99% Invisible: Episode 66- Kowloon Walled City
I have not mentioned it before, but this 99% Invisible is one of the best podcasts out there. Back when we did our podcast we really tried to be this good. Really. We tried. But producer Roman Mars is just on fire with this series.
This episode is really cool because it takes an oddity in the human world (Kowloon) and makes it real for us. Oh yeah.
Enjoy!
-Chris
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Kowloon Walled City was the densest place in the world, ever.
(“Walled City Night Views (from SW Corner), 1987.” Greg Girard.)
By its peak in the 1990s, the 6.5 acre Kowloon Walled…
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Chris Staron, writer/ director of Bringing up Bobby and Between the Walls, on his way to "novelist" status, tries to figure out how to make himself marketable. Follow his journey to being published!
