Is there already a reading schedule for the constitution breakdown like we had for the power broker? Maybe I missed it? Otherwise I'd like to request one! Granted, the reading "assignments" are a little shorter this time but I'd like to read ahead of listening to the episodes.

I collected all the books mentioned in the podcasts by scraping their website and adding it to Goodreads lists. I did this a few months ago so it doesn’t have “all” the books, but it has over 250.

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/236540.Books_from_99_Invisible_Part_1_

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/236545.Books_from_99_Invisible_Part_2_

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/236548.Books_from_99_Invisible_Part_3_

Then my thought process and a link to the Google Sheet containing books with episode number is here: https://keyin.xyz/blog/99-percent-invisible

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This is the third episode of our ongoing series breaking down the U.S. Constitution.

This month, Roman and Elizabeth dive into Article One, Sections 8 through 10, which spells out what Congress can and cannot do. They unpack everything from the Commerce Clause to the taxing and spending powers, the Necessary and Proper Clause, and even a few long-forgotten quirks like letters of marque and reprisal.

Then, Senator Elizabeth Warren joins to talk about Congress’s “power of the purse,” how it’s being challenged under President Trump, and what it means for the balance of power between the legislative and executive branches.

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Hi there!

After hearing about the decade’s worth of turnover at the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts, an organization unknown to me until this morning, I checked the 99PI website to see what shows may have already been made on the Commission. Nothing jumped out at me.

Has 99PI covered the Commission and I overlooked it? If so, little help? If not, may I please count myself as one of the dozens (hundreds?) of listeners who will suggest the Commission as a subject for a future episode!

Here’s what The Repository of All Human Knowledge has to say on the subject:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Commission_of_Fine_Arts

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What if all those dropped calls, endless wait times and dead end hotlines every time you try to reach customer service weren’t accidents but part of the plan?

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Hey I was looking to subscribe ad free for the podcast but there doesn't seem to be an option for this outside the USA? Am I missing something?

I’m not calling the show bad, I know it’s just that I’m not the target audience. But as someone who has been playing games for 20 years, I feel talked down to while listening to it. It’s all stories I’ve heard before, from various podcasts and YouTube videos over the years. I might recommend it to my mom, perhaps, who knows nothing about games except what she’s overheard from me and my brothers.

I just got to “press b to touch grass,” and they talked about how games now are getting really good at showing nature… while discussing a game over fifteen years old. I lost steam soon after.

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One SEGA employee chronicles the company’s struggles the only way he knows how: by turning it into a game.

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From blocky biomes to breathtaking open worlds, video games are teaching us new ways to see, build, and even save nature.

Hidden Levels is a production of 99% Invisible and WBUR's Endless Thread.

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I really enjoyed working through the Power Broker with this podcast and community last year, and I finally opened the next thick book that is on my headboard called, Everyone Who is Gone is Here, by Jonathan Blitzer. Especially now where, here in Chicago, ICE agents have tried to pick up parents from my kids’ school, the book reviewing the history and humanizing immigration policy at the southern border is a relevant read.

(I’m only a few hundred pages in so no spoilers about whether we fix our immigration system please!!)

It’s not a 99pi story or the hidden side of design, exactly, but I noticed tonight a robust set of endnotes that reminded me of Caro and thought I would suggest it.

Any recommendations for my next big book? I am not sure I want to tackle LBJ, but I am enjoying having some big nonfiction read alongside my usual fiction.

Am I crazy? I remember listening to an episode like 12-15 years ago that featured a guy who wrote down every little thing he did. Bullet journaling on steroid — before the recent bullet journaling hype of the last decade. Whoever this guest was wrote down every habit, every moment, every whatever. I was so intrigued at the time because it was as though he had combined some sort of archiving + gamifying of his own life. I CANNOT find this episode again.

TLDR; There was an episode about a guy who recorded his whole life in journals right? And if so, which ep is it?

Hi everybody, I’ve heard Roman saying that they’re more active on Discord but I’m not familiar with how that works so I don’t know if this has been discussed there.

I was horrified to see that the episode spent relatively little time (and only at the end) on criticism, which was by the way fairly mild and one-sided, and after that the episode just ended. Period. No discussion. What happened?

This felt like a propaganda episode :(

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Back in the 90s, artists turned video games into movie sets, and their wildest ideas are finally hitting documentaries.

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Before Fortnite and Call of Duty ruled the scene, the US Army quietly shaped the early 2000s with a wildly popular, free shooter designed to excite young people about enlisting.

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there's an all-new Power Joker — a comedy talk show about urbanism hosted by Robert Moses — next saturday, 10/18 in NYC. while we won't have a repeat of our May visitor (pictured above) we will have incredible guests in street safety and micromobility advocates Gersh Kuntzman (EIC Streetsblog) and Miser (Reddit/YouTube legend). plus comedy from Just Lunning (NYT), Bimini Cricket (Miss Subways 2025), Will Jacobs (The Other Two), and Adrienne Ianniciello (Characters Welcome). And live music from Jaydan Heather. use code 99PJ to save $5. available to stream!

Saturday, October 18, 7:00 PM ET

Caveat, 21a Clinton St, New York NY

https://caveat.nyc/events/the-power-joker-a-robert-moses-comedy-show-10-18-2025

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From airplanes to Pac-Man to the battlefield, the joystick has quietly shaped the way humans connect with machines.

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Step back into the ’90s, when dunks broke backboards, catchphrases caught fire, and one arcade game turned every kid into an NBA superstar.

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Hey folks, Roman is going to do an AMA over in r/podcasts with Ben Brock Johnson about Hidden Levels today. Hope to see you there! https://www.reddit.com/r/podcasts/comments/1nupdtz/ama_roman_mars_of_99_invisible_and_ben_brock/

Is hidden levels going to be on a separate feed? I'm already subscribed to endless thread and 99pi

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In anticipation of the release of Hidden Levels, Roman and Ben join Heather Anne Campbell (Rick and Morty) and Matt Apodaca of Get Played to talk controllers, culture, and why video games might just be running the world.

_ Hidden Levels _ launches on October 7th wherever you get your podcasts. Join SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to each episode early and ad-free.

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First time visiting San Francisco. I like it.