How one man rejected nationality and dared the world to recognize him anyway. Listen wherever you get your podcasts 👉 https://bit.ly/4cX5ndP

This month, Roman and Elizabeth are joined by Dr. Alondra Nelson, a leading expert on AI. She discusses why AI is a challenge to regulate, what to think of the tug of war between the states and the federal government on the topic. Listen wherever you get your podcasts 👉 https://bit.ly/4mSs8nZ

Our episode The Quiet Storm won the Webby for Individual Podcast Episodes - Documentary! Congratulations to the episode's producer, Christopher Johnson, and the rest of the 99PI team who made this episode possible. And special thanks to you all for taking the time to vote for us 🟨

The world’s largest housing co-op— built to save New York City’s middle class— became the unlikely site of a resident revolt. Listen to a new episode of 99% Invisible wherever you get your podcasts 👉 bit.ly/3OWxPVb

A History of the United States in 100 Objects will be on the 99PI feed alongside our regular episodes 🟨

Coming May 19th from 99% Invisible and BBC Studios, a new original series: A History of the United States in 100 Objects. Each episode examines an ordinary object from America – sometimes overlooked, sometimes discarded – to uncover the human stories, contradictions, and cultural forces it reflects

Come see Producer Emmett Fitzgerald at San Francisco Story Fest! This year's theme is Villains. Stories about what we fear, what we misunderstand, and what we become. Journalism told live, on stage. Get Tickets to @storyfeststoryfest: 🗓️ June 12 · Herbst Theatre 🎟️ https://bit.ly/426A5fw

This is the LAST DAY to vote for 99PI in this year's Webbys! If you haven't already, visit the links below to cast your vote👇 🗳️ Arts & Culture: https://wbby.co/57421N 🗳️ Documentary: https://wbby.co/57423N

While umpires are about 97% accurate in calling balls and strikes, Major League Baseball has been considering something to take us up to 100% accuracy. They have a plan to replace human umpires... with robots. Listen to this updated episode wherever you get your podcasts 👉 https://bit.ly/4tM3kQw

Answering your burning questions about the systems that keep our cities running. All episodes of Service Request are out now on the 99% Invisible feed 👉 https://99percentinvisible.org/sr/ 📞🚦🗑️🔌🚗

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani got first hand experience manning the city’s 311 lines 📞

A missing car reveals the confusing rules, murky fees, and private actors behind modern towing. Listen to the newest episode of Service Request on the 99% Invisible Feed 👉 https://bit.ly/3ObopVw

In a place where losing power can turn deadly, keeping the lights on is a high-stakes balancing act. Listen to a new episode of Service Request on the 99% Invisible feed 👉 https://bit.ly/41RiBDD

We are proud to announce that 99% Invisible has been nominated for two Webbys and received a Best Series Honoree for Hidden Levels! Visit the links to vote in each category 🟨 Arts & Culture: The Great American Pyramid 👉 https://bit.ly/41aS9EU Documentary: The Quiet Storm 👉 https://bit.ly/4v9EJGV

Why did it take nearly a decade to redesign a city trash can, and why haven’t more bins made the streets cleaner? Listen to Service Request on the 99% Invisible feed, wherever you get your podcasts 👉 99percentinvisible.org/episode/serv...

Roman and Elizabeth discuss Article V, which lays out the process to amend the Constitution, alongside historian and author Jill Lepore. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts 🎧

What the world's most advanced traffic system can—and can't—do for the city that invented gridlock. Learn all about how a city's traffic lights work on the latest episode of Service Request, out now on the 99% Invisible podcast feed 👉 https://bit.ly/40SmEiJ

Plenty of people call 311 with reasonable requests and questions. There are also people who call with slightly more... memorable inquiries. Here are some of our favorites from the NYC 311 20th Anniversary Report 👇

In 2023, NYC put out a 20th Anniversary Report for their 311 hotline. This gives us a look at what kind of calls they receive, when calls peak, and how the hotline has evolved over the years. www.nyc.gov/assets/oti/d... Lets get into some takeaways 👇

When 99PI's Christopher Johnson was haunted by ice cream trucks, he had one place to turn to: 311. In our first episode of Service Request, the surprising power of a simple phone number to connect a community. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts 👉 https://bit.ly/4sKVztG

The first episode of Service Request is out now on the 99PI feed! Listen to this new series from 99% Invisible and Campside Media wherever you get your podcasts 👉 https://99percentinvisible.org/sr/

Coming 3/17, Service Request is a new series that starts small. A call to 311, a trafic jam, a single flipped switch. We then trace that moment through the networks that keep a city running. From 99% Invisible and Campside Media, listen to Service Request on the 99% Invisible feed 🟨

How one wealthy, amateur astronomer convinced the world Martians were real. Listen wherever you get your podcasts 👉 https://bit.ly/4cLqIbT

For centuries, the world's greatest minds were stumped by the deadly mystery of longitude, until an obsessive underdog entered the fray and changed navigation forever. Listen wherever you get your podcasts 👉 https://bit.ly/3OJcYUZ

Roman and Elizabeth discuss state's relationships both with each other and the federal government. California Attorney General Rob Bonta joins to talk about how his office is using Article IV to protect the state from federal overreach Listen wherever you get your podcasts 👉 https://bit.ly/4b0YB5V

Have you ever wanted to see Roman as a head sticking out of a toilet discussing the surprisingly profound meaning behind the brain rot web-series Skibidi Toilet? Well then, we’ve got just the thing for you! youtu.be/l3r73BiSxDQ?...

