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Episode 87- I Heart NY, TM 22 Aug 2013 | 05:23 am
By now, the story is well known. A man sits in the backseat of a cab, sketching on a notepad as night falls over a crumbling city. He scribbles the letter I. He draws a heart. And then an N, and then ...
Episode 86- Reversal of Fortune 9 Aug 2013 | 05:40 am
I fell in love with architecture on the Chicago River. It provides a beautiful vantage point to take in all the marvelous skyscrapers. Unlike other cities that cram you on the sidewalk between looming...
Episode 85- Noble Effort 30 Jul 2013 | 01:22 am
If you grew up watching Warner Brothers cartoons, you might remember seeing the name Chuck Jones in big letters in the opening credits. Chuck Jones directed cartoons like Looney Tunes from the 1930s u...
Episode 84- Ladislav Sutnar + Trading Places with Planet Money 16 Jul 2013 | 12:48 am
We divided this episode into two parts because each part is so different. A- Ode to Ladislav Sutnar This is an ode to an information designer who made life a little bit easier for millions and mill....
Episode 83- Heyoon 2 Jul 2013 | 11:52 pm
**Subscribe to the 99% Invisible podcast in iTunes or the podcatcher of your choice.** Growing up in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Alex Goldman was a misfit. Bored and disaffected and angry, he longed for a p...
Episode 82- The Man of Tomorrow 20 Jun 2013 | 10:18 pm
I’m willing to concede from the get-go that I might be wrong about the entire premise of this story, but Superman has never really worked for me as a character. I preferred the more grounded Marvel Co...
Episode 81- Rebar and the Alvord Lake Bridge 7 Jun 2013 | 10:44 am
There’s something about rebar that fascinates me. If nothing else because there are very few things that invoke a fear of being skewered. My preoccupation with metal reinforcement bars dovetails nicel...
Episode 80- An Architect's Code 28 May 2013 | 11:51 pm
Lawyers have an ethics code. Journalists have an ethics code. Architects do, too. According to Ethical Standard 1.4 of the American Institute of Architects (AIA): “Members should uphold human rights ...
Episode 79- Symphony of Sirens, Revisited 9 May 2013 | 03:19 am
Sirens, for the ancient Greeks, were mythical creatures who sang out to passing sailors from rocks in the sea. Their music was so beautiful, it was said, that the sailors were powerless against it—the...
Episode 78- No Armed Bandit 30 Apr 2013 | 05:39 am
Americans now spend more money on slot machines than movies, baseball, and theme parks combined. (Credit: Natasha Dow Schüll) Americans have always had an uneasy relationship with gambling. To circu...
