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The Roman Mars Mazda Virus
Episode 350
Gimlet’s Reply All orchestrated a grand podcast crossover event to try to solve a years old bug plaguing 99% Invisible listeners that drive certain m…
7 years, 5 months ago
Froebel's Gifts
Episode 349
In the late 1700s, a young man named Freidrich Froebel was on track to become an architect when a friend convinced him to pursue a path toward educat…
7 years, 5 months ago
Three Things That Made the Modern Economy
Episode 348
50 Things That Made The Modern Economy is a podcast that explores the fascinating histories of a number of powerful inventions and their far-reaching…
7 years, 5 months ago
The Many Deaths of a Painting
Episode 347
When Barnett Newman’s painting Who’s Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue III was placed in the Stedelijk museum it was meant to be provocative, but one re…
7 years, 5 months ago
Palaces for the People
Episode 346
Social Infrastructure is the glue that binds communities together, and it is just as real as the infrastructure for water, power, or communications, …
7 years, 6 months ago
Classic Cartoon Sound Effects!
Episode 345
Cartoon sound effects are some of the most iconic sounds ever made. Even modern cartoons continue to use the same sound effects from decades ago. How…
7 years, 6 months ago
The Known Unknown
Episode 344
The tradition of the Tomb of the Unknowns goes back only about a century, but (5:11) the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier has become one of the most solem…
7 years, 6 months ago
Usonia Redux
Episode 343
Frank Lloyd Wright changed the field of architecture, and not just through his big, famous buildings. Before designing many of his most well-known wo…
7 years, 6 months ago
Beneath the Ballpark
Episode 342
In the 1950s, Los Angeles was an up-and-coming city but wasn’t quite there yet. City leaders were looking for a way to boost Los Angeles's profile as…
7 years, 7 months ago
National Sword
Episode 341
Where does your recycling go? In most places in the U.S., you throw it in a bin, and then it gets carted off to be sorted and cleaned at a Materials …
7 years, 7 months ago