Roman Mars
Host and Producer, 99% InvisibleRoman Mars is host and producer of KALW’s 99% Invisible, a short radio show about design and architecture. The 99% Invisible podcast recently peaked at #8 in the iTunes rankings for all podcasts, as well as #1 in both the Arts and Design categories. He is also the host, producer and program director of Public Radio Remix from PRX, a 24-hour, experimental public radio story stream broadcast on XM 123 and public radio stations across the country. He was a founding producer at PRX/NPR’s Snap Judgment and Senior Producer at the Third Coast International Audio Festival.
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In July 1980, a group of Salvadoran migrants crossed the border between Mexico and Arizona. They walked over a remote mountain range and halfway across a… -
On the June 19, 2015 edition of 99% Invisible:Growing up in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Alex Goldman was a misfit. Bored and disaffected and angry, he longed for… -
On the May 22, 2015 edition of 99% Invisible:It’s a stick with bristles poking out of it. It doesn’t even qualify as a simple machine, but the careful… -
On the May 7, 2015 edition of 99% Invisible:In the beginning, former AIA-SF president Henrik Bull and the Transamerica Pyramid did not get along. The… -
On the May 1, 2015 edition of 99% Invisible:When it was built in 1977, Citicorp Center (later renamed Citigroup Center, now called 601 Lexington) was, at… -
On the April 24, 2015 edition of 99% Invisible:There is an allure to unbuilt structures: the utopian, futuristic transports; the impossibly tall… -
On a Friday evening in the summer of 2011, Los Angeles resident Brent Green was driving home from work and took a route he doesn’t usually take to get to… -
On the April 17, 2015 edition of 99% Invisible:Cities are great. They have movement, activity and diversity. But go to any city and it’s pretty clear, a… -
On the April 3, 2015 edition of 99% Invisible:Lucky mascots fit right in to the notoriously superstitious world of professional baseball. In the early… -
On the March 27, 2-15 edition of 99% Invisible:In the US, it’s called a line. In Canada, it’s often referred to as a line-up. Pretty much everywhere else,…
