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99% Invisible

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.

Website ↗ Last published 30 October 2026 838 posts collected by Sputnik

Said on 99% Invisible

“AOL thought people wanted a curated menu of content picked and produced by professionals. But the internet is most alluring and addictive when it's open and chaotic and a little out of control. That's why the companies that ended up running the internet mostly provided the infrastructure. They built the stages and we filled them.” — Alex Goldman, 99% Invisible
Alex Goldman · 30 Oct 2026 Listen →
“Someone you hate, if you can be generous towards them, or someone who hates you, if you are generous towards them, they have no power over that part of the thing that you control. You, weirdly enough, are outside of all of their jurisdiction when you're acting with generosity.” — N.D. Austin, 99% Invisible
N.D. Austin · 20 Oct 2026 Listen →
“Football helmets are designed to keep players safe. And they also give us a permission structure to keep playing a game that's fundamentally unsafe. They make us care about specific teams with their colorful branding. And yet, they also help us ignore the human beings underneath the helmets.” — Chris Berube, 99% Invisible
Chris Berube · 13 Oct 2026 Listen →
“It was an impossible job, impossible to do. Prohibition was impossible to enforce. So of course they gave it to a woman.” — Joya DiLiberto, 99% Invisible
Joya DiLiberto · 2 Oct 2026 Listen →

Hosts

99% Invisible is hosted by Roman Mars , Avery Trufelman , Katie Mingle , Tim Harford , Lloyd Lockridge , Martine Gonzalez , Jason DeLeon , Ian Chillag , Paul Vitkas , Kathy Tu , Max Collins and Jacob Medina Gleason .

Recent Episodes

  1. 30 Oct 2026

    100 Objects #22: AOL Disc

    With Alex Goldman and Jan Brandt

  2. 27 Oct 2026

    Doktoro Esperanto

    With Katie Thornton

  3. 23 Oct 2026

    100 Objects #21: Window from the House of D

    With Hugh Ryan

  4. 21 Oct 2026

    Audio Guide of the Imperfections of a Perfect Masterpiece

    With Ashley Mendelssohn , Richard Armstrong and Christopher George

  5. 20 Oct 2026

    Tony Hawk's Real-Life Willy Wonka

    With N.D. Austin and Anna Sale

  6. 13 Oct 2026

    The Problem With Football Helmets

  7. 6 Oct 2026

    (Not Just) Another Brick in the Wall

    With Will Kwam

  8. 2 Oct 2026

    100 Objects #20: AA Sobriety Chip

    With Jamie Loftus and Joya DiLiberto

  9. 29 Sep 2026

    Tootle of a Devilish Song

    With Gabe Bullard , Anita Feliger , Francisca Morgan , Gabriela Santa Maria , Nadia Rass , Jannick Wei , Jocelyn Neal and Andreja Kutel

  10. 25 Sep 2026

    100 Objects #19: Western Electric 500 Series

    With Adam Savage

  11. 22 Sep 2026

    The Rocky Statue

    With Justin Crayman , Laura Holzman , Mark Bowden and Paul Farber

  12. 18 Sep 2026

    100 Objects #18: Hair Relaxer

Guests

sean cole (5 episodes), Robert Caro (3 episodes), Nate DiMeo (3 episodes), Michael Bierut (2 episodes), Kate Simonen (2 episodes), Sam Bloch (2 episodes), Helen Zaltzman (2 episodes), Andrea Seabrook (2 episodes), Benjamen Walker (2 episodes), andrew leland (2 episodes), Eric Molinsky (2 episodes), Whitney Jones (2 episodes), and 159 more.