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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 10h

Hidden Levels is out this week! We've got some cool merch made to celebrate. Head to the 99PI store to get a tshirt, puzzle, or art piece of the incredible Hidden Levels key art (made by SiriusXM's own Aaron Nestor) 99pi.org/store

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 1d

@romanmars.bsky.social and Ben Brock Johnson are answering YOUR questions on Reddit!

Come by to chat about video games, design, and our new series— Hidden Levels 🎮

Join the AMA 👉 www.reddit.com/r/podcasts/c...

From the podcasts community on Reddit: AMA: Roman Mars of 99% Invisible and Ben Brock Johnson of Endless Thread answers your questions about podcasting and their new series, Hidden Levels

Explore this post and more from the podcasts community

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 1d

Step back into the ’90s, when dunks broke backboards, catchphrases caught fire, and one arcade game turned every kid into an NBA superstar ⛹️‍♂️⛹️‍♀️

Listen to Hidden Levels, out now on the 99% Invisible and Endless Thread podcast feeds 👉 http://99pi.org/hl

Producer: @jamesparkinson.bsky.social

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 2d

You can listen to the first two episodes today by subscribing to SiriusXM Podcasts+ 👉 www.siriusxm.com/podcasts-plu...

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 2d

Hidden Levels launches tomorrow! First, we have the story of an iconic arcade sound catchphrase ⛹️‍♂️

Then on Friday, one of the most wide spread video game tools: The joystick 🕹️

Listen to Hidden Levels on the 99% Invisible or Endless Thread feeds 🎧

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 2d

Come chat with @romanmars.bsky.social and Ben Brock Johnson about video games and our upcoming series Hidden Levels!

9:00am PT in the 99PI Discord 👉 discord.gg/99pi

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 5d

Hidden Levels is done loading 🎮

Listen to the first two episode now when you subscribe to 99% Invisible on SiriusXM Podcasts+ 👉 www.siriusxm.com/podcasts-plu...

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The Food & Environment Reporting Network @thefern.org · 8d

ICYMI: In FERN's collaboration with the 99% Invisible podcast, reporter Esther Honig reports on how, in the last 20 years, meatpacking companies came to rely on refugees as a major source of labor.

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 6d

Next week, join @romanmars.bsky.social and Ben Brock Johnson for a live chat about Hidden Levels, a collaboration between 99PI & @wbur.org about video games and their impact on the real world.

Join us at 9:00am PT on 10/6 in the 99PI discord 👉 https://discord.gg/99pi

Join the 99% Invisible Discord Server!

A nice place for 99PI listeners. | 6390 members

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 9d

Spirit Halloween

Every fall, a vacant Toronto storefront is possessed by Spirit Halloween, the pop-up shop haunting 1,500 empty spaces across North America. What does this seasonal invasion say about the retail apocalypse?

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 9d

The Great American Pyramid

In 1991, one of the strangest buildings in America opened — a 32-story, stainless steel pyramid in Memphis, Tennessee.

Best Arts & Culture 👉 bit.ly/3WiEiK0

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 9d

The Nazi Block

In the heart of Berlin’s Tempelhof-Schöneberg district sits a hulking, crumbling concrete cylinder— a lasting monument to one of the Third Reich’s most colossal architectural failures.

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 9d

One-Nil To The Arsenal

A goofy Shakira remix, a nervy penalty kick, and 60,000 fans turning banter into legend—welcome to the world of football chants

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 9d

Foreign In A Domestic Sense

A dusty surveillance file uncovers the story of love, betrayal, and the fight for Puerto Rico’s freedom.

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Best History 👉 bit.ly/4gXjbqj

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 9d

The Quiet Storm

How a radio show born at a small college station in DC and dedicated to smooth, romantic love songs transformed black radio and reshaped love lives across the country.

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 9d

99% Invisible is a finalist for NINE (9) signal awards! All thanks to our incredible behind-the-scenes team who put their all into every episode 💛

Here's a thread with all our finalists so you can to cast your vote for 99PI in each category 👇

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 11d

We're continuing our break down of the U.S. Constitution with Article One. Roman and Elizabeth talk with Representative Sharice Davids about Article One, the hidden rules of Congress, and what it means to serve in the “people’s house.”

Listen now on the 99% Invisible feed 👉 https://bit.ly/4pJMRLr

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 15d

A lot has changed in meat packing since Upton Sinclair released The Jungle, but the industry is still dangerous and it still relies on our most vulnerable populations.

Hear those worker’s stories on the latest episode of 99% Invisible 👉 99percentinvisible.org/episode/643-...

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 19d

Explore all of Mary Roach's contributions at 99pi.org

99% Invisible

99% Invisible with Roman Mars is a tiny radio show about design, architecture & the ninety-nine percent invisible activity that shapes our world.

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 19d

Ep. 642 - Replaceable You

Diving into the strange, funny, and unsettling world of designing new body parts, from pig hearts to prosthetic feet.

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Replaceable You - 99% Invisible

In 2003, when Roman was working at KALW in San Francisco a book called Stiff: The Curious Lives of Human Cadavers by Mary Roach came across his desk. The book was a deeply researched and deeply funny…

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 19d

Ep. 471 - Mini-Stories: Vol 12 - A Wild Goose Chase

When a rabbit hole leads her too far astray, Mary Roach adds a footnote to fit in extra material.

One of her favorites is about Canada geese...

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Mini-Stories: Volume 12 - Page 2 of 4 - 99% Invisible

Mary Roach: Wild Canada Goose Chase Popular science writer Mary Roach is the author of such books as Stiff, Gulp, Grunt, and Packing for Mars. Her most recent best seller is called Fuzz: When Nature…

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 19d

Ep. 222 - Combat Hearing Loss

There’s a problem with earplugs on the battlefield. Soldiers won’t wear them. The result is lots of service members coming home from battle with tinnitus or hearing loss.

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Combat Hearing Loss - 99% Invisible

The United States Marine Corps buys a lot of foam ear plugs. Visit any military base and you’ll find them under the bleachers at the firing range, in the bottoms of washing machines. They are cheap…

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 19d

Ep. 07 - 99% Alien

How far can design be optimized for zero-g before astronauts start to lose it?

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99% Alien - 99% Invisible

Humans need a few basic things to survive – air, water, food, heat, shelter- but just surviving isn’t really enough. We also need familiarity, a little comfort, interaction, a small place of our own.…

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 19d

From our earliest episodes to our most recent, Mary Roach is always there to bring the funny side of science. Or maybe the scientific side of humor?

Why don't you give the episodes a listen and let us know 👇

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 20d

In a Colorado meatpacking town, refugees fleeing persecution find themselves in some of the most dangerous jobs in America.

Listen to next week’s episode a week early when you subscribe to 99% Invisible on SiriusXM Podcasts+ 🎧

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