This episode of 99% Invisible is all about acoustic design, the city soundscape, and how to make listening in shared spaces pleasant (or at the very least, possible). It features an interview with Den...Show More
Chris Downey explains it like this, “Beethoven continued to write music, even some of his best music, after he lost his hearing…What’s more preposterous, composing music you can’t hear, or designing a...Show More
youarelistening.to appeared online on March 6, 2011 and I was hooked instantly. The combination of the police scanner and ambient music is an intriguing, and distinctly live, experience (unlike most o...Show More
United Nations Plaza sits in the center of San Francisco. Most people consider it a complete failure as a public space. Its central feature, at the entrance of the plaza, is a unique fountain that was...Show More
All over Oakland right now people are wearing Warriors shirts and flying their Warriors flags from their cars, and as much as we like our hometown team here at 99pi, we've been following these NBA fin...Show More
This week on Hidden Brain, we explore real and fake, from fine art to fine wine. Shankar speaks with Noah Charney, author of The Art of Forgery, about why art forgers are compelled to spend their live...Show More
Lots of psychology studies fail to produce the same results when they are repeated. How do scientists know what's true?
This week, Hidden Brain considers the power of touch. First, Alison MacAdam tells us the story of her security blanket, called Baba. Then, Shankar interviews writer Deborah Blum about groundbreaking e...Show More
The rush of victory or crush of defeat in the Olympics can flash by very quickly. But if you slow those moments down, there's a lot to learn about human behavior.
In the midst of a rancorous election, we present a new theory to explain why the two sides of the aisle seem irreconcilable sometimes.
Our airwaves are filled with debates about migrants, refugees, and undocumented immigrants... Who should be in the United States, who shouldn't, and who should decide? Immigration is, without question...Show More
A century after women won the vote in the US, we still see very few of them in leadership roles. Researchers say women are trapped in a catch-22 known as "the double bind." Note: an early version of t...Show More
Is mijn hond gelukkig? Kunnen we andere levende wezens zomaar in huis halen, en hoe kan dat op een ethische manier? In deze aflevering van Kluwen stellen we ongemakkelijke vragen over onze huisdieren ...Show More
Waarom reizen we? Wat zoeken we? En waarom willen we liever een reiziger genoemd worden dan een toerist? We vroegen het Ruud Welten, professor op Universiteit Tilburg, gespecialiseerd in moderne en Fr...Show More
In dit essay vraagt filosofe Fleur Jongepier (Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen) zich af hoe ze de beslissing maakte om toch niet te gaan skieën, toen de corona-uitbraak nog maar net begon in Nederland. H...Show More
What is the meaning of life? This is a basic question for all of us. There is also the possibility that life has no meaning whatsoever. In this interview John Cottingham explains his vision of the kin...Show More
In this episode of the Philosophy Bites podcast Robert B. Talisse in discussion with Nigel Warburton explains what the philosphical movement of Pragmatism was, and some of the differences between the ...Show More
Pat Churchland argues that we may need to modify our concepts in the light of recent brain research in this episode of the podcast Philosophy Bites. Philosophy Bites is made in association with the In...Show More
If you saw a child drowning in a shallow pond would you save that child? If you would, why don't you give the small amount of money necessary to save a child from starvation or disease in parts of Afr...Show More
In the late 19th century, a painting titled The Roll Call, by a virtually unknown artist, took England by storm. But after that brilliant first effort, the artist all but disappeared. Why? And what do...Show More
Wilt Chamberlain’s brilliant career was marred by one, deeply inexplicable decision: He chose a shooting technique that made him one of the worst foul shooters in basketball—even though he had tried a...Show More
In the summer and fall of 2009, hundreds of Toyota owners came forward with an alarming allegation: Their cars were suddenly and uncontrollably accelerating. Toyota was forced to recall 10 million veh...Show More
Malcolm challenges his assistant Camille to the Law School Admissions Test. He gets halfway through, panics, runs out of time, and wonders: why does the legal world want him to rush? Learn more about...Show More
A weird speech by Antonin Scalia, a visit with some serious legal tortoises, and a testy exchange with the experts at the Law School Admissions Council prompts Malcolm to formulate his Grand Unified T...Show More
John Green reviews Canada Geese (a bird species that was not too long ago on the brink of extinction) and Diet Dr Pepper (a zero-calorie soda popularized by a man named Foots). Thanks to Audible for s...Show More
John Green reviews a pineapple and ham yeasted flatbread and an inflammation of the membrane that covers the brain and spinal cord. Thanks to Dashlane for sponsoring this episode: https://www.dashlan...Show More
John Green reviews the QWERTY keyboard layout and a bird species called the Kauaʻi ʻōʻō.
John Green reviews humanity’s capacity for wonder and sunsets.
