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99% Invisible #73- The Zanzibar and Other Building Poems (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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A poet makes a city.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 16
99% Invisible #72- New Old Town (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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The recreation of a town that never was.

Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio and more


  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 17
99% Invisible #81- Rebar and the Alvord Lake Bridge (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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The steal skeleton underneath the all the concrete structures that you work in, drive over, and walk under…

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


  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 17
99% Invisible #88- The Broadcast Clock
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Director's Cut)
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What makes public radio tick.

Bought by Troy Public Radio, New Hampshire Public Radio, XRAY.fm, KMUZ, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass. and more


  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 14:53
  • Purchases: 6
99% Invisible #87- I Heart NY, TM
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Director's Cut)
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By now, the story is well known. A man sits in the backseat of a cab, sketching on a notepad as night falls over a crumbling city.

Bought by WABE, XRAY.fm, and WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass.


  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 19:44
  • Purchases: 3
99% Invisible #85- Noble Effort
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Director's Cut)
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The man behind the most famous desert landscapes of all time.

Bought by WABE, XRAY.fm, and WJCT


  • Added: Oct 07, 2013
  • Length: 16:46
  • Purchases: 3
99% Invisible #82- The Man of Tomorrow
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Director's Cut)
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A giant leap for radio. Flight for TV.

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, WJCT, KPIK-LP, XRAY.fm, and KUT


  • Added: Oct 07, 2013
  • Length: 11:14
  • Purchases: 5
99% Invisible #81- Rebar and the Alvord Lake Bridge
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Director's Cut)
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The steal skeleton underneath the all the concrete structures that you work in, drive over, and walk under…

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio, KRCC-FM, XRAY.fm, and KMUZ


  • Added: Oct 07, 2013
  • Length: 11:30
  • Purchases: 4
99% Invisible #80- An Architect's Code
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Director's Cut)
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Some architects say there are just some buildings that should never have been built: buildings that violate human rights by design.

Bought by MPR News Stations, WCAI / WNAN Cape & Islands, Mass., and The Story


  • Added: Jul 02, 2013
  • Length: 16:47
  • Purchases: 3
99% Invisible #71- In and Out of LOVE (Standard 4:30 version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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Follow a breadcrumb trail of black wax and wheel marks to a secret war over public space.

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


  • Added: Jan 31, 2013
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 22
99% Invisible #71- In and Out of LOVE (Director's Cut)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Director's Cut)
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Follow a breadcrumb trail of black wax and wheel marks to a secret war over public space.

Bought by WABE, The Story, and KUT


  • Added: Jan 23, 2013
  • Length: 16:09
  • Purchases: 3
99% Invisible #54- The Colour of Money (Standard 4:30 version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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Australia made its money better. Why can't the US?

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, 90.1 WFYI Public Radio, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, Rhythm & News Service and more


  • Added: Aug 28, 2012
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 18
99% Invisible #53- The Xanadu Effect (Standard 4:30 version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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Can a building be too big to fail?

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


  • Added: Aug 28, 2012
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 17
“Being Black and Green: African-Americans & the Environment” (encore)
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Oakland, CA Scraper krew, Credit: flickr user vkdir
African-Americans are helping to lead the environmental movement. We take you to a resettlement community in North Carolina, sustainable farms in W...

Bought by XRAY.fm and WCSU-FM


  • Added: Aug 13, 2012
  • Length: 29:02
  • Purchases: 2
Farming Underwater: Steve Mello’s Story
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
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Farmer Steve Mello has put down roots in “The Delta” in central California. But climate change is threatening the levees which protect Delta farms....

  • Added: May 04, 2012
  • Length: 29:01
99% Invisible #47- US Postal Service Stamps (Standard 4:30 version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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They are NOT tiny paintings.

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


  • Added: Feb 15, 2012
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 19
99% Invisible #45- Immersive Ideal (Standard 4:30 version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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The closest one could ever hope to get to dancing about architecture.

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


  • Added: Feb 15, 2012
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 14
99% Invisible #44- The Pruitt-Igoe Myth (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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How a St. Louis public housing marvel became "hell on earth."

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


  • Added: Feb 15, 2012
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 15
99% Invisible #43- The Accidental Music of Imperfect Escalators (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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Sometimes it's an object's imperfections that makes you fall in love with it. And sometimes that object is an escalator.

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


  • Added: Feb 15, 2012
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 22
99% Invisible #30- The Blue Yarn
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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Better (and less expensive) cancer treatment started with a sensei and ball of blue yarn...

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


  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
  • Length: 10:20
  • Purchases: 11
99% Invisible #40- Billy Possum (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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The children's fad that has never swept the nation

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


  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 18
99% Invisible #39- Darth Vader Family Courthouse (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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Not the kind of place that makes your divorce or custody battle any easier.

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


  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 12
99% Invisible #37- The Steering Wheel (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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I bet you think could pantomime changing lanes with an imaginary steering wheel. But you'd be very, very wrong. You’d probably kill a bunch of imag...

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


  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 16
99% Invisible #36- Super Bon Bonn (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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What happens to a city when its purpose is stripped away virtually overnight?

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


  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 12
99% Invisible #35- Elegy for WTC (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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A building’s worth is an infinitesimal fraction of the worth a person’s life. But a building is still a living thing in a way.

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


  • Added: Dec 20, 2011
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 10