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Since 2018, Slate critic Willa Paskin has explored bizarre and delightful cultural phenomena from “Baby Shark” to Chuck E. Cheese to try to understand what makes people obsessed with arbitrary ...

Avery Trufelman and Melissa Rivers on what the fashion police hath wrought. We're sorry, but something went wrong while fetching your podcast feeds. Please contact us ...

While Endless Thread is on break working on a new season, we recommend checking out Decoder Ring. In each episode, Decoder Ring explores a cultural question, object, or habit; examines its history; ...

Apryl Williams joins Slate’s “Decoder Ring” podcast to discuss “The Karen” meme. “Most of the time, it’s a white woman who is using her power to sort of police black bodies in public spaces," she says ...

If you ever watched Twin Peaks and thought it might be nice to have a portable recorder you could speak all your idle thoughts into, good news: Sandbar is working on a smart ring that doubles as a ...

When Alan Greenspan speaks, people listen but they don’t always understand. With Ben Bernanke, there’s no need for the economic equivalent of a decoder ring. “Bernanke is very clear,” Alice Rivlin, ...

Tupperware is the stealthy star of our modern homes. These plastic storage containers are ubiquitous in our fridges, pantries, and closets. But... How Tupperware took over our homes, with Decoder Ring ...

Why did the mullet become a thing? Why did everybody go crazy over Cabbage Patch dolls? And why would anybody ever go on a reality TV show? These are the typical questions you'd find asked in Slate's ...