Chris Berube

2 weeks ago | 99percentinvisible.org | Chris Berube

Episode BONUS ROMAN MARS: This is 99% Invisible. I’m Roman Mars. And I’m here with producer Chris Berube. Hey, Chris. CHRIS BERUBE: Hey, Roman, how’s it going? ROMAN MARS: I’m doing good. So, earlier this week, we heard your story about the Memphis Pyramid, which is maybe the strangest building in America. And it just got stranger and stranger the more we talked about it. But now you have this bonus episode for us.

3 weeks ago | 99percentinvisible.org | Chris Berube

Memphis, Tennessee is home to many historic landmarks. Like Graceland, and Beale Street. But one of their biggest tourist magnets is their Bass Pro Shops. Usually, Bass Pro is the place to buy hunting and fishing gear. But the one in Memphis, it’s less of a store, and more of a camo-colored amusement park. On the main floor, there are fiberglass cypress trees that are about 100 feet tall, and there’s an enclosure with baby alligators. They have a fake swamp filled with real fish.

Oct 22, 2024 | 99percentinvisible.org | Chris Berube

Episode 600 ROMAN MARS: This is 99% Invisible. I’m Roman Mars. There’s a storefront at a major intersection in downtown Toronto at Spadina and King Street. The space is about 11,000 square feet, and it used to house a massive liquor store right in the middle of Canada’s biggest city. CHRIS BERUBE: For years, I worked down the street. And let me tell you, that liquor store was bumping. ROMAN MARS: That’s producer Chris Berube.

May 14, 2024 | 99percentinvisible.org | Chris Berube

In the twentieth century, the jetpack became synonymous with the idea of a ‘futuristic society.’ Appearing in cartoons and magazines, it felt like a matter of time before people could ride a jetpack to work. But jetpacks never became a mainstream technology, leaving many to wonder… why did they fall off the radar? The Rocket ManHeading into the Cold War, research into jetpack technology was funded primarily by the American military.

Aug 28, 2023 | 99percentinvisible.org | Chris Berube

Right now, in Manhattan, 18% of office space is vacant. At the same time, the city of New York has a major housing problem, with more than 100,000 people using the municipal shelter system. So Eric Adams and city officials are talking a lot about taking those empty offices, and filling them with people. New York is not the only big city where this is happening.