99% Invisible

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John Green uncovers how the world’s deadliest curable disease still thrives—and why everything, from cowboy hats to colonial borders, traces back to tuberculosis. Everything Is Tuberculosis [https://99percentinvisible.org/?p=44178] Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of 99% Invisible ad-free and get exclusive access to bonus episodes.  Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus [http://siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.].

Take a whirlwind tour of Memphis with the city’s most enthusiastic historian, uncovering duck parades, telecom turf wars, and a street named after a single day in 1934. A Walking Tour with Mr. Memphis [https://99percentinvisible.org/?p=45084] Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of 99% Invisible ad-free and get exclusive access to bonus episodes.  Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus [http://siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.].

In 1991, one of the strangest buildings in America opened — a 32-storey, stainless steel pyramid in Memphis, Tennessee. The Great American Pyramid [https://99percentinvisible.org/?p=44180] Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of 99% Invisible ad-free and get exclusive access to bonus episodes.  Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus [http://siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.].

A group of artists explored the back hallways of a mall in Providence, RI, and found the perfect place to build a private hangout. We interviewed the group's leader Michael Townsend a few years back, and he's now the subject of a new documentary called Secret Mall Apartment. Plus, mall history with Alexandra Lange. For showtimes and more information, visit secretmallapartment.com [https://secretmallapartment.com]. The stories in this episode originally aired in 2018 and 2022. Secret Mall Apartments [https://99percentinvisible.org/?p=44866] Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of 99% Invisible ad-free and get exclusive access to bonus episodes.  Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus [http://siriusxm.com/podcastsplus.].