99% Invisible

Design is everywhere in our lives, perhaps most importantly in the places where we've just stopped noticing. 99% Invisible is a weekly exploration of the process and power of design and architecture. From award winning producer Roman Mars. Learn more at 99percentinvisible.org.

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Your Call Is Important to Us

Episode Date: October 28, 2025

What if all those dropped calls, endless wait times and dead end hotlines every time you try to reach customer service weren’t accidents but part of t...

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Hidden Levels #6: Segagaga

Episode Date: October 24, 2025

One SEGA employee chronicles the company’s struggles the only way he knows how: by turning it into a game.San Francisco! Come to a screening of Drop D...

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Hidden Levels #4: Machinima

Episode Date: October 17, 2025

Back in the 90s, artists turned video games into movie sets, and their wildest ideas are finally hitting documentaries.Hidden Levels is a production o...

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The New Jungle

Episode Date: September 23, 2025

In a Colorado meatpacking town, refugees fleeing persecution find themselves in some of the most dangerous jobs in America.This episode was produced i...

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Replaceable You

Episode Date: September 16, 2025

Mary Roach dives into the strange, funny, and unsettling world of designing new body parts, from pig hearts to prosthetic feet, revealing just how mes...

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Ambassador Bridge

Episode Date: August 26, 2025

A billionaire family’s private bridge empire shaped Detroit for decades, sparking battles over power, neighborhoods, and the future of an internationa...

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All About That Bass

Episode Date: August 19, 2025

Vintage music barely had any bass. Today’s hits are all about the low end. What changed? An episode this week from our friends at Twenty Thousand Hert...

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Air-Borne

Episode Date: July 29, 2025

Old ideas about air and disease were wrong on the science, but looking to the past might actually help us design healthier buildings today.Air-Borne S...