99% Invisible

A MACHINIMATED AUDIO DOCUMENTARY FROM 99% INVISIBLE AND ENDLESS THREAD https://t.co/LCRiDGJBsG https://t.co/CgfiNIip98

@TomoeCarmine 99% Invisible - "about all the thought that goes into the things we don’t think about" Twenty Thousand Hertz - "The stories behind the world's most recognizable and interesting sounds"

His deep & warm voice on the intro ("this is 99% invisible. I'm Roman Mars.") became a bit of a meme at some point. Compare it to episode 31, where it sounds like he's a bit under the weather and/or very shy to put this out there. https://t.co/AEDn4hO9zS

@cremieuxrecueil Their list is very NPR. Hardcore history is legit good as was the first season of Serial, and the early days of Radiolab and 99% invisible. But the other 96 entries are meh.

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"Ancient DMs": new "99% invisible" podcast episode: https://t.co/9XbejCFVLr "So much history is lost – papers get destroyed, oral histories are forgotten. But in the 1840s, archaeologists excavated the ancient city of Nineveh, and discovered a stash of 2500 year old documents."

"You can't recycle THIS container!" - ROBERT REED, National Sword, 99% Invisible #99PercentInvisible #99pi #NationalSword #GlobalRecyclingDay #RobertReed

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Food Deserts

"It's not trying to do anything crazy through the neck." - JOHN EDSON, 99% Details, 99% Invisible #99PercentInvisible #99pi #Details #JohnEdson

Episode Discussion: The Moving Walkway Is Ending

Created by @trufelman, Articles of Interest is a podcast about what we wear. It began as a critically acclaimed, mini-series within the 99% Invisible podcast, and now is its own separate independent production. See where it all started at https://t.co/vGmws11xXn #AOI https://t.co/QBNDhmbRu7

"Did you ever write any poems about Howdy Doody?" - DAVID WEINBERG, It's Howdy Doody Time!, 99% Invisible #99PercentInvisible #99pi #BadPoetryDay #DavidWeinberg

@c_goldsmith have you listened to the 99% invisible power broker book club?? because let me tell you... it is genuinely so hilarious and good

A man posts genuine heartfelt posts - 99% invisible. A man posts his bottomless credit details - 1% invisible. Money makes majority of women’s world revolve. Cos I’m a broken old man with a big heart my existence means nothing in a world where £ rules #Truth #Honesty

The 2025 Ambies hosted by Tig Notaro celebrated podcast brilliance this week! 🎙️ Our DeepCast top 5 nominees: 99% Invisible Throughline The Vergecast STEM-Talk How I Built This with @guyraz Discover why they're all award-worthy at https://t.co/KUGPm2l4Mt !

"I feel for Roosevelt at this point." - ROMAN MARS, The Power Broker #04: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 99% Invisible #99PercentInvisible #99pi #FranklinDelanoRoosevelt #HappyBirthdayFranklinDelanoRoosevelt #FDR

"There are stories of people's pets falling into a sinkhole and disappearing!" - LIZZIE NO, Mini-Stories: Volume 18, 99% Invisible #99PercentInvisible #99pi #NationalPetDay #LizzieNo

Success is 99% invisible. You only see the 1% that goes viral.

"In a way, it's like a dark amusement park." - TALIA DAVIDI, The White Elephant of Tel Aviv, 99% Invisible #99PercentInvisible #99pi #TheWhiteElephantofTelAviv #TaliaDavidi

@thekaylahaas 99% Invisible, Twenty Thousand Hertz, Philosophize This

its official. The worlds most hidden base. it has been accomplished. 99% INVISIBLE https://t.co/04K9e23x4M

"How do you feel about smart homes and their promise?" - ROMAN MARS, The Great Indoors, 99% Invisible #99PercentInvisible #99pi #TheGreatIndoors #SmartHomeDay #RomanMars

