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99% Invisible #108- Barcodes (Standard 4:30)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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The inventor of the barcode just so happens to be a delightful person.

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


  • Added: Apr 18, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 17
99% Invisible #106- The Fancy Shape (Standard 4:30)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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This shape is everywhere. And it's always fancy.

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


  • Added: Apr 18, 2014
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 14
99% Invisible #105- One Man Is An Island (Standard 4:30)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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No man is an island. Except for Busta Rhymes.

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


  • Added: Apr 18, 2014
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 15
99% Invisible #104- Tunnel 57 (Standard 4:30 version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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You couldn't climb over the Berlin Wall. You couldn't go around it. The only way was under.

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


  • Added: Apr 18, 2014
  • Length: 04:29
  • Purchases: 11
99% Invisible #105- One Man Is An Island (Director's Cut)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Director's Cut)
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No man is an island. Except for Busta Rhymes.

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


  • Added: Apr 10, 2014
  • Length: 20:50
  • Purchases: 4
99% Invisible #101- Cover Story (Standard 4:30 version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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You know the saying: you can’t judge a book by its cover. With magazines, it’s pretty much the opposite.

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


  • Added: Feb 14, 2014
  • Length: 04:31
  • Purchases: 14
99% Invisible #100- Higher and Higher (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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A battle for supremacy in the New York skyline.

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


  • Added: Feb 14, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 12
99% Invisible #93- Revolving Doors (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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Join a revolution.

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


  • Added: Feb 12, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 13
99% Invisible #92- All the Buildings (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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An artist draws New York. And vice versa.

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


  • Added: Feb 11, 2014
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 10
99% Invisible #84a- Ladislav Sutnar (Director's Cut)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Director's Cut)
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The man who put parentheses around area codes.

  • Added: Feb 07, 2014
  • Length: 02:26
Pete Seeger-All Mixed Up
From: Peter Bochan
Series: All Mixed Up
Caption: Pete Seeger
Tribute to legendary singer-songwriter, political activist and environmentalist Pete Seeger featuring interviews, music and stories from a life far...

Bought by Prairie Public, KGLT, RadioFreePalmer, and Wyoming Public Radio


  • Added: Jan 28, 2014
  • Length: 59:18
  • Purchases: 4
A Simple Life: Swinomish Story
From: Sallie Bodie
Caption: At the Canoe Journey, Credit: Photos courtesy of Jack Storm, used with permission. Jack Storms/StormsPhoto.com
In the Pacific Northwest, Native Americans honor their cultural heritage by participating in an annual canoe journey. A Swinomish elder shares his ...

  • Added: Jan 05, 2014
  • Length: 04:10
Large Wildfires Jumpstart Debate on Fire Management Techniques
From: Making Contact
Series: Making Contact
Caption: Photo by (cc) Flickr user Lotus R
A topic that we covered more than a year ago, but was just as relevant in 2013 is fire, more specifically wildfires. When we aired our show, The Bu...

Bought by KHNS


  • Added: Dec 19, 2013
  • Length: 08:37
  • Purchases: 1
99% Invisible #85- A Noble Effort (Standard 4:30 version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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The man behind the background.

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


  • Added: Dec 09, 2013
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 18
Friday Night Lights
From: BackStory with the American History Guys
Series: BackStory with the American History Guys: Favorites
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Contributor Meg Cramer tells the story of the first electrically lit town in America -- Wabash, Indiana.

Bought by WOUB, Radio Newark, and KFAI Minneapolis


  • Added: Nov 04, 2013
  • Length: 06:21
  • Purchases: 3
99% Invisible #83- Heyoon (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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Bored and disaffected and angry, Alex longed for a place to escape to. And then he found Heyoon.

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: 14
99% Invisible #80- An Architect's Code (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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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 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: 19
99% Invisible #77- Game Changer (Standard 4:30 Version)
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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The two tweaks to basketball that made it the sports juggernaut it is today.

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


  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 04:30
  • Purchases: 20
99% Invisible #75- Secret Stairs
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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Wherever there is sufficient demand to move between two points of differing elevation, there are stairs.

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: 16
99% Invisible #74- Hand Painted Signs
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Standard Length)
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The last practitioners of disappearing art form that's poised to make a comeback

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: 20
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 #89- Bubble Houses
From: Roman Mars
Series: 99% Invisible (Director's Cut)
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Buildings of the future, once.

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


  • Added: Oct 08, 2013
  • Length: 23:48
  • Purchases: 6
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