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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Gesamtlänge aller Episoden: 9 days 14 hours 18 minutes
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490- Train Set
Some of the most ambitious, fascinating, and downright crazy trains that the world has ever seen.
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489- Pandemic Tracking and the Future of Data
Data is the lifeblood of public health, and has been since the beginning of the field. We take a look at data gathering in regards to public health from the 1600s to today and how it might change in the future.
488- It’s a Small Aisle After All
The evolution of the "international" section of the grocery store and how some products stay there forever and some break out to blend in with similar products throughout the market
487- Atlas Obscura
We visit the site of one of the most infamous lost expeditions and the home of all the lost luggage.
486- Rumble Strip
Every year in the spring, small towns throughout New England host their annual town meeting. Town meetings take place in high school gyms or town halls, and anyone can come.
485- Murder Most Fowl
While urban parks are safe havens for birds, parks are often surrounded by condos and hotels and office buildings with floor-to-ceiling windows. And these all-glass building facades are the absolute worst for migrating birds. Because unlike people, birds don’t really understand glass.
484- Dear Hank and John and Roman
So why don't we have mouth Roombas? Is the universe full of chickens? What scientific advances are happening? What was the first internet purchase? How do I convince my parents to let me check a bag? What is Twitter? What's the difference between a telescope and a camera? Are sea monkeys natural? Hank Green and Roman Mars have answers!
483- Grid Locked
In February 2021, Texas suffered an intense winter storm and the state power grid had a catastrophic failure that lasted many freezing cold days. To understand the situation, one has to look at the history of the grid, and how Texas came to be what we call an “energy island.”
482- Natalie de Blois: To Tell the Truth
Natalie de Blois contributed to some of the most iconic Modernist works created for corporate America, all while raising four children.