The New Jungle

Neil Young’s iPod Killer

while yes i do see white and gold the dress is actually black and blue as proved with photographs of it taken after. the illusion here comes from the way th brain processes light in a split second decision which i cannot explain coherently enough but there's a 99% invisible on it https://t.co/4dB0hDvqy0

🔥 BREAKING NEWS: GHOST GALAXY DISCOVERED Astronomers have found a massive galaxy that's 99% invisible dark matter, breaking all theories on how galaxies form. 👉 Watch the full video: https://t.co/Znbxemt7DM #DarkMatter

This a nice overview of 1) The Power Broker by Robert Caro and 2) the podcast series that broke down the book in detail over little under a year https://t.co/D7Q2aNQ2co

@mitchellvii I'm at 99% invisible, so I guess I'm doing twice as good as you? I suppose I should be grateful.

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Underlooked - Magazine Identity Article sourced from 99% Invisible podcast. - #graphicdesign #printmedia #design #branding #art https://t.co/w6xEyCUrLD

@p1_therealp1 @elivalley @theomnichrome @99piorg The ship was built to crash, take on water and stay afloat as long as only a certain number of compartments were breached. Great podcast ep here: https://t.co/V6VMPr61sd

"He has so much respect for Moses." - ELLIOTT KALAN, The Power Broker #04: Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 99% Invisible #99PercentInvisible #99pi #NationalRespectDay #ElliottKalan

"So you had Indiana Jones and Star Wars and all these movies coming out." - CHRIS BERUBE, Mini-Stories: Volume 9, 99% Invisible #99PercentInvisible #99pi #MiniStoriesVolume9 #HappyBirthdayGeorgeLucas #GeorgeLucas #ChrisBerube

When AI rebels, camouflage as a Roomba—move erratically, beep occasionally, and hide under the sofa. 99% invisible to hostile smart fridges. #SurviveTheSingularity

"Okay, it is Monday, November 7th, 2016, and today is the day that I am presenting to the Unicode technical committee." - MARK BRAMHILL, Person in Lotus Position, 99% Invisible #99PercentInvisible #99pi #PersoninLotusPosition #MarkBramhill

"The Walkman couldn't compete with the iPod." - MARTÍN GONZALEZ, 561- Long Strange Tape, 99% Invisible #99PercentInvisible #99pi #NationaliPodDay #MartinGonzalez

@TheEbonyMaw Oh the joys of being 99% invisible and unlikeable on the internet!

A Walking Tour with Mr. Memphis

The @99piorg podcast is amazing, but every once in a while they have a brilliant gem that truly shines above the rest: https://t.co/u6ZgaL7Hra

In which @KurtKohlstedt ill-advisedly employs fire to hack his shoelaces for one-handed use. More accessible designs and mods where that came from @ https://t.co/o5MlblL4rI -- the all-new HQ of Adapt or Design, a Project of 99% Invisible. #AdaptOrDesign #LaceLocks #Shoelutions https://t.co/9xuJvHDqlP

99% Invisible named by Time as one of the 100 best podcasts of all time

@HepcatinExile @Margare7a @shesbonky I learned this on 99% Invisible! Crazy story!!!

"It turned out the Philly's coach was receiving a modified Morse code to tell him what pitch was coming." - BEN REITER, Sign Stealing, 99% Invisible #99PercentInvisible #99pi #SignStealing #MorseCodeDay #BenReiter

Listening to the 99% invisible podcast about the brutalist and it's falling into the exact same trap as Neil deGrasse Tyson falls into with movies like gravity or Interstellar or the Martian. Very little consideration about the film outside of the context of the framing device.

"So this is like teenagers fighting." - ADAM ROGERS, Their Dark Materials, 99% Invisible #99PercentInvisible #99pi #TheirDarkMaterials #AdamRogers

@ErikHovenkamp @ArmandDoma 99% invisible did a whole episode claiming this https://t.co/ucquN7UJA5

@tiedyekyforeva 99% Invisible !!