The Dingo Barrier Fence has was built to protect sheep, but it has since transformed the entire Australian landscape. Listen to the newest episode of 99% Invisible wherever you get your podcasts 👉 https://bit.ly/4tSta6k

Los Algodones is a small Mexican border town that transformed itself into the dental tourism capital of the world, where dental care costs up to 80% less than what it might cost in the United States 🦷 Listen wherever you get your podcasts 👉 https://bit.ly/3ZLW6PE

We asked the team to share their favorite license plate designs! Here’s what they shared…

Idaho was the first state to slap a slogan on a license plate, “Idaho Potatoes,” which may not seem like a big deal, but it turns out this idea would end up having outsized consequences, and not just for Idaho. Listen to 99% Invisible wherever you get your podcasts 👉 https://bit.ly/3Zu53gk

Have you been enjoying the Secret Mall Apartment doc on streaming? Well, then you’re going to LOVE our episode on the story, initially reported all the way back in 2018 🟨 Listen Now 👉 99percentinvisible.org/episode/621-...

Throughout Africa and beyond, Zimbabweans are known for choosing some of the most bold, head-turning English-language names. Kim Chakanetsa tells the story of how her country's history shaped its nation's naming traditions. Listen wherever you get your podcasts 👉 https://bit.ly/49LuzDS

Podcasts don't have to be long-form documentary style stories that hold you over on long commutes. In fact, they can be so much more. Audio Flux is showing exactly how. 🎧 Listen wherever you get your podcasts now 👉 https://bit.ly/4sQ4zyz

We could make this SO easy 👉 99percentinvisible.org/episode/powe...

You've seen and appreciated the work of Michael Bierut and his team for the last four decades, if not more. Now it's time for a deep dive before he steps back from his design firm Pentagram. . Listen now wherever you get your podcasts 👉 https://bit.ly/3Zc9e04

Kicking off the new year with controversial swimsuits, reimagined cigarette dispensers, and someone who survived a sinking ship. And another... and another... Listen now wherever you get your podcasts 👉 https://bit.ly/3NhhWHE

We've decided to share a set of four of our favorite stories from the half decade– each of which corresponds to one of the four main chapters of The 99% Invisible City. Listen now wherever you get your podcasts 🎧

We're finishing up Article II which establishes the executive branch of the federal government. We're joined by Dr. Tom Frieden, who served as director of the CDC under President Obama from 2009 to 2017. Listen wherever you get your podcasts 🎧

Minis are back! We've got a giant pyramid and a swarm of grasshoppers, an obscure internet relic millions visit a year, and the long process for the Catholic church to declare something a miracle. Listen now 👉 https://bit.ly/4pcpBVc

On this episode of 99PI, we go back to the days of broken instruments and a man named Adolphe Sax having a stroke of genius. Sax Appeal is live now wherever you listen to your podcasts 👉 https://bit.ly/3Yu012K

It's that time of year... time for minis! New Mini-Stories volumes coming on 12/23 and 1/6, but of course you can always listen a week early by subscribing to 99% Invisible on SiriusXM Podcasts+ 👉 https://99pi.slack.com/archives/D097C9ZEN1X/p1756333924422939

A single diagonal step on a map sparks a legal war with huge consequences. The new episode is available everywhere you get your podcasts 👉 https://bit.ly/4pYaHCr

I'm back @99percentinvisible.bsky.social talking about the Pulitzer and design for kids in an episode devoted to Sesame Street 99percentinvisible.org/episode/649-...

This social post is brought to you by the letter U! 🤩 Discover the origins of yearning for walkable cities and good neighborhoods with Anna Kodé on this week's episode of 99 Percent Invisible. Available everywhere you get your podcasts 👉 https://bit.ly/48kSFTK

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Roman and Elizabeth are joined by former Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano to unpack the vague language of Article II, including the president’s authority over the executive branch. Listen wherever you get your podcasts 👉 https://bit.ly/4oh3Bbf

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Writer Caroline Fraser argues a chilling link between industrial poison, deadly design, and a generation of serial killers in the Pacific Northwest. Listen to a new episode of 99% Invisible wherever you get your podcasts 👉 https://bit.ly/48kcCKC

People once dreamed of sidewalks that could whisk them across the city. Somehow, that dream ended up at the airport 🛫 Listen to a new episode of 99% Invisible wherever you get your podcasts 👉 https://bit.ly/3JJtFO1