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Long running, award winning narrative podcast about all the thought that goes into things most people don’t think about.
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People once dreamed of sidewalks that could whisk them across the city. Somehow, that dream ended up at the airport 🛫

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November 18, 2025 at 6:35 PM
This holiday season, get the beautiful nerd in your life what they really want: inexplicable street cred.

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November 17, 2025 at 9:05 PM
When jokes become an EOD deliverable, your joke writing process has to be air tight. @elliottkalan.bsky.social walks us through how he grows jokes from tiny ideas into full-blown laughs.

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November 11, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Sen. Elizabeth Warren joins us for our ongoing series breaking down the US Constitution. We unpack everything from the Commerce Clause to the taxing and spending powers, and even a few long-forgotten quirks.

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October 31, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Nothing is worse than an hours long customer service call that goes absolutely nowhere. Turns out, that might be the system working as intended ☎️

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October 30, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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October 27, 2025 at 4:00 PM
One SEGA employee chronicles the company’s struggles the only way he knows how: by turning it into a game 👾

Listen to all episodes of Hidden Levels now on the 99% Invisible and Endless Thread feeds 👉 https://bit.ly/3JkXKTN
October 24, 2025 at 8:11 PM
You’ve listened to the episodes, now you can listen to the soundtrack 🎶🎹

From @swanreal.bsky.social, Paul Vaitkus, and @nedezuga.bsky.social Hidden Levels (Original Soundtrack) is out now! Find the link for your favorite streaming app below 👇
October 23, 2025 at 9:36 PM
San Francisco! Come see Drop Dead City followed by a Q&A moderated by @romanmars.bsky.social

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Drop Dead City, with Roman Mars
You are invited to a screening of Drop Dead City, followed by a conversation with the filmmakers led by 99% Invisible's Roman Mars.
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October 22, 2025 at 8:36 PM
When Dr. James "Butch" Rosser credited his surgical skills to video games, people dismissed him. So Butch set out on quest: to show how video games can help make better doctors.

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October 22, 2025 at 1:00 AM
From blocky biomes to breathtaking open worlds, video games are teaching us new ways to see, build, and even save nature 🌿

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October 21, 2025 at 10:51 PM
From the breathtaking worlds of video games to SEGA’s storied past, Hidden Levels finishes this week with two more episodes 🕹️

Listen to Hidden Levels on the 99% Invisible or Endless Thread podcast feeds 👉 99pi.org/hl
October 20, 2025 at 10:18 PM
Want more Hidden Levels? Visit the Endless Thread feed for bonus Side Quest episodes!

Today, an exploration of identity and the way choosing a character can have an impact beyond the screen.

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October 17, 2025 at 10:00 PM
On top of the new episode in the audio feeds, episode producer Andrew Callaway recreated the entire episode using Machinima!

Watch the full video here 👉 youtu.be/9tsrKqrG50E?...
October 17, 2025 at 7:14 PM
What happens when artists turned video games into movie sets? 🎥

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October 17, 2025 at 7:00 PM
Before Fortnite and Call of Duty ruled the scene, the US Army quietly shaped the early 2000s with a wildly popular, free shooter designed to excite young people about enlisting.

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October 14, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Hidden Levels continues this week with an unorthodox approach to Army recruitment and video games turned production studios 🎥

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October 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
From airplanes to Pac-Man to the battlefield, the joystick has quietly shaped the way humans connect with machines 🕹️

Episode 2 of Hidden Levels is out now on the 99% Invisible and @WBUR.org Endless Thread feeds 👉 https://bit.ly/46Sxbgg

Episode Producer: Amory Sivertson
October 10, 2025 at 7:43 PM
Hidden Levels is out this week! We've got some cool merch made to celebrate. Head to the 99PI store to get a tshirt, puzzle, or art piece of the incredible Hidden Levels key art (made by SiriusXM's own Aaron Nestor) 99pi.org/store
October 8, 2025 at 4:35 PM
@romanmars.bsky.social and Ben Brock Johnson are answering YOUR questions on Reddit!

Come by to chat about video games, design, and our new series— Hidden Levels 🎮

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From the podcasts community on Reddit: AMA: Roman Mars of 99% Invisible and Ben Brock Johnson of Endless Thread answers your questions about podcasting and their new series, Hidden Levels
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October 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Step back into the ’90s, when dunks broke backboards, catchphrases caught fire, and one arcade game turned every kid into an NBA superstar ⛹️‍♂️⛹️‍♀️

Listen to Hidden Levels, out now on the 99% Invisible and Endless Thread podcast feeds 👉 http://99pi.org/hl

Producer: @jamesparkinson.bsky.social

October 7, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Hidden Levels launches tomorrow! First, we have the story of an iconic arcade sound catchphrase ⛹️‍♂️

Then on Friday, one of the most wide spread video game tools: The joystick 🕹️

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October 6, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Come chat with @romanmars.bsky.social and Ben Brock Johnson about video games and our upcoming series Hidden Levels!

9:00am PT in the 99PI Discord 👉 discord.gg/99pi
October 6, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Hidden Levels is done loading 🎮

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October 3, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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ICYMI: In FERN's collaboration with the 99% Invisible podcast, reporter Esther Honig reports on how, in the last 20 years, meatpacking companies came to rely on refugees as a major source of labor.
September 30, 2025 at 4:53 PM