California Love Scared Straight

This is the eighth episode of our ongoing series breaking down the U.S. Constitution. This month, Roman and Elizabeth discuss Article V, which lays out the process to amend the Constitution. Then, Jill Lepore lays out her thesis that the Constitution is truly meant to be amended, ...  Show more

What the world's most advanced traffic system can—and can't—do for the city that invented gridlock. What infrastructure mystery keeps you up at night? Submit your Service Request by recording a voice memo with your question and emailing it to servicerequest@99pi.org. Service Requ ...  Show more

Host David Naimon talks with Jess Walter about his sixth novel, Beautiful Ruins, a deeply human rollercoaster of a novel, spanning fifty years and nearly as many lives. Walter is also the author of the national bestseller The Financial Lives of the Poets, the National Book Award ...  Show more

TV's Breaking Bad is infamous for violent scenes that are so heartless, they have you peeking through your fingers! In the second episode, "Cats in the Bag," Aaron Paul's "Jesse Pinkman" disposes a body in a tub full of acid. For Spokane single, Regan Jolley, life seems too good ...  Show more

In this episode host Marshall Jones and Dina Brodsky interviews Walter Martin, a multi-award-winning songwriter and multi-instrumental musician. Discover Walter’s origin story, the journey of his career and the synchronous moments when the two worlds of music and art collide. Onl ...  Show more

Jeff German was a reporter for over 40 years in Las Vegas. He spent his life covering the mafia, corruption, and murder. In 2022, he was found killed outside his home. His colleagues at the Las Vegas Review-Journal tried to figure out why he had died—and if his death had anything ...  Show more