List of 99% Invisible episodes
2017

List of 99% Invisible episodes

Section Title: 2017
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No.	Title	Original air date	Running time

242	"Mini-Stories: Volume 2"	January 10, 2017	31:36

The second installment in which the 99% Invisible staff share short stories of interest that weren't suitable for a standalone episode.

243	"Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle"	January 17, 2017	22:08

The history of police reform after the shooting of Eulia Love and the development of the Taser.

244	"The Revolutionary Post"	January 24, 2017	19:57

The author Winifred Gallagher has argued that the United States Postal Service created America. This episode examines this claim, from its origins with Benjamin Franklin, and its history with the Pony Express, to more modern developments.

245	"The Eponymist"	January 31, 2017	29:18

246	"Usonia 1"	February 7, 2017	26:30

This episode examines the history of Frank Lloyd Wright's ambitious housing project Usonia. The project was meant to be inexpensive and customizable, fitting into its environment.

247	"Usonia the Beautiful"	February 14, 2017	21:32

The second part of 99% Invisible's episode series on Frank Lloyd Wright's housing project Usonia. This episode focuses on the project's legacy, including Usonian houses still used in modern times, and its influence on modern architecture.

248	"Atom in the Garden of Eden"	February 21, 2017	20:47

In 1953, U.S. President Dwight D.

249	"Church (Sanctuary, Part 1)"	February 28, 2017	30:29

The modern sanctuary movement started after the Nicaraguan Revolution of 1979. Migrants fleeing the revolution sought refuge in the United States, but many were turned down under the 1980 Refugee Act.

250	"State (Sanctuary, Part 2)"	March 7, 2017	30:29

After a group of churches in the 1980s decided that they would defy the law and shelter illegal immigrants fleeing civil wars in El Salvador and Guatemala, the Immigration and Naturalization Service started examining this new sanctuary movement by sending out undercover agents.

251	"Negative Space: Logo Design with Michael Bierut"	March 14, 2017	30:44

Roman Mars interviews graphic designer Michael Bierut. They discuss logo design in the 2016 U.S.

252	"The Falling of the Lenins"	March 21, 2017	25:00

After the fall of the Soviet Union, Ukrainian citizens started tearing down monuments of Vladimir Lenin. This episode describes the debate behind these removals and their historical significance.

253	"Manzanar"	March 28, 2017	27:04

During World War II, thousands of Japanese Americans were interned in camps such as Manzanar. In the 1970s, activists such as Warren Furutani and Sue Kunitomi Embrey formed the Manzanar Committee to lobby for the site to be recognized as a historic landmark.

254	"Containers: The Ships, the Tugs and the Port"	April 4, 2017	33:39

An excerpt from Alexis Madrigal’s audio documentary "Containers" about the history of container ships.

255	"The Architect of Hollywood"	April 10, 2017	23:23

The life and works of the Los Angeles-based African American architect Paul Williams.

256	"Sounds Natural"	April 18, 2017	25:51

Footage shot for documentary films often does not come with adequate sound, so the film crew has sound recordists and Foley artists add sounds to "fix" this.

257	"Reversing the Grid"	April 2, 2017	28:57

Electricity meters were designed to measure the amount of electric energy consumed by a household. However, when electricity leaves a house, the dial turns backward.

258	"The Modern Necropolis"	May 9, 2017	20:11

The history of Colma, California, a necropolis where the dead far outnumber the living.

259	"This Is Chance: Anchorwoman of the Great Alaska Earthquake"	May 16, 2017	28:40

When the 1964 Alaska earthquake shook Anchorage, Alaska and killed 115 people, the survivors and the outside world relied on the reporting of Genie Chance to understand the situation.

260	"New Jersey"	May 23, 2017	20:30

After Brazil lost the 1950 FIFA World Cup, the team held a contest to redesign their jerseys. The winner of this contest, Aldyr Schlee, describes his inspiration for and views of the jersey design.