John Green reviews two works of visual art—a series of six paintings by Agnes Martin called “With My Back to the World,” and an untitled 2003 ink drawing by Hiroyuki Doi.
Episode Eleven. Audio Smut presents: a radio play. This episode was a documentary experiment, produced in collaboration with composer Shani Aviram. We set out asking questions about how perception is ...Show More
A Series: One Day’s Love. The mayfly sneaks in through an open window, lives her little mayfly life to the fullest, perhaps even finding her true mayfly love. Then, before she knows it, death has over...Show More
So what’s the point of a crush? This episode was produced by Nicole Kelly, with anise cinquepalmi. anise is a poet teaching in Los Angeles. Find her writing workshop info on Instagram by following @ba...Show More
Richard Ford reads "The State of Grace," by Harold Brodkey.
Rick Bass reads "Ice," by Thomas McGuane.
On this month's fiction podcast, Louise Erdrich reads "Mastiff," by Joyce Carol Oates, which appeared in the magazine in 2013. Erdrich's latest book, "The Round House," won the National Book Award in ...Show More
Paul Theroux reads "The Letter Writers," by Elizabeth Taylor, which appeared in The New Yorker in 1958.
T. C. Boyle reads two short stories by Donald Barthelme: “Game” and “The School.”
Lionel Shriver joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss T. C. Boyle’s “Chicxulub,” from a 2004 issue of the magazine.
Junot Díaz reads and discusses "Seven," by Edwidge Danticat.
Salman Rushdie reads and discusses “Love Far From Home,” by Italo Calvino
Stuart Dybek joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss "Miracle Polish," by Steven Millhauser, from a 2011 issue of the magazine. Dybek is a poet and fiction writer, whose story collections include "...Show More
Emma Cline joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss "The Metal Bowl," by Miranda July, from a 2017 issue of the magazine. Cline's first novel, "The Girls," was shortlisted for the John Leonard Award...Show More
Etgar Keret joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss "You Are Now Entering the Human Heart," by Janet Frame, from a 1969 issue of the magazine. Keret has published several short-story collections, i...Show More
Andrea Lee joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Barn Burning,” by Haruki Murakami, which appeared in a 1992 issue of the magazine. Lee’s books of fiction include “Sarah Phillips,” “Interesting ...Show More
Bryan Washington joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “U.F.O. in Kushiro,” by Haruki Murakami, which first appeared in a 2001 issue of the magazine and was then republished in 2011, after an ear...Show More
Kaitlin is a young artist struggling to make great work and find great love. She believes that the love depicted in Hollywood movies is real, and that she will be one of the lucky ones to find it. Whe...Show More
"Love is being there every day, to keep someone warm, to hold them through the night, to make them feel cozy." - Sweater
"When love beckons to you, follow [it] ... And when [its] wings enfold you yield to [it], Though the sword hidden among [its] pinions may wound you. ... For even as love crowns you so shall [it] cruci...Show More
"Romantics value intensity over stability. Realists value security over passion. But both are often disappointed, for few people can live happily at either extreme." - Esther Perel, Mating in Captivit...Show More
"With every commitment there is much that it rejects. Much that it excludes." - Adam Phillips, Unforbidden Pleasures
"A decided heart looks for a solution. An undecided heart looks for a way out." - Tom, a regular at the Bramasole Diner
"These pains you feel are messengers. Listen to them." - Rumi
What if someone told you about a type of therapy that could help you work through unhealed trauma in just ten sessions? Some people knock through it in two weeks. Jaime Lowe tried the therapy—and reco...Show More
This week, a story about doubt: how it germinated, spread, and eventually took hold of an entire community, with terrible consequences. A collaboration with The Marshall Project and ProPublica, the pr...Show More
Stories about being little. Secret writings in tiny letters. The power of a very small number. And a medication that's supposed to cure shortness.
Reports from the frontlines of the Trump administration's "Remain in Mexico" asylum policy. We hear from asylum seekers waiting across the border in Mexico, in a makeshift refugee camp, and from the ...Show More
Stories about getting back together with your parent, your spouse, your ... Brahman bull. And how it never goes the way you think it's going to.
There's a lot that can be gained from unearthing the past -- learning about oneself, learning about others. But, it doesn't always go how you'd expect.
Intimate and personal dispatches from two very different battlefields: A small town in the Syrian war. And the U.S. opioid epidemic. Each came from a DIY radio outfit. (Okay, one’s a podcast.)
As Harvey Weinstein goes to trial, we have a different kind of #MeToo story about several women who worked for the same man. They tell us not only about their troubling encounters with him, but also a...Show More
We return to our story about Abdi Nor from 2015, with some big news about his life today. When we first broadcast the story, Abdi was a Somali refugee living in Kenya desperately trying – against long...Show More
Cryptic messages on a cell phone and a teeter totter at a construction site: these are clues people found, trying to make sense of a death.
