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Mini-Stories: Volume 16
Episode 520
We’re kicking off the new year at 99pi with a fresh installment of mini-stories, including: what lies at the intersection of a street and a road; the…
3 years, 1 month ago
Balikbayan Boxes
Episode 519
This time of year, right in the middle of the holiday season, there's a beloved, frenzied tradition playing out in Filipino households all around the…
3 years, 2 months ago
Mini-Stories: Volume 15
Episode 518
The whole conceit of this show is that if look at the world in the right way, you’ll see stories everywhere. Some of the stories are epic power strug…
3 years, 2 months ago
The Divided Dial
Episode 517
If you’ve ever flipped through the radio dial — not satellite, not podcasts, but good old-fashioned AM and FM radio — you may have noticed something.…
3 years, 3 months ago
Cougar Town
Episode 516
Wildlife and urban development don’t usually go well together. Roads in particular fracture the habitats of wide-ranging animals. It restricts their …
3 years, 3 months ago
Super Citizens
Episode 515
Los Angeles' El Peatonito is part of a subset of real life superheroes who are more focused on things like picking up trash and taking on civic issue…
3 years, 3 months ago
Freedom House Ambulance Service: American Sirens
Episode 405
When people ask me what my favorite episode of 99% Invisible is, I have a hard time answering. Not because they’re all my precious little babies or s…
3 years, 3 months ago
Train Set: Track Two
Episode 514
Funiculars are great, which is why the main image from our previous train episode featured one -- except we didn't actually talk about that one durin…
3 years, 3 months ago
Articles of Interest: American Ivy
Articles of Interest is a show about what we wear. Host and producer Avery Trufelman investigates our collectively held beliefs about fashion and exp…
3 years, 4 months ago
The Safety Bicycle
Episode 513
The basic mechanics of the bike are pretty simple --- it’s basically a triangle with wheels and a chain drive to propel it forward. No batteries or e…
3 years, 4 months ago