Roman Mars is the host and program director of Public Radio Remix from PRX, a 24 hour, experimental public radio story stream broadcast online, on XM satellite radio and public radio stations across the country. He is also the host and producer of KALW’s 99% Invisible, a 5-minute radio show about design and architecture. The 99% Invisible podcast recently peaked at #8 in the iTunes rankings for all podcasts, as well as #1 in both the Arts and Design categories. Mars produced Re:sound here at the Third Coast Festival for three years and has also worked with Snap Judgment.
99% Invisible: A Designed Language
By Roman Mars
What would it be like if, in addition to our native languages, we could communicate across cultures in a neutral second language? (more)
One Way Ticket to Mars
By Roman Mars
NASA is figuring out how to take the next great leap into space. The difficulty is, if we leap to Mars, we might not make it back. (more)
Debt Collector
By Roman Mars
A sci-fi melodrama about the abusive relationship between debt collector and collectee. (more)
Confessions of a Child Beauty Queen
By Roman Mars
A series of interconnected stories by A. H. Weatherman about the trauma of growing up in the south and participating in beauty pageants. (more)
