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361- Built on Sand

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2020/08/13

Podcast: 99% Invisible (LS 83 · TOP 0.01% what is this?)Episode: 361- Built on SandPub date: 2019-07-09Sand is so tiny and ubiquitous that it's easy to take for granted. But in his book The World in a Grain, author Vince Beiser traces the history of sand, exploring how it fundamentally shaped the world as we know it. "Sand is actually the most important solid substance on Earth," he argues. "It's the literal foundation of modern civilization."Plus, Roman talks with Kate Simonen of the

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00:22:36

311- The Barney Design

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2020/08/13

Podcast: 99% Invisible (LS 83 · TOP 0.01% what is this?)Episode: 311- The Barney DesignPub date: 2018-06-13Until the early 90s, basketball uniforms were pretty tame. There had been real limits to what could be done with jerseys. All the details—the numbers, the names, the logos—had to be sewed on. Complicated graphics would have taken a massive amount of embroidery, which would have added additional weight and made the jersey hotter to wear. But dye sublimation changed everything

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00:24:45

262- In the Same Ballpark

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2020/08/13

Podcast: 99% Invisible (LS 83 · TOP 0.01% what is this?)Episode: 262- In the Same BallparkPub date: 2017-06-13In the 1992, the Baltimore Orioles opened their baseball season at a brand new stadium called Oriole Park at Camden Yards, right along the downtown harbor. The stadium was small and intimate, built with brick and iron trusses—a throwback to … Continue reading →The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Roman Mars, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with

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00:12:57

129- Thomassons

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2020/08/13

Podcast: 99% Invisible (LS 83 · TOP 0.01% what is this?)Episode: 129- ThomassonsPub date: 2014-08-26Cities, like living things, evolve slowly over time. Buildings and structures get added and renovated and removed, and in this process, bits and pieces that get left behind. Vestiges. Just as humans have tailbones and whales have pelvic bones, cities … Continue reading →The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Roman Mars, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with

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00:18:44

116- Breaking the Bank

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2020/08/13

Podcast: 99% Invisible (LS 83 · TOP 0.01% what is this?)Episode: 116- Breaking the BankPub date: 2014-05-27When I go into a bank, especially if I have to stand in line waiting to make a deposit, my mind wanders. And one of the first place it wanders to is: how I would rob the place. How could … Continue reading →The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Roman Mars, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen Notes, Inc.

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00:17:41

226- On Average

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2020/08/13

Podcast: 99% Invisible (LS 83 · TOP 0.01% what is this?)Episode: 226- On AveragePub date: 2016-08-23In many ways, the built world was not designed for you. It was designed for the average person. Standardized tests, building codes, insurance rates, clothing sizes, The Dow Jones – all these measurements are based around the concept of an … Continue reading →The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Roman Mars, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed

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00:17:53

244- The Revolutionary Post

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2020/08/12

Podcast: 99% Invisible (LS 83 · TOP 0.01% what is this?)Episode: 244- The Revolutionary PostPub date: 2017-01-24Winifred Gallagher, author of How the Post Office Created America: A History, argues that the post office is not simply an inexpensive way to send a letter. The service was designed to unite a bunch of disparate towns and people … Continue reading →The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Roman Mars, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or

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00:22:53

268- El Gordo

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2020/08/12

Podcast: 99% Invisible (LS 83 · TOP 0.01% what is this?)Episode: 268- El GordoPub date: 2017-07-25In Spain, they do the lottery differently. First of all, it’s a country-wide obsession — about 75% of Spaniards buy a ticket. There’s more than one lottery in Spain, but the one that Spaniards are the most passionate about is … Continue reading →The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Roman Mars, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Listen

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00:32:11

323- The House that Came in the Mail

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2020/08/12

Podcast: 99% Invisible (LS 83 · TOP 0.01% what is this?)Episode: 323- The House that Came in the MailPub date: 2018-09-11The Sear & Roebuck Mail Order Catalog was nearly omnipresent in early twentieth century American life. By 1908, one fifth of Americans were subscribers. At its peak, the Sears catalog offered over 100,000 items on 1,400 pages. It weighed four pounds. The Sears catalog tells the tale of a world -- itemized. And starting in 1908, the company that offered America everything

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00:18:22

185- Atmospherians

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2020/08/12

Podcast: 99% Invisible (LS 83 · TOP 0.01% what is this?)Episode: 185- AtmospheriansPub date: 2015-10-20The phrase ‘from Central Casting’ has become a kind of cultural shorthand for a stereotype or archetype, a subject so visually suited to its part it appears to have been designed for that role. Search the news for ‘straight out … Continue reading →The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Roman Mars, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by

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00:18:56

86- Reversal of Fortune

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2020/08/12

Podcast: 99% Invisible (LS 83 · TOP 0.01% what is this?)Episode: 86- Reversal of FortunePub date: 2013-08-09Chicago’s biggest design achievement probably isn’t one of its amazing skyscrapers, but the Chicago River, a waterway disguised as a remnant of the natural landscape. But it isn’t natural, not really. It’s hard to tell when you see the river, … Continue reading →The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Roman Mars, which is the property of its owner and not affiliated with

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114- Ten Thousand Years

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2020/08/12

Podcast: 99% Invisible (LS 83 · TOP 0.01% what is this?)Episode: 114- Ten Thousand YearsPub date: 2014-05-13In 1990, the federal government invited a group of geologists, linguists, astrophysicists, architects, artists, and writers to the New Mexico desert, to visit the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. They were there on a mission. The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) … Continue reading →The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Roman Mars, which is the property of its owner and

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324- Billboard Boys: The Greatest Radio Contest of...

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2020/08/12

Podcast: 99% Invisible (LS 83 · TOP 0.01% what is this?)Episode: 324- Billboard Boys: The Greatest Radio Contest of All TimePub date: 2018-09-19The year was 1982, and in the small city of Allentown on the eastern edge of Pennsylvania sat an AM radio station called WSAN. For years, it had broadcast country music to the surrounding Lehigh Valley -- an area known for malls, manufacturing and Mack Trucks. WSAN was about to undergo a complete identity change, from a country station and to a

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370- The Pool and the Stream Redux

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2020/08/12

Podcast: 99% Invisible (LS 83 · TOP 0.01% what is this?)Episode: 370- The Pool and the Stream ReduxPub date: 2019-09-10This is the newly updated story of a curvy, kidney-shaped swimming pool born in Northern Europe that had a huge ripple effect on popular culture in Southern California and landscape architecture in Northern California, and then the world. A documentary in three parts with a brand new update about how this episode resulted in a brand new skate park in a very special city. The

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