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Walk of Fame
Episode 512
Even if you haven't made the pilgrimage to Southern California, you can probably already picture what the Walk of Fame looks like. It's a 1.3 mile wa…
3 years, 4 months ago
Vuvuzela
Episode 511
The vuvuzela is a two foot long injection-molded plastic horn. It only plays one note: a B flat. And it gradually became a regular feature of South A…
3 years, 4 months ago
Revisionist History- The Department of Physiological Hygiene
This is the story of an experiment. It’s from a show I love called Revisionist History, by bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell. This season he’s devo…
3 years, 5 months ago
Wickedest Sound
Episode 510
Jamaica is famous around the world for its music, including genres like ska, dub, and reggae. It’s tempting to think that the powerful amplifiers and…
3 years, 5 months ago
Tale of the Jackalope
Episode 509
The magical mythical "jackalope" is a essentially a horned rabbit, with antlers of different sizes and shapes. The jackalope is a mascot of the Ameri…
3 years, 5 months ago
President Clinton Interviews Roman Mars
Episode 508
On this special feature episode, President Bill Clinton interviews 99% Invisible host and creator Roman Mars.
Roman Mars has spent his career chronicl…
3 years, 5 months ago
Search and Ye Might Find
Episode 507
Adam Rogers has been thinking and writing about what’s known in the industry simply as "search." For the last decade, people have been grumbling abou…
3 years, 5 months ago
Monumental Diplomacy
Episode 506
In downtown Windhoek, Namibia -- at the intersection of Fidel Castro Street and Robert Mugabe Avenue -- there's an imposing gold building with an aff…
3 years, 6 months ago
First Errand
Episode 505
Back in March, Netflix picked up a long running Japanese TV program based on a children’s book from the 1970s. The show is called Old Enough, but the…
3 years, 6 months ago
Bleep!
Episode 504
There's a particular one-kilohertz tone that is universally understood to be covering up inappropriate words on radio and TV. But there are other opt…
3 years, 6 months ago