Design is everywhere in our lives, perhaps most importantly in the places where we've just stopped noticing. 99% Invisible is a weekly... more
A goofy Shakira remix, a nervy penalty kick, and 60,000 fans turning banter into legend—welcome to the world of football... more
How did our tax system become so complicated?
John Green uncovers how the world’s deadliest curable disease still thrives—and why everything, from cowboy hats to colonial borders, traces... more
Take a whirlwind tour of Memphis with the city’s most enthusiastic historian, uncovering duck parades, telecom turf wars, and a... more
In 1991, one of the strangest buildings in America opened — a 32-storey, stainless steel pyramid in Memphis, Tennessee.
A group of artists explored the back hallways of a mall in Providence, RI, and found the perfect place to... more
When global trade reshapes a city, who pays the price—and who fights back?
What the 99PI team is currently reading.
A tiny, unremarkable beetle hiding in the caves of Slovenia has an infamously unfortunate name—one that has sparked heated debates... more
A film about a struggling architect, a style the world loves to hate—The Brutalist and Brutalism itself share more than... more