As we are approaching our 300th episode of the show, the 99 p.I. crew took a couple days to go on a retreat up the coast and listen to audio that inspires us and talk about the future of the show.

Because of all the time it took to plan and execute the retreat, we have one of our rare

rebroadcast this week and I'm happy to revisit it because this is a pivotal episode for 99%

invisible and one of my personal favorites.

It was a really ambitious story for Avery at the time and we knew it was going to be important.

So we commissioned an original score for the first time from Sean Real, who later came on staff to be our full-time composer.

If you haven't heard this episode, you're in for a real treat.

And if you have, you should listen again because I think it gets better each time.

Stay tuned to the end because we're going to have a brand new interview with Sean that I conducted

late last night on the foggy California coast about the score for this episode and the process of composing music

for nerds to talk over. Here we go. This is 99% invisible. I'm Roman Mars.

All over New York City, there are semi-clothed or nude women, and they are so baked into architecture that we don't even see them.

For example, when you enter the New York Public Library on the left-hand side,

there's a sculpture of a young woman leaning against a horse.

On 59th and 5th, there's a statue of a woman holding a basket of fruit.

On 107th Street in Broadway, there's a woman reclining on a bed.

That's former New Yorker Avery Trevelman.

At 100th in Riverside Drive, a stone woman sits in a chair with a child.

And on the very top of the New York Municipal Building, there's a golden woman holding a crown.

And these women are actually the same woman.

Audrey Munson was the most famous artist model in the United States.

Over 30 statues at the Met are made in her likeness and she adorns dozens of memorials and bridges and regal buildings all over New York City.

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