Some information is so big and so complicated that it seems impossible to talk to kids about. This week, stories about the vague and not-so-vague ways we teach children about race, death, and sex.
This week, as the staff creates the episode from their apartments and houses, with our host in quarantine, in this moment when everyone’s reaching out to the people they love, we put together a collec...Show More
The coronavirus has now fully arrived in the United States. This week, stories of people trying to rise to that challenge, in some pretty extreme situations.
Stories of when things go wrong. Really wrong. When you leave the normal realm of human error, fumble, mishap, and mistake and enter the territory of really huge breakdowns. Fiascos. Things go so awry...Show More
Words can seem so puny and ineffective sometimes. On this show, we have stories in which ordinary people make last ditch efforts to get through to their loved ones, using a combination of small talk a...Show More
Last week, our episode "The Out Crowd" won the very first Pulitzer Prize ever awarded to a radio show. This is the episode that won, with some updates on the stories. Hear what the Trump administratio...Show More
Lissa Yellow Bird searches for missing people. Cold cases, mostly. People no one else is looking for. It’s not her job, but a lot of Native Americans go missing and their cases remain unsolved, so fam...Show More
An unconventional love story about a teenager, the Pacific Ocean, and an encounter with something wild. Grayson, by Lynne Cox Lynne's latest is Swimming in the Sink. You can find more about Lynne at ...Show More
At 43, Anna Bonavita had given up on finding love. But sometimes it’s worth the wait. Say hello on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Sign up for our occasional newsletter, The Accomplice. Follow the sh...Show More
Michael Hingson was on the 78th floor of the North Tower of the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001. He says the first indication that something was wrong was the sound of a muffled explosion. Th...Show More
Ik sprak met auteur Rachida Lamrabet over haar twee laatste boeken: 'Zwijg, allochtoon!' en 'Vertel het iemand'. We hadden het ook over privacy, kunstenaarschap, identiteit en de angst om te spreken. ...Show More
Ik sprak met Fourat Ben Chikha over 'Niemand zal hier slapen vannacht' van Rachida Aziz. We hadden het over opgroeien in armoede, institutioneel racisme en of bondgenootschappen nog mogelijk zijn. ...Show More
Tijdens deze aflevering praat ik met performer Mathieu Charles over The Good Immigrant, een bundel essays geschreven door 21 auteurs over hoe het is om migrant te zijn in eigen land. We hebben het ook...Show More
I sat down with Rachael Moore to discuss 'White Fragility', a must read book for anyone who is willing to deconstruct their way of thinking about black people and people of colour. But the book is als...Show More
They met as religious teenagers and married as virgins. It's the age old story — once you're allowed to be intimate, you no longer want to be. Deciding to open the marriage has brought about huge chan...Show More
Four years in, she can't admit she's attracted to her girlfriend, and her family still doesn't know. Programming note: This conversation was recorded before the COVID-19 lockdown. Learn more about you...Show More
They grew up with traumatic backgrounds, met in college and immigrated to the U.S. together. They've built stability and security, and now one of them longs for more freedom. Programming note: This co...Show More
In space, in the ocean, by ourselves, or with others—we’re all just figuring out how to be apart.
Years ago, producer Chana Joffe-Walt started reporting on one school in New York. She thought the story was about segregation and inequality in public schools. But the more she looked into it, the mor...Show More
In deze aflevering bespreek ik met theatermaker, performer en zanger Jaouad Alloul 'Gewijde nacht' van Tahar Ben Jelloun. We hadden het ook over gender, spiritualiteit, onzekerheid, vrijheid en zoveel...Show More
We spend a month at a Jeep dealership on Long Island as they try to make their monthly sales goal: 129 cars. If they make it, they'll get a huge bonus from the manufacturer, possibly as high as $85,00...Show More
Probably thousands of different vibrators have come and gone over the decades but there is one that has outlasted them all.
“I have this habit of walking into any door that’s unlocked…You start poking around, going into doors…you find the coolest things…” -Andrea Seabrook, NPR Congressional Correspondent In the eight years...Show More
Women often say that they want a nice guy, so why do so many of them think that nice guys are THE WORST? The trouble is that Nice Guy's behavior works against them; what they see as positive and resp...Show More
Ik sprak met Hari Prasad Adhikari Sacré over Elsewhere, within here van feministe, filmmaakster en postkoloniaal denker Trinh T. Minh-ha. Het werd een warm gesprek over 'displacement', thuiskomen en '...Show More
Bipolar, infidelity, open relationships: they're stuck in a world of loaded words. Her friends are convinced she should leave, but she doesn't want to follow in her mother's footsteps. Programming not...Show More
“Sometimes you can be in one place and everything seems right. And then the wind changes, even just a little bit, and everything seems different, or everything seems normal and that's terrifying.”
