Podcasts that feel like
99% Invisible
Roman Mars · Design · 841 episodes
The hidden design of everyday things, told with calm curiosity and perfect pacing.
If 99% Invisible hit the spot, these will too
Slate Podcasts · Documentary
Cultural mysteries given the full curious treatment
The difference: Pop culture over architecture
Cultural mysteries cracked open, from mood rings to the Macarena.
Nate DiMeo · History
Tiny beautiful stories about overlooked history
The difference: Shorter, more poetic, more devastating
Tiny, gorgeous history miniatures that will wreck you in six minutes.
Pushkin Industries · History
Elegant stories about design and decision failures
The difference: Disasters and economics angle
Elegant little disaster stories about how smart people get things terribly wrong.
WNYC Studios · Natural Sciences
The other great curiosity engine in audio
The difference: Science and philosophy over design
Science storytelling that turns a question you never asked into an hour you can't stop replaying.
PJ Vogt · Technology
Modern mysteries investigated with the same care
The difference: Internet-age questions
PJ Vogt answers questions you didn't know you had, beautifully.
NPR · History
The hidden history under everyday things
The difference: Bigger politics, NPR sweep
The history hiding underneath the news.
DOAC · Business
shares that cerebral, contemplative feel
Steven Bartlett's long-form interviews about success and its costs.
Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam · Science
shares that cerebral, contemplative feel
Shankar Vedantam on the unconscious patterns steering your life.
Lex Fridman · Technology
shares that cerebral, contemplative feel
Long, patient conversations with scientists, builders, and controversial minds.
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