Comments on: Image Correspondence #22

Some of you may be familiar with a figure called Mr. Yuk, depending on your age and where you grew up, but for rest of you: Mr. Yuk is a neon green circular sticker with a cartoon face on it. His...

https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/mr-yuk/

Situated right near downtown Mumbai, India is an area of about 55 acres of dense, overgrown forest. In one of the most populous cities in the world, this is a place where peacocks roam freely —...

https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/towers-of-silence/

This is the fourth official episode of our ongoing series breaking down the 1974 Pulitzer Prize winning book, The Power Broker by our hero Robert Caro. This week, Roman and Elliott also sit down ...

https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/the-power-broker-04-rep-alexandria-ocasio-cortez/

Each week, The Sporkful uses humor and humanity to approach food from many angles, including identity, culture, science, history, economics, and lengthy debates on the best way to layer a PB&J. T...

https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/anythings-pastable-eat-saute-love/

Hailing from central African cities of Brazzaville and Kinshasa, sapeurs have become increasingly recognizable around the world. Since the 1970s, sapeurs (from: le sape, short for “Société de...

https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/personnes-elegantes/

For many young people in Paris, it’s a right of passage to live in a very small, very French type of apartment, called a “chambre de bonne.” Literally, a maid’s room. A chambre de bonne i...

https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/chambre-de-bonne/

This is the third and final episode in a three-part series of Roman Mars recording on-location guides to the design features and interesting spots in cities he loves. Roman moved to Athens, Georg...

https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/roman-mars-describes-athens-ga-as-it-is/

A few years back, journalist Lauren Ober was diagnosed with autism. She then made a podcast about her experience called The Loudest Girl in the World. And she found herself imagining a fantasy w...

https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/autism-pleasantville/

In the middle of the 20th century, the small town of Jasper, Indiana did something that no other city had done before: they made garbage illegal. The city would still collect some things, like so...

https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/the-monster-under-the-sink/

This is the third official episode, breaking down the 1974 Pulitzer Prize winning book, The Power Broker by our hero Robert Caro. Blank Check podcast co-host and The Atlantic movie critic Dav...

https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/the-power-broker-03-david-sims/