She left her life, her family and her country for a man she met on Reddit. Their love is real, but his family has been hell. Programming note: This conversation was recorded before the COVID-19 lockdo...Show More
ZZ Packer joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Who Will Greet You At Home,” by Lesley Nneka Arimah, which appeared in a 2015 issue of the magazine. Packer’s story collection, “Drinking Coffee E...Show More
In this moment when our country is so deeply divided, we have stories of people who are tied together, but imagine radically different futures. In one case, a movie star and her ex-husband plot agains...Show More
Deze keer schoof schrijfster Dalilla Hermans mee aan tafel. We praatten over 'The Nickel Boys', de laatste roman van Colson Whitehead, maar ook over haar eigen boeken, over tegenwind krijgen en 'uw mu...Show More
People tossing words out into the world impulsively. And how they ignite and burn. Over decades.
Stories about people who are worried — or not worried enough! — about what's hurtling unstoppably towards them.
Stories of people who find themselves stuck in small spaces—an elevator, an attic, an orchestra pit—trying to make sense of their new surroundings.
Auteur Aya Sabi koos voor het boek Year Of The Elephant, geschreven door de Marokkaanse auteur Leila Abouzeid. In een tijd waarin veel auteurs uit de Maghreb ervoor kozen om te schrijven in het Frans,...Show More
Episode three of Silent Evidence; one woman’s story of childhood sexual abuse.
Episode two of Silent Evidence; one woman’s story of childhood sexual abuse.
Episode one of Silent Evidence; one woman’s story of childhood sexual abuse.
A re-release of ‘Samara + Kelsey’ with a life / wife update.
Our Diary series would not be complete without hearing from fellow Radiotopia show, Mortified.
The one thing you know for sure when you're watching a romantic comedy is that it's going to turn out okay in the end. When you're living one? Not so much. This week for Valentine's Day, stories that ...Show More
Douglas Stuart joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “Fjord of Killary,” by Kevin Barry, which appeared in a 2010 issue of the magazine. Stuart’s first novel, “Shuggie Bain,” won the Booker Prize...Show More
There’s a program that brings together kids from two schools. One school is public and in the country’s poorest congressional district. The other is private and costs $43,000/year. They are three mile...Show More
Episode One of No: the story of Kaitlin's non-psychedelic trip through girlhood. [Trigger Warning]
Episode two of No: We catch up to Kaitlin while she is in her mid-twenties, waiting to fall in love. [Trigger Warning]
Kaitlin questions the men in her life she trusts the most. [Trigger Warning]
John Green reviews the opening scene of the movie Penguins of Madagascar and the smallpox vaccine. The Anthropocene Reviewed book will be released on May 18, 2021 and is available for preorder now. To...Show More
Ann Patchett joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “The Proxy Marriage,” by Maile Meloy, which was published in The New Yorker in 2012. Patchett is the author of eight novels, including “Commonwe...Show More
Stories of people summoning up stuff that’s usually hidden down deep.
Ben Lerner joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “In the Name of Bobby,” by Julio Cortázar, translated from the Spanish by Gregory Rabassa, which was published in The New Yorker in 1979. Lerner i...Show More
A boy who can’t dribble gets a coach, a new best friend, and something to believe in.
Will Mackin joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss “The Falls,” by George Saunders, which was published in The New Yorker in 1996. Mackin’s first book, “Bring Out the Dog,” was published in 2018 a...Show More
Though its officially name is JFK Plaza, the open space near Philadelphia’s City Hall is more commonly known as LOVE Park. With its sleek granite benches, geometric raised planter beds, and long expan...Show More
What happens when one family goes all in on fighting climate change.
Personal recordings one person made for just one other person, including what some have called the greatest phone message ever.
On the streets of early 20th Century America, nothing moved faster than 10 miles per hour. Responsible parents would tell their children, “Go outside, and play in the streets. All day.” And then the a...Show More
Regardless of how you feel about basketball, you’ve got to appreciate the way it can bring groups of strangers together to share moments of pure adulation and collective defeat. That moment when time ...Show More
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 i...Show More
A man who was imprisoned for 14 years in Guantanamo Bay, without charges, gets out and issues an invitation to all the people who kept him there. Amazingly, three of them agree to talk.
The pandemic broke school. Can we ever go back?
The name is important. It’s the first thing of any product you use or buy or see. The tip of the spear. You are bombarded by thousands of names every day. In this daily barrage, only the names that ar...Show More
When it was built in 1977, Citicorp Center (later renamed Citigroup Center, now called 601 Lexington) was, at 59 stories, the seventh-tallest building in the world. You can pick it out of the New York...Show More
People staring squarely at the truth, and still finding it hard to believe what they’re seeing.