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You Should Do a Story
Episode 263
“You should do a story…” is the first line to a lot of the conversations you have when you work at 99pi. This week we look into a bunch of those stor…
9 years ago
In the Same Ballpark
Episode 262
In the 1992, the Baltimore Orioles opened their baseball season at a brand new stadium called Oriole Park at Camden Yards, right along the downtown h…
9 years, 1 month ago
Intro to a new Roman Mars podcast: What Trump Can Teach Us About Con Law
Special introductory episode to a new podcast produced by Roman Mars and Elizabeth Joh. Professor Elizabeth Joh teaches Intro to Constitutional Law a…
9 years, 1 month ago
The Yin and Yang of Basketball (Repeat)
Episode 199
In 1891, a physical education teacher in Springfield, Massachusetts invented the game we would come to know as basketball. In setting the height of t…
9 years, 1 month ago
Squatters of the Lower East Side
Episode 261
In 1987, three years after moving to New York City, Maggie Wrigley found herself on the edge of homelessness. She was trying to figure out where to s…
9 years, 1 month ago
New Jersey
Episode 260
The Brazilian soccer shirt is iconic. Its bright canary yellow with green trim, worn with blue shorts, is known worldwide. The uniform is joyful and …
9 years, 1 month ago
This Is Chance: Anchorwoman of the Great Alaska Earthquake
Episode 259
This episode was recorded live as part of the Radiotopia West Coast Tour. It was the middle of the night on March 27, 1964. Earlier that evening, the…
9 years, 2 months ago
The Modern Necropolis
Episode 258
In the town of Colma, California, the dead outnumber the living by a thousand to one. Located just ten miles south of San Francisco, Colma is filled …
9 years, 2 months ago
Reversing the Grid
Episode 257
For most people, electricity only flows one way (into the home), but there are exceptions — people who use solar panels, for instance. In those cases…
9 years, 2 months ago
Sounds Natural
Episode 256
In most wildlife films, the sounds you hear were not recorded while the cameras were rolling. Most filmmakers use long telephoto lenses to film anima…
9 years, 2 months ago