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99% Invisible

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Long running, award winning narrative podcast about all the thought that goes into things most people don’t think about.
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@99pi.orgOct 9, 2026, 6:45 PM

Want to add to our list of 100 objects? We're looking for objects that can help us explore the history of labor struggles, The Great Depression, immigration, and American science. Have the perfect object? Send us an email at [email protected]

@99pi.orgOct 6, 2026, 7:00 PM

A closer look at the messy, beautiful bricks hiding across Chicago 🧱

Listen to 99% Invisible wherever you get your podcasts πŸ‘‰ https://bit.ly/4jBvagA

@99pi.orgOct 2, 2026, 5:18 PM

@jamieloftus.bsky.social has always known about Alcoholics Anonymous. As a kid, she loved the album where her dad kept all his AA chips. Imbued in those little chips is a hidden history of America’s relationship to gender, religion, and morality.

Listen now πŸ‘‰ https://bit.ly/4fNZhPW

@99pi.orgSep 30, 2026, 5:30 PM

Best Video Podcast πŸ‘‰ vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting...

@99pi.orgSep 30, 2026, 5:30 PM

Limited Series - Science & Education πŸ‘‰ vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting...

@99pi.orgSep 30, 2026, 5:30 PM

Limited Series - History πŸ‘‰ vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting...

@99pi.orgSep 30, 2026, 5:30 PM

Limited Series - Arts & Culture πŸ‘‰ vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting...

@99pi.orgSep 30, 2026, 5:30 PM

Individual Episode - Documentary πŸ‘‰ vote.signalaward.com/PublicVoting...

@99pi.orgSep 30, 2026, 5:30 PM

We need you! We've got Signal Awards finalists in 5 different categories and now it's up to listeners like you to vote for your favorites πŸ† Visit the links below to vote for 99PI, Hidden Levels, Service Request, and 100 Objects in this year's signal awards πŸ‘‡

@99pi.orgSep 29, 2026, 7:00 PM

How a Swiss mountain call crossed the Atlantic and helped define the sound of country music.

Listen to a new episode of 99% Invisible wherever you get your podcasts πŸ‘‰ https://bit.ly/4rDuCIU

@99pi.orgSep 25, 2026, 1:00 PM

The Western Electric 500 Series Telephone used to be everywhere. But why was this one phone so much better than everything that came before… or, in some ways, since?

Listen to A History of the United States in 100 Objects on the 99% Invisible feed πŸ‘‰ https://bit.ly/4fNZhPW

@99pi.orgSep 24, 2026, 4:00 PM

Turn your next walk into a walking tour. 99% Invisible is featured in Hidden Histories, a new series of podcast guides from Apple Podcasts and Apple Maps across 5 iconic cities https://apple.co/podcasts-on-maps

@99pi.orgSep 22, 2026, 7:07 PM

How a movie prop became one of Philadelphia’s most beloved monuments, and sparked a decades-long fight over where it belonged.

Listen to a new episode of 99% Invisible wherever you get your podcasts πŸ‘‰ https://bit.ly/4iNOZkB

@99pi.orgSep 18, 2026, 4:00 PM

Somewhere between 85 to 95 percent of Black women in the United States have used a chemical hair relaxer at least once in their lifetime. And now research is revealing a physical cost...

Listen to A History of the United States in 100 Objects on the 99% Invisible feed πŸ‘‰ https://bit.ly/4fNZhPW

@99pi.orgSep 15, 2026, 7:06 PM

A legendary typeface, a spectacular friendship breakup, and one extremely committed act of revenge.

Listent o 99% Invisible wherever you get your podcasts πŸ‘‰ https://bit.ly/4rb1f0u

@99pi.orgSep 11, 2026, 4:06 PM

How should the military outfit its soldiers to make them as safe and effective as possible?

Listen to A History of the United States in 100 Objects on the 99% Invisible feed πŸ‘‰ https://bit.ly/4fNZhPW

@99pi.orgSep 8, 2026, 7:22 PM

Every product has to be tested somehow, and sometimes that means finding increasingly creative ways to break it.

Listen to a new episode of 99% Invisible wherever you get your podcasts πŸ‘‰ https://bit.ly/46LmxZ4

@99pi.orgSep 1, 2026, 7:00 PM

This week, two stories about the strange power of the 1-800 number ☎️

Listen to a new episode of 99% Invisible wherever you get your podcasts πŸ‘‰ https://bit.ly/4yduYbp

@99pi.orgAug 28, 2026, 1:00 PM

In 1888, Willard Bundy created the first employee "time clock" β€” a souped-up grandfather clock that could, for the first time, produce a record of when workers arrived and left.

Listen to A History of the United States in 100 Objects wherever you get your podcasts πŸ‘‰ https://bit.ly/4fNZhPW

@99pi.orgAug 14, 2026, 1:00 PM

The story of how a politician who owed so much to a corrupt government system became the one to dismantle it, thanks to one woman: Julia Isabella Sand.

Listen to A History of the United States in 100 Objects on the 99% Invisible feed πŸ‘‰ https://link.podtrac.com/100_objects

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