261	"Squatters of the Lower East Side"	May 30, 2017	28:07

As a result of gentrification in Manhattan in the 1960s and '70s, some residents of Lower East Side resorted to squatting in abandoned buildings.

262	"In the Same Ballpark"	June 13, 2017	27:09

After the Baltimore Orioles opened their new stadium in 1992, many other baseball teams followed suit, creating smaller stadiums that fit into the existing geography of their cities.

263	"You Should Do a Story"	June 20, 2017	28:11

This episode features many short stories. Chevron operates some gas stations with a Standard awning, to keep the trademark.

264	"Mexico 68"	June 27, 2017	23:46

The 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City used a graphic design campaign across the entire city, created by Lance Wyman and Peter Murdoch.

265	"The Pool and the Stream"	July 4, 2017	32:21

The Donnell Garden's pool's shape, like a kidney bean, became famous, inspired by Alvar Aalto's functionalist design in the Villa Mairea.

266	"Repackaging the Pill"	July 11, 2017	19:57

The history of the birth control pill and its packaging.

267	"The Trials of Dan and Dave"	July 18, 2017	54:37

The first episode of ESPN's recently debuted 30 for 30 Podcasts. In 1992, Reebok launched the Dan & Dave advertising campaign, marketed as an attempted to decide whether Dan O'Brien or Dave Johnson was "the world's greatest athlete." The campaign was altered after O'Brien failed to qualify for the 1992 Summer Olympics.

268	"El Gordo"	July 25, 2017	26:28

In late 2011, the Spanish village Sodeto won the largest prize to date in the Spanish Christmas Lottery drawing, a sum of about 750 million euros.

269	"Ways of Hearing"	August 1, 2017	39:36

The first episode of Radiotopia's new podcast Showcase, which explains how the music world transformed when recording methods transitioned from analog to digital.

270	"The Stethoscope"	August 6, 2017	21:41

The impact of the stethoscope on medical history in the late modern and contemporary periods.

271	"The Great Dismal Swamp"	August 15, 2017	26:09

The history of the Great Dismal Swamp which borders Virginia and North Carolina, and the maroons who inhabited it in the 18th and early 19th centuries after escaping slavery.

272	"Person in Lotus Position"	August 17, 2017	30:44

This episode explains how the film producer Mark Bramhill came up with the "Person in Lotus Position" (🧘) emoji and submitted it to the Unicode Consortium for approval.

273	"Notes on an Imagined Plaque"	August 29, 2017	13:48

A story originally told by Nate DiMeo in The Memory Palace, this episode imagines what the plaque for the Nathan Bedford Forrest Monument could have looked like as a tribute Nathan Bedford Forrest, a Confederate Army general and Ku Klux Klan member.

274	"The Age of the Algorithm"	September 5, 2017	25:18

275	"Coal Hogs Work Safe"	September 11, 2017	25:23

276	"The Finnish Experiment"	September 19, 2017	32:41

277	"Pointe City Tower"	September 26, 2017	33:14

278	"The Athletic Brassiere"	October 3, 2017	27:39

279	"The Containment Plan"	October 10, 2017	28:56

280	"Half Measures"	October 17, 2017	29:09

281	"La Sagrada Familia"	October 24, 2017	35:30

282	"Oyster-tecture"	October 31, 2017	35:24

283	"Dollhouses of St. Louis"	November 7, 2017	31:03

284	"Hero Props: Graphic Design in Film & Television"	November 13, 2017	26:35

285	"Money Makers"	November 21, 2017	19:53

286	"A 700-Foot Mountain of Whipped Cream"	November 28, 2017	53:48

287	"The Nut Behind the Wheel"	December 5, 2017	31:35

288	"Guerrilla Public Service Redux"	December 12, 2017	20:39

289	"Mini-Stories: Volume 3"	December 19, 2017	37:47

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The 253'rd episode of 99% Invisible which aired on March 2017, focused on Manzanar.

final_sentence: The 253'rd episode of 99% Invisible which aired on March 2017, focused on Manzanar.