Meet Roman Mars, Creator of 99% Invisible 

This guy has the best public radio voice.

this is literally a 99% Invisible for 99% Invisible

Okay, I'll say it. Roman has the sexiest voice on radio. Thanks for the great podcasts.

I'm 15, almost 16. My dad has been listening to this show for as long as I can remember. Every time we'd go on road trips this is what it would be. Seeing Roman's face after hearing his name for all these years makes me so happy. I really love this show keep it up.

Out of all the voices out of all the podcasts I've listened to for the past 15 years, his is my favorite voice. 99% Invisible always has very interesting content, totally recommend it.

first time seeing Roman, i have been almost 2 years listening to 99PI wouldn't be weird if i say, i picture your face almost perfectly from the audio only. that's flippin' my mind blown

99% is an amazing podcast series. Podcasts are a meritocracy and often one person’s vision. This is why I love them.

Hey Roman Mars, I'm studying english and I use to listen to your podcast every single night at the moment!! thank you

I love 99PI! A friend turned me onto it and I was hooked. Bite-sized informative and entertaining episodes about all kinds of topics, and Roman and his crew have great voices for the format.

"If you take a virus..." checks date of upload

Been following 99% Invisible for a while now, loved this interview. Thank you so much!

Thanks for this, it's really cool to get a look at the person responsible for one the most interesting podcasts around. Do you intend on doing more of these? I'd love to see certain podcast hosts being interviewed.

Thanks for introducing me to Roman, I love the content and can't wait to listen to them.

Im really happy to have been able to listen to whats in the making of the best podcast around

first time hearing the podcast and getting hooked to it forever! thx!

Really enjoyed this interview and discovering 99% invisible. Thanks!

Norm, Your great at doing 1on1 interviews! You need to bring this great participation into Still Untitled. I would love to hear more of your input when Will and Adam are around.

As a retired Signing Engineer & Work Zone Standards Engineer for the State of Minnesota, I am extremely interested in Roman's interest in the W4-2 Merge Sign. I too was frustrated in the sign design and worked to get it changed, but it is a Federal Sign and my recommendations to them were dismissed many times. The primary reason the current sign is disturbing to the motorist is that unlike ALL other lane assignment signs, the W4-2 shows the shoulders of the roadway and not the traffic lanes. Other signs generally use an arrow to show the traffic lane and how it curves or turns ahead. I drew up an alternate design for W4-2 and presented them to my staff and superiors and they all agreed that my design was much more intuitive, but when presented to the FHWA, it was rejected - since this was several years ago, I do not remember if they had any reason for their rejection, besides their lack of interest at the time. I could email a copy of my design if you are interested - let me know.

Love 99% invisibile, Learned about it from Radiolab many years ago... so glad I took the suggestion and checked it out! Coin check!

Great interview, really enjoyed it despite never having heard of 99% Invisible. I'm about to rectify that.

He's got a chill voice and very cool name. (and a great podcast - I've been binge-listening to old episodes of it!) But someone should turn loose some investigative reporters and find out if that's his real name or just a nom de guerre ("non de air"? "nom de microphone"?)

It's interesting how Norm starts to take on Roman's cadence as the show goes on!

I didn't watch any of this, but I did listen.

I'm such a huge fan of 99pi. Great interview!

Great interview, thanks for this!

OMG I just love 99% Invisible and Roman Mars

This was a great interview!

Thanks for the find

_"I'd rather be herpes than ebola."_

20:00 100% true. Is that on Wikipedia below definition for podcasting?

He's just like what I imagined

Thanks, Norm ones more you prove that you understand to let the person speak and guide them forward

I loved the "Numbers Station" Podcast :)

Best voice ever.

Is it weird that I've been listening to 99PI for years but always picturing the actor Michel Gill (president in S1 of House of Cards). Who happens to have a similar voice. Now I see what Roman actually looks like I'm not sure if I can shake the association of his voice with Gills face.

This is fascinating.

This is exactly what I pictured his recording area to look like

I was distracted this whole video by the creeping sensation that there was someone just behind me looming over my shoulder- the faces of the crew are shown in the reflective surfaces on the monitor and window.

the legend. always read the plaques

Title sequences... I'm trying to like it on here, but can't seem to find it... So I liked it from Google Play. That work?

Love Roman.

I did enjoy this :)

"I'd never heard anyone say, 'Please go longer,' before." 😳 Welp I'm blushing.

what a guy SICK channel he has made

What an interesting fellow.

Marshall McCluhan comes to mind.💗 Ironically, I watched (mostly just listened) to this on RU-vid, instead of listening to a podcast. The Podcast is a “hot” medium.

Greatest analogy of all time, "I'd rather be herpes than ebola."

never been a fan of podcasts. The only podcast i listen to (watch) are here on youtube. More convenient and this is where i have everything.

He looks so much like Michael from Vsauce so much.

LOL @ "Don't cut people... literally"

Bad ass name :O

I thought it was vsauce

While I am listening to this, I am indeed doing something else. :D

In my mind I figured you looked like a short and skinnier version of Michael Jordan. Long time listener- first time seeing.

alferes is a junior officer

woo shout out to Future screens are mostly blue, UTBAPH.

His voice is ASMR mindmelding headsex. He should totally narrate #arthouse #hentai

first time seeing him. I always though he was black

CHEETAH PRINT CURTAINS trust lost.

I thought of another that's hard to disguise: old Wiener-schnitzels!

1st like lol

"I would rather be Herpes than Ebola", something I can use to make a case against my gf when she realizes who she got it from. HAHAHAAaaa..who am I kidding, I don't have a gf.

Did not enjoy this

I find it a bit ironic that a man SO obsessed with great design has such a terribly organized work room/desk space. ...Especially while knowing that he and the room are about to be filmed and immortalized on the internet. Go figure.

Bad ass name :O