This is 99% invisible. I'm Roman Mars.

So earlier this month, we wrapped up the 99% invisible Kickstarter fundraising campaign.

And it was amazing.

We had 5,661 backers and raised over $170,000.

Oh my. That was not what I was expecting.

So the huge show of support for the program made news around the world.

It was the highest earning journalism project in Kickstarter history.

So we're gearing up for season three.

And it won't be long. It's going to be in September, so just a few weeks, a couple weeks.

But I've got a few thousand envelopes to stuff and we got to get Sam unpacked and get everything sort of working in order of another word together.

And rather than doing repeats or just making you wait for the new season,

I'm going to present stories from producers that I love,

but who didn't actually produce these stories from 99% invisible? But when you hear them,

I'm pretty sure you're going to figure out why I thought they'd be perfect for the show in terms of the subjects they cover,

and why I thought you'd love them too.

Our first short story, very, very short stories from Ireland. It's a series called Language Bites.

Language Bites.

Story.

Door is opening.

Have you ever wondered why a level or floor on a building is called a story?

Door is closing.

That's a word we associate with a narrative or tale.

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