Telling The Story

The great thing about the 99% Invisible podcast is that feels like a well-kept secret -- even as it has risen the ranks to become one of the most downloaded podcasts on iTunes. Seemingly improbably, Roman Mars has created and built a beautiful podcast that discusses the virtues of design and architecture -- visual subjects that are tackled in audio form. It is a tricky challenge, but Mars and his team regularly prove worthy of it, captivating their audience with vignettes about subjects like city streets, slot machines, and -- most perplexingly, from my vantage point -- rebar. In the process, Mars has developed a reputation as "the Ira Glass of design", and that reputation is warranted -- to a point. As a listener of both, I feel like Mars has developed his own persona, with more asides and unbridled enthusiasm. Both are terrific, and Mars is quickly becoming just as popular as Glass. I was honored to interview Roman Mars for the sixth episode of the "Telling The Story" podcast. READ MORE >> → The post POD