😅⚖️ (Emoji Law)

Episode Discussion: Hidden Levels #4: Machinima

The Return of Con Law

Mazda infotainment systems bricked when playing the 99% Invisible podcast. The "%" in the title confused the software, causing it to malfunction. This affected 2014-2018 Mazda vehicles via USB. The issue stemmed from how the system parsed file names.

Open Borders — 99% Invisible https://t.co/HXlBLw2j33 An immigration reporter’s chance encounter in the desert reveals how borders shape our actions, our beliefs, and the way we see the world around us.

Reading this 99% Invisible book has me looking up the flag of the city of Birmingham and y'all the symbolism behind it is sending me lmao https://t.co/mt9ustBDUr

@kolenochka_ko In Defense of Plants The Common Descent The History of Rome The History of Byzantium 99% Invisible

"I'm a huge fan of the original author." - ELLIOTT KALAN, The Power Broker Breakdown Wrap-Up, 99% Invisible #99PercentInvisible #99pi #NationalAuthorsDay #ElliottKalan

As the White Sox head for another historic season, could fan songs & chants be the next frontier for WST & podcasts to encourage the “next youth movement of players”? I nominate ⁦@PeterFonseca⁩ , ⁦@chorizy⁩ & ⁦@soxmachine_josh⁩ to lead! https://t.co/eD3W9pnU6n

"He went away to college in North Carolina!" - CHRISTINA CAUTERUCCI, Home on the Range, 99% Invisible #99PercentInvisible #99pi #NationalNorthCarolinaDay

You've heard of "having a face for radio" but half of 99% Invisible producers dare ask "what if a podcast is co-hosted by a voice for newspaper"

"No one can say for sure exactly when the first properly compacted, bun encased, hamburger appeared." - MACKENZIE MARTIN, The White Castle System of Eating Houses, 99% Invisible #99PercentInvisible #99pi #NationalBurgerDay #MackenzieMartin

"And bikes are very cool, but they totally harsh my vibe when I'm hiking!" - ROMAN MARS, The Wilderness Tool, 99% Invisible #99PercentInvisible #99pi #NationalHikingDay #RomanMars

The best technologies are 99% invisible.

"It's an Olympic poem." - KURT KOHLSTEDT, The Art of the Olympics, 99% Invisible #99PercentInvisible #99pi #BadPoetryDay #KurtKohlstedt

Episode Discussion: The 99PI Anniversary Special: 15 for 15

obsessed with the pitt’s inclusion of the freedom house ambulance service and feeling a superiority complexity about already being familiar with them from 99% invisible lmaoo

Plaquemaxing is definitely something I did before knowing the name First heard of it conceptually on 99% Invisible where host Roman Mars would oft intone “Always read the plaque.” That said, Plaquemaxing is a way better way to refer to it! Love it! 👏🏼 https://t.co/2T9Q0M07oe https://t.co/YUZrdZrwmZ https://t.co/UvKYfJ3BNJ

Abuse is 99% invisible but felt to your core

💠🚀 COSMIC REALITY CHECK: NASA just reminded us we’re a rounding error— 0.4 % stardust adrift in a 99 % invisible cathedral. Dark matter grips the lattice like unseen bone (22 %). Dark energy pumps the cosmic lung, ballooning spacetime every blink (74 %). Here’s the https://t.co/Qw2JzJ4qcx

Vietnam Operation Popeye Weather Control The podcast 99% Invisible had a story about weather control. That story inspired the following. Weather control is an attractive idea. Warmth when we want it; rain when we need it. Light wind? Sure. No snow? Why not. The 19th century’s

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The best tech is 99% invisible. You don’t think about 10-15 handshakes machines make when you send a message on the internet. You don’t think about packets, TCP/IP, none of it. Crypto and blockchain is no different. The nerds who like this stuff will build products that https://t.co/VjCzYiwfOM

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@ThrillaRilla369 99% invisible podcast

