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.

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The Glaring Problem with Headlights 2025-05-21
Off-the-Wall Stories of Off-Label Use 2025-05-07
How “Chicken Soup” Sold Its Soul 2025-04-23
Spring Break Forever 2025-04-09
How Books About Things That Changed the World… Changed the World 2025-03-26
Truck Nutz (Encore) 2025-03-12
Jerry Lewis’ Lost Holocaust Clown Movie 2025-02-26
The Scratch-Off Ticket’s Instant Win 2025-02-12
Jump, Jive and Fail: The ’90s Swing Craze 2025-01-29
I am Tupperware, I Contain Multitudes 2025-01-15
Introducing Planet Money: Can Money Buy Happiness? 2025-01-01
Mailbag: Fruit Snacks, Waterbeds, and Lobster Tanks 2024-12-18
Mystery of the Mullet (Encore) 2024-12-04
Reconsidering One of the “Worst” TV Shows of All Time 2024-11-20
A Feel-Good Story About the End of the World 2024-11-06
The Wrongest Bird in Movie History 2024-10-23
Selling Out (Encore) 2024-10-09
Calling Dick Tracy! It’s Warren Beatty Again 2024-09-25
If You Give a Mouse a Cookie… Will He Want a Welfare Check? 2024-09-11
Chuck E. Cheese Pizza War (Encore) 2024-08-28
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