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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
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
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
Food Sleuth Radio, Jim Gerritsen Interview
From: Dan Hemmelgarn
Series: Food Sleuth Radio
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What is the full cost of the Supreme Court’s decision to allow the patenting of life forms? Join Food Sleuth Radio host and Registered Dietitian, M...

  • Added: Feb 12, 2015
  • Length: 28:00
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
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
Defending Beef
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: IdeaSphere: A Platform for Today's Voices
Caption: Nicolette Hahn Niman
Livestock, especially cattle, are Public Enemy Number One. That’s been the perceived wisdom for decades. It’s thought that cattle erode soils, poll...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Nov 19, 2014
  • Length: 29:00
  • Purchases: 1
99% Invisible #134- The Straight Line Is A Godless Line (Standard 4:30 version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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The straight line is godless and immoral.

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


  • Added: Nov 05, 2014
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 23
99% Invisible #132- Castle On The Park (Standard 4:30 version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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Primitive cancer treatment never looked so good.

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


  • Added: Oct 17, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 20
99% Invisible #130- Holdout (Standard 4:30 version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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A story of steadfastness

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


  • Added: Sep 25, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 26
99% Invisible #131- Genesis Object (Standard 4:30 version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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In the beginning, there was design.

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


  • Added: Sep 17, 2014
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 19
99% Invisible #128- Hacking Ikea (Standard 4:30 version)
From: Roman Mars
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See a lack, post a hack

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


  • Added: Sep 10, 2014
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 9
99% Invisible #129- Thomassons (Standard 4:30 version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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Just as humans have tailbones and whales have pelvic bones, cities have stairs to nowhere, empty telephone poles, and pipes that carry nothing at ...

Bought by Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, Rhythm & News Service, Spokane Public Radio, XRAY.fm and more


  • Added: Sep 04, 2014
  • Length: 04:28
  • Purchases: 17
99% Invisible #125- Duplitecture (Standard 4:30 version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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The White House has a china collection and China has a White House collection.

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


  • Added: Aug 29, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 19
99% Invisible #94- Unbuilt (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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The best buildings that never were.

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


  • Added: Aug 12, 2014
  • Length: 04:31
  • Purchases: 15
99% Invisible #122- Good Egress (Standard 4:30 version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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Locate the exits nearest you

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


  • Added: Jul 18, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 20