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24 alternatives to 99% Invisible - On Average

An episode about why no one is average.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. 99% Invisible - On Average launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
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   2015 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   You Are Not So Smart - 072 - The Dunning-Kruger Effect (Rebroadcast)▲55

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   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   99% Invisible - The Magic Bureaucrat▲62

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   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
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   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
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   Quite possibly one of my favorite podcast episodes ever.

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Tell Me Something I Don’t Know▲56

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   2016 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   This American Life - Something Only I Can See▲77

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   2016 · its alternatives →

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   The Program – A fictional podcast inspired by Hacker News stories▲162

   2018 · programaudioseries.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   NTMY The Show - 1: Pieter Levels▲142

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   2015 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    Hunt the Truth — S1E1: A hairline fracture▲88

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11. 11
    Planet Money▲153

    A podcast covering the global economy

    2014 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    a16z Podcast: Health Data▲57

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    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Ideas Are Worthless - #2 Bob Ross▲102

    A show about all the ideas we'll probably never build

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Freakonomics▲97

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    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Hidden Brain: Ep. 41: Defeated: Losing Hurts (In Surprising Ways)▲55

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    2016 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Dudes of Disruption: Episode 40 - Watch Your Mouth: Things Men Should Never Hear (or Say!)▲54

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    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Dudes of Disruption Ep 7 - Always Look in the Mirror First (Before Looking at Someone Else)▲52

    What we see in others is often a reflection of ourselves

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    The Kerfuffle - Hubris and Stupidity▲57

    A tangential conversation with @hsaefkow and @karj.

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Opt In - Startup L. Jackson on Why Vanity Metrics Suck▲56

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    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    Invisibilia▲112

    Podcast about the intangible forces that shape our behavior

    2015 · its alternatives →

21. 21
    none*2▲87

    A mysterious game of riddles, episode2

    2015 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    Freakonomics Radio - Bad Medicine, Part 1: The Story of 98.6▲60

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    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Inc. Uncensored - #76: Hacking the opioid epidemic. Plus: Uber's global struggle▲54

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    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    99% Invisible - Vox Ex Machina▲54

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    2016 · its alternatives →

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