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Decoder Ring
Decoder Ring
Slate Podcasts

Decoder Ring is the show about cracking cultural mysteries. In each episode, host Willa Paskin takes a cultural question, object, or habit;... more

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Episodes

Introducing The Sporkful | Is Your Recipe Lying To You?

If you look at any list of best-selling cookbooks, certain words come up over and over again: quick, easy, fast,... more

09 Jul 2025 · 29 minutes
The White Noise Boom

White noise has a very precise technical definition, but people use the term loosely, to describe all sorts of washes... more

02 Jul 2025 · 54 minutes
The Boston Cinematic Universe

This episode is a first for Decoder Ring: a live show, recorded at the WBUR Festival in Boston, Massachusetts. Given... more

18 Jun 2025 · 49 minutes
The Laff Box (Encore)

Decoder Ring is marking its 100th episode this year. To celebrate, we’re revisiting our very first episode from 2018, which... more

04 Jun 2025 · 38 minutes
The Glaring Problem with Headlights

Something seems to have happened to car headlights. In the last few years, many people have become convinced that they... more

21 May 2025 · 46 minutes
Off-the-Wall Stories of Off-Label Use

Products often tell you exactly how they’re intended to be used. But why leave it at that? As a culture,... more

07 May 2025 · 54 minutes
How “Chicken Soup” Sold Its Soul

Chicken Soup for the Soul was the brainchild of two motivational speakers who preach the New Thought belief system known... more

23 Apr 2025 · 50 minutes
Spring Break Forever

The infamous annual ritual of spring break—where thousands of college students head to the same warm location and go crazy—can... more

09 Apr 2025 · 50 minutes
How Books About Things That Changed the World… Changed the World

Look in the nonfiction section of any bookstore and you’ll find dozens of history books making the same bold claim:... more

26 Mar 2025 · 58 minutes
Truck Nutz (Encore)

Truck Nutz is a brand name for the dangling plastic testicles some people affix to the bumpers or hitches of... more

12 Mar 2025 · 41 minutes
Decoder Ring
Introducing The Sporkful | Is Your Recipe Lying To You?
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