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99% Invisible

Category
Culture
Publisher
Roman Mars
Language
English

99% Invisible, created by Roman Mars, is a narrative series about the design of things people are not supposed to notice.

A curb cut, a flag, a sound, a city plan. Mars and his producers, including a long collaboration with the Radiotopia world, report the object until it has a designer, a fight, and a consequence.

The show changed how a lot of listeners walk down a street. That is a ridiculous claim and also the actual effect. Design is treated as a set of decisions, not as taste.

Episodes are often short. The longer investigations still use the same door: one visible thing, then the invisible argument that produced it.

Last episode listed in the official feed

100 Objects #20: AA Sobriety Chip

Read from the publisher’s RSS on Oct 3, 2026 · Oct 2, 2026 ET. Audio is not hosted here.

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