Roman Mars, host of 99 Percent Invisible: Don't put podcasts behind a paywall

Channels with Peter Kafka

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Business News, News, Tv & Film, Technology

4.4 • 585 Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2018

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Roman Mars, the founder of Radiotopia and host of the hit podcast 99 Percent Invisible, talks with Recode's Peter Kafka about the state of podcasting in 2018. Mars talks about why he started Radiotopia, how it works within the nonprofit PRX and how it thinks about translating its audio shows into live productions. He also explains why the podcasting industry isn't ready to be divvied up into paid subscription services, a la Hulu and Netflix, even though some of its biggest players are beginning to experiment along those lines. Plus: Why 99 Percent Invisible, a show about design, also tackles seemingly eccentric concepts, like how doctors give bad news to their patients. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Recode Media with Peter Kafka.
0:03.3	That's me.
0:04.2	I'm part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.
0:06.7	I'm here at Vox Media Headquarters.
0:09.0	My ask to you is that you tell someone else about this show.
0:12.1	Thank you.
0:13.5	How is that for intro, Roman Mars?
0:14.9	It's very good.
0:15.6	This is very, very intimidating for me because I screw around on a podcast once a week.
0:19.6	But Roman Mart is a professional
0:21.1	OG podcaster, public radio, God. There's a good litmus test when I bring a guest in,
0:27.6	sort of who is excited about that guest? A couple weeks ago, a guy named Marcus Brownlee come in.
0:33.2	Do you know who Marcus Brownlee is? I do not. He's a giant YouTube star. He makes gadget videos. Huge star,
0:38.7	six million followers. Different reaction from different people about Roman Mars today. It's a very long
0:45.0	wind-up to say, Roman Mars is the host of 99% Invisible, co-founder of the Radiotopia Podcast Network.
0:52.9	Welcome, Roman. Thank you so much for having me.
0:54.8	Now we're done. That was an easy interview, right? That's so simple. You are talking to me today because you're touring across the country. Not only are you podcasting, but you're doing a live show periodically. So how long does the tour go on for? I'm not sure when this episode's going to air. It'll be over in a couple days. So you can't see Roman life, not go see Roman live.
1:12.9	But at some point you can't.
1:13.8	Exactly. this episode's going to air. It'll be over in a couple days. So you can't see Roman live,
1:11.9	but at some point you can't. Exactly. Let's start with the basics. What is 99% invisible?
1:18.8	99% Invisible is a podcast about design and architecture and all the things that have been designed
1:25.4	that people really take a lot of time to pay attention to
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