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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 28m

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 28m

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 22h

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 👉 bit.ly/4rDuCIU

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 25/09/2026

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 👉 bit.ly/4fNZhPW

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 24/09/2026

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 apple.co/podcasts-on-maps

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 22/09/2026

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 👉 bit.ly/4iNOZkB

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 18/09/2026

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 👉 bit.ly/4fNZhPW

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 15/09/2026

A legendary typeface, a spectacular friendship breakup, and one extremely committed act of revenge. Listent o 99% Invisible wherever you get your podcasts 👉 bit.ly/4rb1f0u

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 11/09/2026

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 👉 bit.ly/4fNZhPW

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 08/09/2026

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 👉 bit.ly/46LmxZ4

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 01/09/2026

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 👉 bit.ly/4yduYbp

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 28/08/2026

In 1888, Willard Bundy created the first employee "time clock" — 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 👉 bit.ly/4fNZhPW

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 25/08/2026

Spolia, from a Liverpool neighborhood to ancient Rome. Listen to a new episode of 99% Invisible wherever you get your podcasts 👉 bit.ly/4gsaEf7

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 21/08/2026

Why are so many NBA players wearing a compression sleeve on their arm? Listen to A History of the United States in 100 Objects wherever you get your podcasts 👉 bit.ly/4fNZhPW

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 18/08/2026

Friend of the show Gillian Jacobs joins us for the tale of two rival paleontologists who turn a hunt for dinosaur bones into an all-out scientific war. Listen to a new episode of 99% Invisible wherever you get your podcasts 👉 bit.ly/4cPNePN

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 14/08/2026

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 👉 link.podtrac.com/100_objects

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 12/08/2026

Dinosaurs. Gillian Jacobs. What more could you want? Get early access to next week's episode when you subscribe to 99% Invisible on SiriusXM Podcasts+ 🎧

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 11/08/2026

A devastating fire put one of Hong Kong's oldest building traditions on trial, but the real story runs much deeper. Listen to a new episode of 99% Invisible wherever you get your podcasts 👉 bit.ly/4zdiwtC

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 07/08/2026

In 1821, two Rhode Island brothers went looking for buyers for their woolen fabric, and stumbled into a lucrative, captive market: Southern slave plantations. Listen to A History of the United States in 100 Objects on the 99% Invisible feed 👉 bit.ly/4fNZhPW

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 04/08/2026

Behind every perfect nature-inspired design is a far more complicated story. Listen to a new episode of 99% Invisible wherever you get your podcasts 👉 bit.ly/4wKHcIq

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 31/07/2026

The Brannock Device transformed the way we measure feet forever, and more than a century after its invention… it has barely changed. Listen to A History of the United States in 100 Objects on the 99% Invisible feed 👉 bit.ly/4fNZhPW

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 28/07/2026

A simple cardboard box helped transform Finland into one of the best places in the world to raise a child. Listen to 99% Invisible wherever you get your podcasts 👉 bit.ly/4vTqPrE

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 24/07/2026

In the early 1970s, Bruce Lee made nunchaku (nunchucks) cool — But the nunchucks craze coincided with something much bigger: the birth of a radical new Asian American identity. Listen to A History of the United States in 100 Objects on the 99% Invisible feed 👉 bit.ly/4fNZhPW

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 21/07/2026

Neil MacGregor reflects on creating the landmark series that changed how people think about history. Then, revisit the Rosetta Stone, the artifact that unlocked ancient Egypt. Listen to 99% Invisible wherever you get your podcasts 👉 99percentinvisible.org

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 17/07/2026

In 1982, a twelve-year-old paperboy, Johnny Gosch, vanished from a quiet Iowa street and sparked an unlikely campaign... Listen to A History of the United States in 100 Objects on the 99% Invisible feed, wherever you get your podcasts 👉 link.podtrac.com/100_objects

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 14/07/2026

A Louisiana man born into slavery designs an airship with hopes to take flight. Those plans are interrupted, but maybe not forever. Listen to 99% Invisible wherever you get your podcasts 👉

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 10/07/2026

In 1902, an American classic was born: the teddy bear. Named after President Theodore Roosevelt, it sparked an idea…maybe every president should have their own stuffed animal. Listen to A History of the United States in 100 Objects on the 99% Invisible feed 👉 bit.ly/4fNZhPW

