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99pi Presents The Next Billion Users
This bonus episode is sponsored by Google’s Next Billion User Initiative.
Every week millions of people come online for the very first time. And ever…
5 years, 4 months ago
Sign Stealing
Episode 418
In the early days of baseball, sign-stealing was almost like a game within the game. Teams and players would try all kinds of tricks to get a glimpse…
5 years, 4 months ago
For the Love of Peat
Episode 417
When we think about carbon storage, we tend to think about forests, but peatlands are also incredible carbon sinks. In Europe, peatlands contain five…
5 years, 4 months ago
Exploring The 99% Invisible City
Episode 416
We're excited to celebrate the release of The 99% Invisible City book by host Roman Mars and producer Kurt Kohlstedt with a guided audio tour of beau…
5 years, 5 months ago
Goodnight Nobody
Episode 415
The unlikely battle between the creator of the New York Public Library children's reading room and the beloved children’s classic Goodnight Moon.
Go…
5 years, 5 months ago
The Address Book
Episode 414
An address is something many people take for granted today, but they are in fact a fairly recent invention that has shaped our cities and taken on gr…
5 years, 5 months ago
Highways 101
Episode 413
Icons and symbols and signage are all around us, and nowhere more so than on the open road. So for this episode of Ubiquitous Icons: hop in the car w…
5 years, 5 months ago
Where Do We Go From Here?
Episode 412
There have been many waves of panic and resistance to new people moving into the public sphere and needing accommodation. And a focus of that panic h…
5 years, 6 months ago
Podcast Episode
Episode 411
After the 1970s oil crisis, the global economy went into a recession. American unemployment hit 11 percent. And suddenly, middle-class families didn’…
5 years, 6 months ago
The Revolutionary Post (Repeat)
Episode 244
Winifred Gallagher, author of How the Post Office Created America argues that the post office is not simply an inexpensive way to send a letter. The …
5 years, 6 months ago