Skip to content
Decoder Ring cover art

All episodes

Decoder Ring, 167 episodes. Page 1 of 2.

#
Title
1

Presenting: The Sporkful | Does The World Need A Better Tomato?

2

The Spooky Saga of the Icelandic Dracula

3

Clown Panic (Encore)

4

Gandhi Never Said “Be the Change”

5

Preview: Decoder Rings Back | The Second Spice

6

Bridget in the Buff

7

What Even Is a “Podcast” Anymore?

8

McGruff Takes a Bite Out of Crime, Part 2 (Encore)

9

McGruff Takes a Bite Out of Crime, Part 1 (Encore)

10

The Fight Over Sunlight

11

Weapons of Map Destruction

12

We Are Monumentally Bad at Statues

13

The Tootsie Shot (Encore)

14

Tina Turner and the Dance That Conquered Australia

15

Preview: Decoder Rings Back | Duck, Duck, Jeep

16

No Pulp: The Killing of the Florida Orange

17

Mailbag: Spooky Strings, Phone Menu Options, and Eye Rolls

18

How to Make Dollars Make Sense

19

One Year: 1995 | Hitting the Spot

20

Who Was Lonelygirl15?

21

The Johnlock Conspiracy (Encore)

22

Was "Eyes Wide Shut" a Warning?

23

A Prune by Any Other Name

24

Making Coal Cute Again

25

Is Culture Stuck?

26

Decoder Rings Back | Why the Mona Lisa?

27

A New Year’s Message from Willa

28

Mailbag: Yo-Yos, Sandboxes, and Encores

29

“Videomate: Men” (Encore)

30

How Protein Muscled Its Way to the Top

31

The Slate Culture Gift Guide

32

Cozy Autumn Mysteries

33

The Red String Board Conspiracy

34

What the Cuck?!

35

Why Do Actors Act Like They Can Sing?

36

Jane Fonda’s Workout, Part 2: Hanoi Jane’s VHS Revolution (Encore)

37

Jane Fonda’s Workout, Part 1: Jane and Leni (Encore)

38

How to Hunt a Mammoth, and Other Experiments in Archaeology

39

The Bad-Mouthing of British Teeth

40

Mailbag: Drug Names, Cow Abductions, and the “Ass-Intensifier”

41

Introducing The Sporkful | Is Your Recipe Lying To You?

42

The White Noise Boom

43

The Boston Cinematic Universe

44

The Laff Box (Encore)

45

The Glaring Problem with Headlights

46

Off-the-Wall Stories of Off-Label Use

47

How “Chicken Soup” Sold Its Soul

48

Spring Break Forever

49

How Books About Things That Changed the World… Changed the World

50

Truck Nutz (Encore)

51

Jerry Lewis’ Lost Holocaust Clown Movie

52

The Scratch-Off Ticket’s Instant Win

53

Jump, Jive and Fail: The ’90s Swing Craze

54

I am Tupperware, I Contain Multitudes

55

Introducing Planet Money: Can Money Buy Happiness?

56

Mailbag: Fruit Snacks, Waterbeds, and Lobster Tanks

57

Mystery of the Mullet (Encore)

58

Reconsidering One of the “Worst” TV Shows of All Time

59

A Feel-Good Story About the End of the World

60

The Wrongest Bird in Movie History

61

Selling Out (Encore)

62

Calling Dick Tracy! It’s Warren Beatty Again

63

If You Give a Mouse a Cookie… Will He Want a Welfare Check?

64

Chuck E. Cheese Pizza War (Encore)

65

The Hysteria Over Mass Hysteria

66

Standing Up for Sitting Down

67

The Secret Life of Lawn Ornaments

68

Stuffed Animals Gone Wild

69

Sex, Lies, and Hockey Pucks

70

Captain Planet to the Rescue

71

Why Are We Still Using Fat Suits?

72

How the Jalapeño Lost Its Heat

73

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

74

Making Real Music for a Fake Band

75

Can the “Bookazine” Save Magazines?

76

Andrew Wyeth's Secret Nudes (Encore)

77

Why Stylists Rule the Red Carpet

78

The Gen X Soda That Was Just "OK"

79

Why Do So Many Coffee Shops Look the Same?

80

2024 Teaser

81

The Forgotten Video Game About Slavery

82

The Dating Manual Unlike Any Other

83

Mailbag: The Recorder, Limos, and “Baby on Board” Signs

84

When Art Pranksters Invaded Melrose Place

85

The Fast Decline of the Slow Dance

86

Fall 2023 Teaser

87

Think Catchphrases Are Dead? Eat My Shorts.

88

The Quest for a Homemade Hovercraft

89

A Brief History of Making Out

90

What's Really Going On Inside a Mosh Pit?

91

The Great Parmesan Cheese Debate

92

Summer 2023 Teaser

93

Who Owns the Tooth Fairy?

94

Why You Can’t Find a Damn Parking Spot

95

The Artist Who Was Both Loved and Disdained

96

The Curious Case of Columbo's Message to Romania Part 2

97

The Curious Case of Columbo's Message to Romania Part 1

98

Spring 2023 Teaser

99

Slate Plus Exclusive: The Making of This Season

100

The Mailbag Episode