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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
What Roman Mars Can Learn About Con Law- The Longest Week
In the final week of the most recent term, the Supreme Court decided to limit one constitutional right (abortion) and expand another constitutional …
3 years, 6 months ago
Re:peat
Episode 503
A few years back, 99pi producer Emmett FitzGerald brought us a beautiful story about peat bogs. Peat is essential for biodiversity and for the climat…
3 years, 7 months ago
99% Vernacular: Volume 3
Episode 502
In the final episode of our vernacular spectacular anniversary series, 99pi producers and friends of the show will be sharing more stories of regiona…
3 years, 7 months ago
99% Vernacular: Volume 2
Episode 501
Only a small percentage of architecture is actually designed by architects. And while a famous architect-designed tower in a skyline might be the bes…
3 years, 7 months ago
99% Vernacular: Volume 1
Episode 500
For the 500th episode of 99% Invisible, we started thinking about the kinds of designs that we love from the places we have lived -- and even some re…
3 years, 7 months ago
Say Aloe to My Little Frond
Episode 499
Houseplants are having a moment right now. In 2020, 66% of people in the US owned at least one plant, and sales have skyrocketed during the pandemic.…
3 years, 7 months ago
The Octagon House
Episode 498
99% Invisible producer emeritus Avery Trufelman traveled from New York to San Francisco recently, and took host Roman Mars to see an unusually shaped…
3 years, 8 months ago
Hometown Village
Episode 497
Sakhalin is a long, skinny island east of Russia's mainland. Russia and Japan have long fought over the territory, which has left the ethnic Koreans …
3 years, 8 months ago
The Rights of Rice and Future of Nature
Episode 496
The Ojibwe name for wild rice is Manoomin, which translates to “the good berry.” The scientific name is Zizania palustris. It’s the only grain indige…
3 years, 8 months ago