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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.

3 DAYS AGO

Medellin, Revisited

Once considered the most dangerous city in the world due to drug cartel violence, by the early 2000s Medellin had reinvented itself. But gentrification is allowing criminal gangs to reap large profits from a shadow economy powered by the tourist boom.

34 min
SEP 6

Not Built For This #6: Maximum Temperature

In the final episode of Not Built for This, we reckon with the biological limits of climate adaptation.

41 min
SEP 3

Not Built For This #5: The Little Levee That Could

How the residents of Hamilton City, California finally got the levee they deserved.

49 min
AUG 30

Not Built For This #4: Unbuilding the Terrace

What’s it like for residents to fight like hell for help, but the help on offer means leaving the place they love?

48 min
AUG 29 • SUBSCRIBERS ONLY

Ask Roman and Elliott Anything (Exclusive)

A few weeks ago, Roman and Elliott did an AMA (Ask Me Anything) on our Discord server. Everyone was free to join, but we recorded it exclusively for our subscribers. Listen to find out what Roman and Elliott plan to do after The Power Broker is over, who Roman's favorite employee is, and what the 99PI x brat logo is about. If you want to ask a question at the next AMA, make sure to join our Discord server by going to https://discord.gg/99pi. Episode art by Frances C. Zehner, who happens to attend Roman's alma mater (Bard College at Simon's Rock).

52 min
AUG 27

Not Built For This #3: The Price is Wrong

As storms get more extreme and unpredictable, insurance companies are running the numbers on Florida and realizing that the math just isn’t working anymore.

50 min
AUG 23

Not Built For This #2: The Ripple Effect

How a wildfire in California exacerbated a housing crisis.

57 min
AUG 20

Not Built For This #1: The Bottom of the Bowl

Reporter Emmett Fitzgerald was used to hearing people call his home state of Vermont a “climate haven.” But last summer, he got a wake up call in the form of a devastating flood.

29 min

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trying2Brational

stunning series. thank you.
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6 days ago

WorkingMacs

I’m a long time listener to 99pi. This year deserves an extra shout out. I have a phobia of long books, but when I heard Roman’s pitch about why everyone should read The Power Broker I couldn’t resist. The Power Broker Breakdown series is worthwhile whether or not you’ve read the book. Co-host Elliot brings humor and insight to the enormous expanse of this book. It’s been one of the best listening experiences ever. And Not Built for This is another gem. This is perhaps the way we should talk about climate change. It’s personal and immediate. Less about global temperatures and parts per million, and more about the loss of a way of life. If you thought things were already hard, here’s how they will be even harder as we attempt to adjust to a world humanity has never experienced before. It’s a griping story.
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Harry Victor

I loved the interview with Robert Caro
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So now doing this. So disappointing for long term listeners.

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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SiriusXM Podcasts
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Roman Mars
Years Active

2010 - 2024
Episodes

681
Rating

Clean
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99% Invisible
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99% Invisible

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Medellin, Revisited

Not Built For This #6: Maximum Temperature

Not Built For This #5: The Little Levee That Could

Not Built For This #4: Unbuilding the Terrace

Ask Roman and Elliott Anything (Exclusive)

Not Built For This #3: The Price is Wrong

Not Built For This #2: The Ripple Effect

Not Built For This #1: The Bottom of the Bowl

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Medellin, Revisited

Not Built For This #6: Maximum Temperature

Not Built For This #5: The Little Levee That Could

Not Built For This #4: Unbuilding the Terrace

Ask Roman and Elliott Anything (Exclusive)

Not Built For This #3: The Price is Wrong

Not Built For This #2: The Ripple Effect

Not Built For This #1: The Bottom of the Bowl

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not built for this

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