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    Decoder Ring

    Decoder Ring

    Decoder Ring

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    Length:
    96 episodes
    Language:
    English
    Format:
    Podcast

    Description

    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.
    Language:
    English
    Format:
    Podcast

    Episodes1 - 10 of 96 episodes

    Title

    From ‘The Last Archive’: Building an Automatic Songwriting Machine

    We’re bringing you an episode of The Last Archive from our friends at Pushkin Industrie...

    53 minutes
    		May 01, 2024

    Making Real Music for a Fake Band

    Pop culture is full of fictional bands singing songs purpose-made to capture a moment, ...

    41 minutes
    		Apr 24, 2024

    Can the “Bookazine” Save Magazines?

    Magazines have fallen on hard times – especially the weekly news, fashion, and celebrit...

    37 minutes
    		Apr 10, 2024

    Andrew Wyeth's Secret Nudes (Encore)

    In 1986, Andrew Wyeth was the most famous painter in America. He was a household name, ...

    54 minutes
    		Mar 27, 2024

    Why Stylists Rule the Red Carpet

    Like a manager or an agent or a publicist, a stylist has become a kind of must-have acc...

    42 minutes
    		Mar 13, 2024

    The Gen X Soda That Was Just "OK"

    Thirty years ago, a new kind of soda arrived in select stores. Instead of crowing about...

    43 minutes
    		Feb 28, 2024

    Why Do So Many Coffee Shops Look the Same?

    The eerie similarity of coffee shops all over the world was so confounding to Kyle Chay...

    33 minutes
    		Feb 14, 2024

    2024 Teaser

    We’re back with a new batch of cultural mysteries! This year, we’re putting out more ne...

    1 minute
    		Feb 07, 2024

    The Forgotten Video Game About Slavery

    In 1992, a Minnesota-based software company known for its educational hit The Oregon Tr...

    47 minutes
    		Nov 15, 2023

    The Dating Manual Unlike Any Other

    From the moment it was released in 1995, The Rules was controversial. Some people loved...

    37 minutes
    		Nov 08, 2023