99% Invisible - A New Year's Tradition

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Emmet Fitzgerald: I think the most likely outcome is probably that the yellow jersey continues and people just keep fighting about what it means. Roman Mars: There's really no doubt that that real damage has been done to the jersey as this symbol of Brazilian unity. And now TikTok, our first TikTok video story produced by the insanely talented Talon Stradley premiered today.

Back in 2017 we ran an episode about the history of Brazil's iconic, yellow national soccer jersey. We were reminded of that story during the recent world cup, and then again on January 8th as a mob of right wing rioters attacked the Brazilian capital, many of them wearing those iconic yellow shirts. Needless to say the story of the yellow jersey has taken some real twists and turns in recent years, so today we’re going to rerun the original story about the jersey’s origins, and then producer Emmett Fitzgerald is going to update us on everything that has happened since.

A Sea of Yellow