99% Invisible
Hosted by Roman Mars · Roman Mars
4.8from 33,021 ratings
- 1,458
- Episodes
- 239
- Transcribed
- 33,021
- Ratings
- Weekly
- Cadence
- 2010
- First episode
- 1B
- YouTube views
About 99% Invisible
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.
- Publisher
- Roman Mars
- Category
- arts
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 1 Sept 2010
- Latest episode
- 6 Nov 2026
Latest episodes
239 of 1,458 episodes have a transcript.
6 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
100 Objects #23: Coin From the Ship of Gold
3 Nov 2026TRANSCRIPT
Zone Zero
30 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
100 Objects #22: AOL Disc
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100 Objects #23: Coin From the Ship of Gold
Published 6 Nov 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] There's a sense that like the economy is overheating. We don't have as much gold as we thought we were going to have. In all, the ship is carrying around three tons of gold. Which today would be worth about $400 million. Significant, for sure. Yeah, it's a lot of gold. It gets loaded up. It takes off. […]
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- Katie Thornton
- ND Austin
- Adam Savage
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- YouTube views
- 1,216,894,048
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 25,771 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 7,250 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 84 / 100
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- Quality
- 91
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 93
- Engagement
- 100
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