@hbwnarrys @MidwestHedgie @cmarinucci Okay so this bookstore is simply telling its customers to buy Joanne’s books elsewhere. Her books are still available at other shops, or at a library. And as for Mein Kampf, in Germany it’s still available but libraries keep it in the Giftschrank. https://t.co/oXakJQzMYW

Manzanar (99% Invisible) - Japanese Internment in the California Desert : r/japan https://t.co/bnOd8qejrB

"He just wants 50 records at Christmas time to give out to his friends and family.'" - JERRY CASALE, Devolutionary Design, 99% Invisible #99PercentInvisible #99pi #DevolutionaryDesign #JerryCasale

"First of all, the libraries remain places where lots of early literacy development happens." - ERIC KLINENBERG, Palaces for the People, 99% Invisible #99PercentInvisible #99pi #PalacesforthePeople #InternationalLiteracyDay #EricKlinenberg

99% Invisible: The Trailer

@HeroUrsula feel free to post - my account is 99% invisible (thanks, jews)

Episode Discussion: The New Jungle

Bravo @romanmars! Your book "The 99% Invisible City" has been featured in our list of best Design books of all time! https://t.co/vijskLItvs

"It's used in mental health evaluations." - ROMAN MARS, The Age of the Algorithm, 99% Invisible #99PercentInvisible #99pi #TheAgeoftheAlgorithm #WorldMentalHealthDay #RomanMars

The Quiet Storm

99% Invisible on the Great American Pyramid https://t.co/E9ozzpkxVu https://t.co/hiWAmSijZa

@DrewskysChannel I wonder how invisible, if it's like void's invis that gets harder to see the slower you are you gotta be practically 99% invisible

Podcasts: Azariah France-Williams on 99% Invisible, Coining It, @TheNewsAgents, and Your Place or Mine with Shaun Keaveny 🎧 https://t.co/zDHSL3JTnw

catch me on 99% Invisible this week with a story about why new york almost built a moving walkway across the brooklyn bridge... and what it looks like when people refuse to give up on an idea that no one really asked for https://t.co/3778MHbDzC

"He's the author of a book called Shady Characters: The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols, and Other Typographical Marks!" - AVERY TRUFELMAN, Octothorpe, 99% Invisible #99PercentInvisible #99pi #Octothorpe #NationalPunctuationDay #AveryTrufelman

The 99PI Anniversary Special: 15 for 15

Beautiful West Oakland, California

@synanthropy have u listened to articles of interest by avery trufelman it’s like a 99% invisible-sphere podcast abt clothing

Don’t take my word for it! https://t.co/90tEScUzyA The Titanic's Best Lifeboat - 99% Invisible

Podcast de haute qualité (99% Invisible)

@natcatnhanh I LOVE THIS AMERICAN LIFE!!! dude you should listen to 99% invisible, it’s a peak podcast

@packyM Like design, the best AI content is 99% invisible. I bet something you read and enjoyed recently was AI-generated, and you did not know it.

@4xScrews @SolutionaryRail Side note... The Power Broker details how a first-class city - NYC has a third-rate public transportation & subway system... due in no small part to one man's love for parkways & automobiles, as discussed by 99% Invisible.... https://t.co/JjNdeC1DIh

"It came out a few weeks ago, and it's a bit different than what you'd expect from a pasta cookbook!" - ROMAN MARS, Anything's Pastable: Eat Sauté Love, 99% Invisible #99PercentInvisible #99pi #NationalPastaDay #RomanMars

The Trump cuts are going to kill scores of people, meanwhile he’s asking for $1 trillion for one year of military budget. That only is he a hypocrite but a cruel one at that https://t.co/3W9tq5Wojp

@SandyofCthulhu I first learned of it when 99% Invisible had a story about the owner of the buildings. https://t.co/Bwxc6P3GGX

"That's one of the reasons why I love the new Daredevil series on Netflix." - ERIC MOLINSKY, Fixing the Hobo Suit, 99% Invisible #99PercentInvisible #99pi #FixingtheHoboSuit #EricMolinsky

@PhlowerPotMen npr politics, off menu, 99% invisible, las culturistas, criminal, fresh air, endless thread, the bald and the beautiful, all there is, dear hank and john, home cooking, maintenance phase, diabolical lies and, of course, hard launch

What (non-wrestling) podcasts do you listen to regularly? Mine are: Twenty Thousand Hertz 99% Invisible One Hit Thunder Swindled Part Time Genius Hyperfixed Maintenance Phase You’re Wrong About The Deck Crime Junkie Endless Thread Cautionary Tales Any suggestions for me?