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 07/07/2026

We keep score of everything these days. But what happens when the numbers start changing what we actually care about? Listen to a new episode of 99% Invisible wherever you get your podcasts 👉 bit.ly/4gndow5

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 03/07/2026

Before the Declaration of Independence was even a twinkle in the founding fathers' eyes, there was James Otis. Listen to a new episode of A History of the United States in 100 Objects on the 99% Invisible feed 🎧

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 30/06/2026

Before the internet went global, one undersea gamble made it possible. Listen to a new episode of 99% Invisible wherever you get your podcasts 👉 bit.ly/4fdt0kw

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 26/06/2026

How was a household tool reimagined as a deadly weapon…that never actually existed? Listen to a new episode of A History of the United States in 100 Objects on the 99% Invisible feed, wherever you get your podcasts👉 bit.ly/4fNZhPW

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 23/06/2026

Billions of state quarters disappeared from circulation...and that was exactly the plan. Listen to a new episode of 99% Invisible wherever you get your podcasts 👉 bit.ly/4gC8JGy

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 19/06/2026

Why did an ordinary schoolbook become so treasured that enslaved people risked their lives to possess it? Listen to a new episode of A History of the United States in 100 Objects on the 99% Invisible feed, wherever you get your podcasts 👉 bit.ly/4fNZhPW

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 16/06/2026

Love it or hate it, one buzzing horn changed the sound of the World Cup forever. Listen to 99% Invisible wherever you get your podcasts 👉 bit.ly/3S30Xvn

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 12/06/2026

This is the story of Thaddeus Lowe — showman, scientist, and dreamer — whose balloon flight from Cincinnati went wildly off course and straight into the Civil War. Listen to a new episode of A History of the United States in 100 Objects on the 99% Invisible feed 👉 bit.ly/4fNZhPW

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 11/06/2026

Thanks to everyone who joined us for the Minneapolis meetup this last weekend! You nerds are even more beautiful in person 💛

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 09/06/2026

Behind every cheesy karaoke track was a surprisingly ambitious filmmaking experiment. Listen to a new episode of 99% Invisible wherever you get your podcasts 👉 bit.ly/4osEeEX

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 05/06/2026

A stack of dusty paperwork, teeming with unheard voices. What do Civil War pension files reveal about one of the most successful slave rebellions in American history? Listen to a new episode of A History of the United States in 100 Objects on the 99% Invisible feed 👉 bit.ly/4fNZhPW

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 02/06/2026

Canada reshaped its music industry with a quirky radio rule that changed who got heard 🇨🇦 Listen to a new episode of 99% Invisible wherever you get your podcasts 👉 bit.ly/4vh5Y1A

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 02/06/2026

Attention Twin Cities! Come hang out with your fellow Beautiful Nerds this Sunday for A 99PI Meetup (100 Objects Edition!) (P.S. Bonus pod merch for early arrivals) #99pi 🎙️99PI Meetup in Mpls [100 Objects Edition] 📆Sunday, June 7th @ 2:00 PM 📍Spyhouse Coffee in Northeast Mpls

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 29/05/2026

A tiny screw. A precise angle. How America built a hidden empire, one standard at a time. Listen to a new episode of A History of the United States in 100 Objects on the 99% Invisible feed 👉 bit.ly/4fNZhPW

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 28/05/2026

San Francisco Story Fest is one month away. One night. One stage. No replays. The villain at the core of Emmett's story is not a person, but a notorious piece of Bay area infrastructure. 🎟️ www.cityboxoffice.com/StoryFest Sponsored by @americansunited @knightfdn @propublica @wsanfrancisco

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 26/05/2026

What started as a revolutionary treatment for river blindness became something far messier. Listen wherever you get your podcasts 👉 bit.ly/4wOcSNi

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 22/05/2026

Can't wait for more 100 Objects? You can listen to Object #2 today by signing up for SiriusXM Podcasts+ 👉 bit.ly/3JXKO6d

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 19/05/2026

A locked iron safe, sealed for 100 years. What objects did Americans choose to remember? From 99% Invisible and BBC Studios, the first episode of A History of the United States in 100 Objects is available now 👉 bit.ly/4nA0z2U

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99% Invisible @99pi.org · 12/05/2026

As wild and random as they might seem, a lot of work—and even poetry—goes into coming up with today's catchiest, most unforgettable drug names. Listen to 99% Invisible wherever you get your podcasts 👉 bit.ly/4dnw3oo

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