Fifty-Four Forty or Fight

A closer look at the messy, beautiful bricks hiding across Chicago. Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of 99% Invisible ad-free and a whole week early. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus. Hosted by Simplecast, ...  عرض المزيد

Comedian, writer, and podcaster Jamie Loftus has always known about Alcoholics Anonymous. As a kid, she loved the album where her dad kept all his AA chips — that little piece of plastic that marks a day, a month, a year of sobriety. Now as an adult, Jamie wanted to understand wh ...  عرض المزيد

A listener takes us to a town on the edge of the longest undefended border in the world. 

Note: US-Canada border regulations have been updated since this episode first aired.

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Today, the border that divides Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland is "soft", in most places you could almost forget that it's there. But for decades it was a deadly flash point in the bitter conflict known as "The Troubles" . This week, we share an episode from Today, E ...  عرض المزيد

The line between the ordinary and the extraordinary is often barely perceptible. But the stories that tale place on either side can be utterly curious.

4,000 miles, a bike trip, an Armenian, a Turk, and a history that doesn't match up. ​​​​​​​Kerning Cultures is a Kerning Cultures Network production. Support this podcast on Patreon for as little as $1 a month. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.