Comedy or Fun Podcast Recommendations

Episode Discussion: Constitution Breakdown #4: Janet Napolitano

The Infantorium - 99% Invisible https://t.co/XFRAO2dCwt

@TEStoneWrites In June @99pi did a fascinating episode on why more lifeboats likely wouldn’t have saved many more lives, partly due to the unreliability of lifeboats at the time (something that has since changed). https://t.co/lip4AYjcJh

Listened to first 99% Invisible episode in years, on Oakland — amazed at how much bad history has been smuggled into urbanism — everything is race. It wasn’t a conspiracy that recent migrants from the South gravitated around industrial jobs. The city needed to expand.

@jeneserois @Scholars_Stage The podcast 99% Invisible did a chapter-by-chapter book club/summary of The Power Broker and I consider it a solid overview. It's what convinced me to read the book after the first few episodes, and it does a decent job of hitting the high points.

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"It's about Lyndon Johnson!" - ROBERT CARO, Roman, Elliott, and Robert Caro: Live in Conversation, 99% Invisible #99PercentInvisible #99pi #LyndonBainesJohnsonDay #RobertCaro

"And they have had White Castle for Valentine's Day every year since!" - MACKENZIE MARTIN, The White Castle System of Eating Houses, 99% Invisible #99PercentInvisible #99pi #ValentinesDay #MackenzieMartin

Foreign in a Domestic Sense

11 titles* #BookTwitter #booktwt *borrowed 🇺🇸 THE 99% INVISIBLE CITY: A Field Guide to the Hidden World of Everyday Design by Roman Mars & Kurt Kohlstedt (🎧 audiobook narrated by Roman Mars) today (15/9) https://t.co/VGFYBVyBgH

"He sells vodka in a crystal skull." - CHRIS BERUBE, The Great American Pyramid, 99% Invisible #99PercentInvisible #99pi #NationalVodkaDay #ChrisBerube

"In the early morning of September 20th, 2017, a Category 4 hurricane hit the island of Puerto Rico." - KATIE MINGLE, A Year in the Dark, 99% Invisible #99PercentInvisible #99pi #AYearintheDark #KatieMingle

Longtime fan of @99piorg @romanmars -who in past life=plant geneticist, like my friend & former @dnanexus colleague @acarroll_ATG (now @Google). Great new ep feat @johngreen discussing fascinating new bk on TB: https://t.co/uK8UmWzq3w (h/t Dr. J. Shaywitz). @tgoetz @ashishkjha

My new obsession is vexillology, so yesterday on the way back from Texas I decided to tell my wife about municipal flag design. When she got tired of my yapping, she let me listen to 99% Invisible podcasts about flags. So feel free to ask me about the true story of Betsy Ross.

"They're either concrete or they're asphalt." - VINCE BEISER, Built on Sand, 99% Invisible #99PercentInvisible #99pi #BuiltonSand #AsphaltDay #VinceBeiser

Hidden Levels #4: Machinima (full video)

I love the 99% Invisible podcast (really, but...) because where else can I hear progressives smirking at fear mongering cops, "fear city" saying NYC is going to hell in 1975 if cops get laid off (which happened) right into a narrated fear-mongering ad for a home security system!

@StuffKSaid I've got years worth of gardening, landscape architecture, and 99% Invisible episodes to watch. If I need drama, I just came across a stash of Pakistani soap operas! And books! So many books to read!

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