Kickstarter Video for Season 3 of 99% Invisible

99% Invisible

SiriusXM Podcasts and Roman Mars

Design, Arts

4.8 • 27.5K Ratings

🗓️ 12 July 2012

⏱️ 3 minutes

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This is the Kickstarter video for funding the new season of 99% Invisible. If you enjoy the show and want to help keep it going, now is the time to go to our funding page and chip in a little. … Continue reading →

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0:00.0	This is 99% Invisible.
0:06.0	I'm Roman Mars.
0:07.9	99% Invisible is a radio show I created about architecture and design.
0:12.5	Since these are disciplines that usually appreciate it through the eyes, you might be thinking.
0:16.9	Well, that's the stupidest idea I've ever heard.
0:20.5	Fair enough.
0:24.2	It turns out I don't need pictures to talk about design.
0:26.8	Although it's nice to have them look at my cool launch bed lights.
0:29.3	Yes, yes, yes, for sound.
0:31.2	I like making stories that tell us about who we are to the lens of the things we build.
0:36.0	Since 99% Invisible launched at the end of 2010, the show has been downloaded over 3 million
0:40.6	times.
0:41.6	There's been no marketing budget.
0:42.6	It's an independent production done literally in my house at night.
0:45.4	I think that in these nearly 60 episodes, my collaborators and I have proven that we can
0:49.1	make something as good as the best things on public radio.
0:53.8	Now I just want to pay everybody.
0:58.8	If we hit our Kickstarter goal, I can meet the basic needs for the budget for the new season.
1:02.8	The great thing about being unexpectedly popular is that you're popular and the bad thing
1:07.0	about being unexpectedly popular is that it's expensive.
1:10.5	The cost of my podcast hosting went up 10 fold this year.
1:14.4	If we can make that budget, I can keep the machine running.
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