Decoder Ring

By Slate Podcasts

Decoder Ring is the show about cracking cultural mysteries. In each episode, host Willa Paskin takes a cultural question, object, or habit; examines its history; and tries to figure out what it means and why it matters.

  1. 1.
    The Blue Steak Experiment
    41:15
  2. 2.
    The Cabbage Patch Kids Riots
    36:50
  3. 3.
    Jane Fonda's Workout, Part 2: Hanoi Jane's VHS Revolution
    50:02
  4. 4.
    Jane Fonda's Workout, Part 1: Jane and Leni
    54:39
  5. 5.
    Mystery of the Mullet
    51:04
  6. 6.
    The Karen
    36:52
  7. 7.
    The Metrosexual
    34:39
  8. 8.
    Gotta Get Down on Friday
    41:36
  1. 9.
    Unicorn Poop
    33:40
  2. 10.
    Rubber Duckie
    23:36
  3. 11.
    The Shop Around the Corner
    36:20
  4. 12.
    Friend of Dorothy
    31:42
  5. 13.
    The Stowe-Byron Controversy
    39:02
  6. 14.
    Murphy's Law
    36:10
  7. 15.
    Gender Reveal Party
    38:21
  8. 16.
    Bart Simpson Mania
    44:40
  9. 17.
    Ice Cream Truck
    38:42
  10. 18.
    Pillow Talk
    28:33
  11. 19.
    Chuck E. Cheese Pizza War
    45:51
  12. 20.
    Videomate: Men
    33:21
  13. 21.
    Truck Nutz
    33:59
  14. 22.
    Baby Shark
    36:30
  15. 23.
    The Grifter
    51:59
  16. 24.
    Sad Jennifer Aniston
    42:02
  17. 25.
    The Incunabula Papers
    51:31
  18. 26.
    Hotel Art
    29:57
  19. 27.
    The Paper Doll Club
    36:47
  20. 28.
    The Basement Affair
    40:47
  21. 29.
    Clown Panic
    35:59
  22. 30.
    The Johnlock Conspiracy
    50:15
  23. 31.
    The Laff Box
    30:39

Listen to Decoder Ring now.

Listen to Decoder Ring in full in the Spotify app