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I did this fun show with John Moe where I talk quietly about loud music to help you sleep

a heartwarming story of how being an unethical and talentless hack is no barrier to success when you are willing to endlessly flatter the wretched views of rich dipshits

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Next week, join @romanmars.bsky.social and Ben Brock Johnson for a live chat about Hidden Levels, a collaboration between 99PI & @wbur.org about video games and their impact on the real world.

Join us at 9:00am PT on 10/6 in the 99PI discord 👉 https://discord.gg/99pi

Thoughts can evolve and change but your contract with the audience is to move from truth to greater truth, not unspoken strategy to the next unspoken strategy.

It also avoids the mealy-mouthed backtracking where the pundit gets to cover by saying “I don’t fully believe this thing I said, I was just trying to achieve this end.”

I agree and why I think Coates is correct is because Klein and other pundits are terrible prognosticators and strategists. So writing your truth is the only responsible and accurate course.

yeah they're just murdering random people on these boats

Constitution Breakdown #2: Rep. Sharice Davids Podcast Episode · 99% Invisible · 09/27/2025 · Bonus · 1h 17m

And we’re back with the @99pi.org Constitution Breakdown! @romanmars.bsky.social & I talked with Rep. Sharice Davids, plus-what do smut and tariffs have in common? Listen & tell your friends!
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The greatest minds of the right wing intellectual dark web think tank cannot -- or won't -- distinguish between "comic gets yelled at in comedy club for telling shitty joke about trans people" and "federal government forces corporation to pull comedian off the air for mocking President"

Esther and Delaney turned in a masterpiece here. The entire history of the meat packing industry is a vivid example but much of the story is analogous to ICE raids and labor shortages today in many industries

Cancelled Hulu. I’ll be back when or if they’re not fascist tools.

Nothing is simple in the human body. Author Mary Roach guides us through the place where design and anatomy clash— our own bodies🫀

Listen now 👉 https://bit.ly/47HsDLW

This is true! Pandora is better. You get smarter music recommendations and associations, plus no royalty-free garbage and AI slop. It’s a great semi self curated radio experience!

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The incomparable @maryroach.bsky.social has a new book today called Replaceable You! You’ll love it. It’s as funny and smart as you expect. She’s on @99pi.org this week talking about it and reminiscing about the first time we did an interview 22 years ago! We had to bleep a lot!

I would say it’s a little more purplish now but it’s still up there

Really enjoyed this Articles of Interest episode on the history of zippers. IMO, this is the best clothing-related podcast. Smart, but accessible, and very engaging. New season coming Oct 22nd on how the military and outdoor industry shape what we wear.

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Thank you for listening!

18 and off to colleges on the east coast

I only regret that I have but one life to give for my various hills

Wow!! I’m grateful to John Edson and everyone there

The 99PI Anniversary Special: 15 for 15 Podcast Episode · 99% Invisible · 09/02/2025 · 51m

Hey Beautiful Nerds! @99pi.org is fifteen years old tomorrow! Hard to believe. We used the occasion for me to talk about our editing process, my design hill to die on, and foot measurement devices

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my mind hasn’t come to grips with it either

Nice!

The people have spoken!

Mama’s Boy in uptown Oakland is perfect pizza

In 1923, Aimee Semple McPherson harnessed the power of LA showbiz to rocket launch her congregation into becoming the first megachurch.

Gillian Jacobs takes us through her history on the latest episode.

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If you are an enemy of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting you are a villain. There’s nothing good about you.

the republican party hates public goods and wants to force feed you and your family slop produced by its billionaire allies

"The man who is not yet mayor is to blame for a shooting that happened under the watch of an ex-cop mayor who's thrown every available dollar at the NYPD," insists sex pest

It was so much fun to talk with you!