99% Invisible

By: Roman Mars
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  • 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.
    Copyright © 2024 Roman Mars. All rights reserved.
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  • A Beetle By Any Other Name

    A Beetle By Any Other Name
    Mar 4 2025

    A tiny, unremarkable beetle hiding in the caves of Slovenia has an infamously unfortunate name—one that has sparked heated debates in the scientific world.

    A Beetle By Any Other Name

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    28 mins
  • The Brutalists

    The Brutalists
    Feb 25 2025

    A film about a struggling architect, a style the world loves to hate—The Brutalist and Brutalism itself share more than just a name. Is it bold vision or concrete failure?

    The Brutalists

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    39 mins
  • The Nazi Block

    The Nazi Block
    Feb 18 2025

    In the heart of Berlin’s Tempelhof-Schöneberg district sits a hulking, crumbling concrete cylinder—an abandoned relic of a Nazi plan to rebuild the city as a grand imperial capital. But this eerie structure isn’t just a forgotten engineering experiment; it’s a lasting monument to one of the Third Reich’s most colossal architectural failures.

    The Nazi Block

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    38 mins

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