"Ever wonder how inflatable men came to be regular fixtures at used car lots? Curious about the origin of thefortune cookie? Want to know why Sigmund Freud opted for a couch over an armchair?99% Invisible is about all the thought that goes into the things we don’t think about — the unnoticed architecture and design that shape our world. With 80 million downloads, 99% Invisible is one of the most popular podcasts on iTunes."
"Israeli buses regularly make international headlines, be it for suicide bombings, fights over gender segregation, or clashes concerning Shabbat schedules. One particular ill-fated megastructure, however, has been at the nexus of various lesser-publicized conflicts: a building in Tel Aviv designed to be the largest bus station in the world."
- I lived in Tel Aviv, and I loathed this bus station. This episode appreciate it a little bit more. But not much.