99% Invisible

This episode explores how Willard Bundy’s invention of the employee time clock and Frederick Taylor’s scientific management revolutionized workplace surveillance.

This episode explores the concept of "spolia," the architectural reuse of old materials, through the story of Granby, a Liverpool neighborhood…

This episode traces the NBA compression sleeve’s origin to Allen Iverson, who wore it to treat elbow bursitis in 2001.

Reporter Gillian Jacobs explores the "Bone Wars," a fierce late-19th-century rivalry between paleontologists Edward Drinker Cope and Othniel Charles Marsh.

Host Roman Mars and guest Elliot Kalin explore how 23 letters from unknown citizen Julia Sands inspired President Chester A.

Host Roman Mars interviews historian Seth Rockman about his book *Plantation Goods*, focusing on a rare scrap of "Negro cloth" found in archival letters.

Host Roman Mars and guest Kurt Kolstad explore the complexities of biomimicry, moving beyond simple success stories like the kingfisher-inspired bullet train.

Host Roman Mars and guest Paul Lucas explore the history of the Brannock device, the ubiquitous foot-measuring tool invented by Charles Brannock in 1925.