99% Invisible: The Xanadu Effect
What happens when we build big? For people who distrust the big project, Edward Tenner’s 2001 essay "The Xanadu Effect"is some comfort. Tenner, a visiting scholar at Princeton University, ponders the...
View Article99% Invisible: Thomassons
Cities, 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.99% Invisible. Friday at...
View ArticleThe Spot: Holdouts + Joke-Stealers
99% Invisible: “Holdout” Around 2005, a Seattle neighborhood called Ballard started to see unprecedented growth. Developers offered a woman named Edith Macefield $750,000 for her small house....
View Article99% Invisible: Holdout
On this week's edition of 99% Invisible:“Holdout” Around 2005, a Seattle neighborhood called Ballard started to see unprecedented growth. Developers offered a woman named Edith Macefield $750,000 for...
View Article99% Invisible: The Straight Line Is A Godless Line
On this week's episode of 99% Invisible:Straight lines might be logical, predictable, and efficient, but they are also completely “godless”—at least according to Austrian artist and designer...
View Article99% Invisible: O-U-I-J-A
On this week's episode of 99% Invisible:The Ouija board is so simple and iconic that it looks like it comes from another time, or maybe another realm. The game is not as ancient as it was designed to...
View ArticleThird Coast Radio Festival ~ Thanksiving Day from Noon - 2pm
The best of the best in new radio, winners of the Third Coast Festival Competition. Award-winning writer, producer and humorist Gwen Macsai is host. You’ll also hear interviews with winning producers...
View ArticleThird Coast Radio Festival ~ Thursday from Noon - 2pm
The best of the best in new radio, winners of the Third Coast Festival Competition. Award-winning writer, producer and humorist Gwen Macsai is host. You’ll also hear interviews with winning producers...
View Article99% Invisible: Wonder Bread
The first print advertisement for Wonder Bread came out before the bread itself. It stated only that “a wonder” was coming. In a lot of ways, the statement was true. Wonder Bread was the perfect loaf....
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