All Pieces for Roman Mars

 
99% Invisible #12- 99% Guilt Free
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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A new streetlamp offers more by giving less.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, WTJU and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 15
99% Invisible #11- 99% Undesigned
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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Almost everything in modern life is designed to waste energy. If you feel OK about this--well, that's also by design.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 04:31
  • Purchases: 21
99% Invisible #10- 99% Sound and Feel (Standard 4:30 version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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Even though he was deaf, Beethoven wrote some of the greatest works of music of all time. So when Chris Downey started losing his sight, he didn't...

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 15
99% Invisible #09- 99% Private (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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If a public space is owned by a corporation, just how "public" is it?

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, New Hampshire Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 18
99% Invisible #08- 99% Free Parking (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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No one's favorite part of living in an urban area is finding a place to park your car. But a re-designed parking system in San Francisco may take ...

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 04:32
  • Purchases: 15
99% Invisible #07- 99% Alien (Standard 4:30 Version Only)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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When it comes to designing livable habitats in outer space, engineers have long figured out how to provide astronauts with the basics. But how do ...

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 18
99% Invisible #19- Liberation Squares (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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Tompkins, Tiananmen, Tahrir...why do revolutions always start in public squares?

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, WUTC, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and more


  • Added: Dec 19, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 15
99% Invisible #06- 99% Symbolic (Standard 4:30 Version Only)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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Every major city in the US has a flag, but very few are part of city life. This 99% Invisible looks at the principles of good flag design and how t...

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, WOUB, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 11, 2010
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 21
99% Invisible #05- 99% Forgotten (Standard 4:30 Version Only)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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At the top of Mt. Olympus in San Francisco, on what was once thought to be the geographic center of the city, is a pedestal for a statue that isn’...

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, WOUB, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 07, 2010
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 18
99% Invisible #04- 99% Details (Standard 4:30 Version Only)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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It’s a stick with bristles poking out of it. It doesn’t even qualify as a simple machine, but the careful thought and design that went into the cre...

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, WOUB, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 07, 2010
  • Length: 04:33
  • Purchases: 18
99% Invisible #03- 99% Reality (only) (Standard 4:30 Version Only)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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There’s not much that we can do about all the physical matter that’s been designed and built by someone else. It is the way it is. But with the adv...

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, WTJU, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 07, 2010
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 17
99% Invisible #02- 99% 180 (Standard 4:30 Version Only)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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In the beginning, former AIA-SF president Henrik Bull and the Transamerica Pyramid did not get along. The building was an affront to late 1960’s m...

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 07, 2010
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 19
99% Invisible #01- 99% Noise (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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This episode of 99% Invisible is all about acoustic design, the city soundscape, and how to make listening in shared spaces pleasant (or at the ver...

Bought by WFAE, Rhythm & News Service, WOUB, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service and more


  • Added: Oct 07, 2010
  • Length: 04:21
  • Purchases: 21
Invisible Ink: Burn
From: Roman Mars
Series: Invisible Ink: Series #1
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Stories from the zine "Burn Collector" and "Why Things Burn": breaking up, dating Marilyn Monroe, and the awesome power of Journey.

Bought by KTNA, KVNF, Audible, WBEZ, WZBC and more


  • Added: Sep 12, 2004
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 6

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