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99% Invisible #103- U.T.B.A.P.H. (Director's Cut)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Director's Cut)
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The everlasting architecture of Pizza Hut.

  • Added: Jul 13, 2015
  • Length: 15:46
99% Invisible #130- Holdout (Director's Cut)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Director's Cut)
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A story of steadfastness

Bought by KUOW, KPIK-LP, KHNS, and KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio


  • Added: Jul 13, 2015
  • Length: 15:27
  • Purchases: 4
99% Invisible #154- PDX Carpet (Standard 4:30 version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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Portland's magic carpet.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, WMUU-LP, 90.5 WESA and more


  • Added: Jul 08, 2015
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 14
99% Invisible #162- Mystery House (Standard 4:30 version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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More unbelievable than a haunted mansion: a female architect.

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


  • Added: Jul 02, 2015
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 19
PEI Cradle on the Waves Part 1
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Fields of sunflowers on PEI up near Souris., Credit: Charles McGuigan
The Mig Maw had a name for this place that means cradle on the waves. Which is exactly what Prince Edward Island—PEI as the people here call it—loo...

  • Added: Jul 02, 2015
  • Length: 26:31
99% Invisible #159 -The Calendar (Standard 4:30 version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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30 days hath September. All the rest I don't remember.

Bought by ABC, Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, KZMU Moab Community Radio, Rhythm & News Service and more


  • Added: Jun 11, 2015
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 23
Virginia’s Restless Archipelago Part 3
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Colony of American oyster catchers on a lesser Barrier Island., Credit: Charles McGuigan
Oyster Virginia is an old fishing village on the seaside of the Easter Shore. On the road in there are old dead rises, some half submerged in the s...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2015
  • Length: 26:36
Island Stories Virginia’s Restless Archipelago Part 2
From: Charles McGuigan
Series: A Grain of Sand
Caption: Moorings on Cobb Island., Credit: Charles McGuigan
Virginia’s Barrier Islands and the waters and salt marshes that surround them represent the most pristine coastal region on the Eastern Seaboard. U...

  • Added: Jun 02, 2015
  • Length: 25:24
99% Invisible #164 -The Post-Billiards Age (Standard 4:30 version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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The ivory trade and the dawn of plastics

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


  • Added: Jun 01, 2015
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 18
99% Invisible #151- La Mascotte (Standard 4:30 version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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What's under the suit.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, WMUU-LP, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Apr 02, 2015
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 21
99% Invisible #150- Under the Moonlight (Standard 4:30 version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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How the city of Austin bought the moon.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, KVNF, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Mar 18, 2015
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 21
99% Invisible #145- Octothorpe (Standard 4:30 version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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The surprisingly long history of the "#"- whatever it's called.

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


  • Added: Mar 02, 2015
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 23
GUEST: Bernie Krause (Great Animal Orchestra) + 3D AUDIO Insight Treks (chapter 2)
From: Don Hill
Series: Cafe Acousmatic
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CAFÉ ACOUSMATIC: the finest blend of electroacoustic music, sound art, and 3D binaural audio.

  • Added: Feb 27, 2015
  • Length: 59:07
99% Invisible #148- The Sizzle (Standard 4:30 version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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They don't sell the steak. They sell the sizzle.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, WMUU-LP, Spokane Public Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 10, 2015
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 20
99% Invisible #144- There Is a Light That Never Goes Out (Standard 4:30 version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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A lightbulb that's been on for over a hundred years.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, WOUB, Spokane Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Feb 10, 2015
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 17
99% Invisible #142- And The Winner Is (Standard 4:30 version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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A trip to the factory where the Oscars are made.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, WOUB, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Feb 02, 2015
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 19
Green Fashion Designers
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: Summer Soundwave
Caption: Aarti with a dress by Chrissy Wai-Ching
In Seattle, some in the fashion industry are going green. Aarti Chandorkar finds out how two young designers - Chrissy Wai-Ching and Renee Corrick ...

Bought by KBCS 91.3 FM Community Radio and KLCC


  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 05:41
  • Purchases: 2
The Tragic End Of Summer Soundwave
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Series: Summer Soundwave
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Hosts Molly and Zoe are too busy coping with the tragic end of Summer Soundwave to fabricate a theme from two very different stories. First, we hea...

  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 17:23
Designing Above 50 Million Gallons of Water
From: KUOW's RadioActive Youth Media
Caption: Sketch of the design for the park, Credit: West Seattle Blog
A tour around a newly undergrounded reservoir with Mark Brands, the landscape architect who designed the park to be built above it.

Bought by KLCC


  • Added: Jan 15, 2015
  • Length: 05:18
  • Purchases: 1
99% Invisible #143- Inflatable Men (Standard 4:30 version)
From: Roman Mars
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They are men. Men made of tubes. Tubes full of air.

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


  • Added: Jan 13, 2015
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 7
99% Invisible #140- Vexillonaire (Standard 4:30 version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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Never tolerate a mediocre flag.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, WOUB, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Jan 13, 2015
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 21
99% Invisible #139- Edge Of Your Seat (Standard 4:30 version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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"Sitting is the new smoking"

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Rhythm & News Service, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Dec 18, 2014
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 20
99% Invisible #135- For Amusement Only (Standard 4:30 version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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The long battle to legalize... pinball.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, WOUB, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Dec 18, 2014
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 19
99% Invisible #137- Good Bread (Standard 4:30 version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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It's not about white or wheat. It's everything else.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, WOUB, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Nov 21, 2014
  • Length: 04:28
  • Purchases: 20
99% Invisible #138- O-U-I-J-A (Standard 4:30 version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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"It's just a game...isn't it?"

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, WMUU-LP and more


  • Added: Nov 17, 2014
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 20