of Radiotopia, from PRX. Learn more at radiotopia.fm.
Episodes
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99% Invisible-69- The Brief and Tumultuous Life of the New UC Logo
31/12/2012 Duration: 23minIf you’re not from California, or missed this bit of news, the University of California has a new logo. Or rather had a new logo. To be more precise they had a new “visual identity system,” which is the kind … Continue reading →
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99% Invisible-68- Built for Speed
12/12/2012 Duration: 10minI want you to conjure an image in your mind of the white stripes that divide the lanes of traffic going the same direction on a major highway. How long are the stripes and the spaces between them? You can … Continue reading →
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99% Invisible-67- Broken Window
29/11/2012 Duration: 10minWhen Melissa Lee was growing up in Hastings-on-Hudson, a small town in upstate New York, there were only so many fun things to do. One was buying geodes and smashing them apart with a hammer. (You know geodes, right? Those … Continue reading →
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99% Invisible-66- Kowloon Walled City
19/11/2012 Duration: 14minKowloon Walled City was the densest place in the world, ever. By its peak in the 1990s, the 6.5 acre Kowloon Walled City was home to at least 33,000 people (with estimates of up to 50,000). That’s a population density … Continue reading →
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99% Invisible-65- Razzle Dazzle
05/11/2012 Duration: 09minWhen most people think of camouflage they think of blending in with the environment, but camouflage can also take the opposite approach. It has long been hypothesized that stripes on zebras make it difficult for a predator to distinguish one … Continue reading →
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99% Invisible-64- Derelict Dome
25/10/2012 Duration: 13minIn the Cape Cod town of Woods Hole, buildings are not usually dome-shaped. Producer Katie Klocksin was pretty surprised when she came across one. Katie started asking around about the dome. She found it was built by the late Buckminster … Continue reading →
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99% Invisible-63- The Political Stage
12/10/2012 Duration: 12minOn this special edition of 99% Invisible, we joined forces with Andrea Seabrook of DecodeDC to investigate all the thought that goes into the most miniscule details of a political campaign. Andrea was the star of episode #48 of 99% … Continue reading →
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99% Invisible-62- Q2
02/10/2012 Duration: 13minBenjamen Walker had a theory that priority queues are changing the American experience of waiting in line. So he visited amusement parks, highways, and community colleges to find out how these priority queues work and who is using them. What … Continue reading →
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99% Invisible-61- A Series of Tubes
20/09/2012 Duration: 15minPneumatic (adj.): of, or pertaining to, air, gases, or wind. In the world before telephone, radio, and email, the tasks of transmitting information and moving material objects were essentially the same challenge. The way you sent someone a message was … Continue reading →
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99% Invisible-60b- BackStory- Heyward Shepherd Memorial
10/09/2012 Duration: 12minI only recently started listening to BackStory with the American History Guys, but it’s already earned a top spot in my crowded weekly rotation. With great stories and lively discussion, the “History Guys” connect our history to the present day. … Continue reading →
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99% Invisible-60a- Two Storeys
22/08/2012 Duration: 08minWhile we’re gearing up for season 3, we present two pieces from two shows we love: First up, Language Bites from RTE Choice in Ireland. Language Bites is a series of 1-minute programs exploring the origins of popular phrases in … Continue reading →
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99% Invisible-60- Names vs The Nothing
06/08/2012 Duration: 12minNew Public Sites is an investigation into some of the invisible sites and overlooked features of our everyday public spaces. These are the liminal spaces within cities that are not traditionally framed as “public space” because, quite frankly, they are … Continue reading →
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99% Invisible-59- Some Other Sign that People Do Not Totally Regret Life
25/07/2012 Duration: 16minSean Cole is a poet and he knows what you think of that. He is also a radio producer. One night, drunk and stumbling around the Hudson River with his friend Malissa O’Donnell, he discovered a monument — two of … Continue reading →
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99% Invisible-58- Purple Reign
13/07/2012 Duration: 19minWhat’s the difference between what the public sees and what an architect sees when they look at a building? The hotel on the very prominent corner of Touhy and Kilbourn Avenues in Lincolnwood, Illinois used to be the town’s most … Continue reading →
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Kickstarter Video for Season 3 of 99% Invisible
12/07/2012 Duration: 02minThis is the Kickstarter video for funding the new season of 99% Invisible. If you enjoy the show and want to help keep it going, now is the time to go to our funding page and chip in a little. … Continue reading →
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99% Invisible-57- What Gave You That Idea
28/06/2012 Duration: 14minStarlee Kine’s friend Noel works in advertising. In 2003, Noel was working in at an agency in Richmond, VA. Everyone wanted to work on flashy spots like Apple or Nike or Gatorade. Do you know what wasn’t flashy? Insurance. Which … Continue reading →
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99% Invisible-56- Frozen Music
14/06/2012 Duration: 10minGoethe said, “Architecture is frozen music.” I like that. Of course that was before audio recording, so now, for the most part, music is frozen music. It’s only very recently in the history of music that we’ve been able to … Continue reading →
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99% Invisible-55- The Best Beer in the World
31/05/2012 Duration: 13minIf you’re a beer nerd, or have a friend who’s a beer nerd, you’ve heard of Belgian beers. Belgians take beer very seriously. Amongst the 200 Belgian breweries, there’s a very specific sub-type: Trappist beers. According to our reporter Cyrus … Continue reading →
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99% Invisible-54- The Colour of Money
16/05/2012 Duration: 17minUS paper currency is so ubiquitous that to really look at its graphic design with fresh eyes requires some deliberate and focused attention. So pull out a greenback from your wallet (or look at a picture one online) and just … Continue reading →
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99% Invisible-53- The Xanadu Effect
01/05/2012 Duration: 11minWhat happens when we build big? Julia Barton remembers going to the top floor of Dallas’s then-new city hall when she was teenager. The building, designed by I.M. Pei, is a huge trapezoid jutting out over a wide plaza. Julia … Continue reading →