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What's the email? Oh, you know, the town school board explaining that they will cut ties with school picture day company because one of its executives is in the Epstein files.

Coalie Has Been Derided as Cuddly Propaganda. His Origin Story Is More Complicated. Why is the government trying to make coal cute?

Perhaps you've seen Coalie, the Trump admin's cute coal mascot, over the last couple weeks. I wondered how it came to exist, so in the latest Decoder Ring, we found out. It's way more complicated and freighted than it seems. As ever, the goofy stuff can go deep places slate.com/podcasts/dec...

I know top 10 season still works on me bc here my middle aged behind is listening to Geese

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What Is a Chunky Knit Doing in Wicked’s Sexiest Scene? Elphaba’s giant sweater is really killing the vibe in “As Long As You’re Mine.”

However chunky you are imaging this sweater to be, the reality is better. Like someone’s grandma crocheted her a sleeping bag w shoulders www.thecut.com/article/wick...

A little shook MTV is ending as a broadcast network, and even more shook it was announced a few weeks ago and I had no idea!

Thank you for listening to the show! I might go back to being a lurker now :) I really enjoy how much you talk about the show and don’t want to cramp your style!

I apologize for it being so boring :)

lol no it's not dramatic at all. I did give our ad sales team a heads up about the content of the episode. They appreciated it and that was... it!

I feel like I am breaking the 3rd wall and invading your space maybe?? I’m sorry if so! But: I can tell you :)

Thank you! obvi i care :)

Congrats to 4 (!!) @slate.com podcasts -- Decoder Ring, Death, Sex & Money, Slow Burn and Political Gabfest -- for making Left of Dial’s list of the 100 Greatest Podcasts of All Time (voted on by 300 audio creators, podcast hosts, writers, etc.)

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Not to be an idiot but: it makes me understand hunters

Ready to give it all up and embrace my true calling as a lantern fly hunter

!! Wanna hear all about it!

No!!

The Scratch-Off Ticket’s Instant Win Podcast Episode · Decoder Ring · 02/12/2025 · 34m

Had a fantastic time working with Willa & Katie from @slate.bsky.social's Decoder Ring. It's funny how when someone else makes a thing based on your thing, they can see so much more clearly what it's all about (if that someone else is great at what they do)

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unexpected sandworm remix bsky.app/profile/clas...

one of my kids calls podcasts cadposts and im gonna try and keep it going til college

All the haute-jello looks great but come on with how it tastes!

Excited for The Brutalist to have been out long enough for people to start writing about what the whole final thrust is actually about!!

Is the Best Italian Parmesan Made in… Wisconsin? A debate over authenticity shreds another Italian cuisine myth.

Also it reminded me of an episode of Decoder Ring we did about how so much Italian food is a lie. I dont think Panettone made it into the ep, but it has one of these surprisingly recent histories slate.com/podcasts/dec...

The Luxury Makeover of the Worst Pastry on Earth How panettone, the once-reviled Italian Christmas treat, became a high-end commodity

Jealous of this piece! I have come to love Panettone almost Because I dont like it that much and think the real answer is to get a not insanely expensive one in chocolate and sort of wonder why you’re eating it for a week even as you can’t stop www.theatlantic.com/culture/arch...

I was thinking about how all contemporary musicals sound…so like musicals but the songs in The Sound of Music or Singin’ in The Rain do not. What happened? I think part of it is a (Sondheim-ish) verbosity, but someone who knows about music, please explain!

Blue haired Hilda running amidst mountains and giant ball shaped furry flying creatures

For good reason, BLUEY is the recent kids cartoon that’s received the most “Actually, This is Actually Good” attention from the critterati. But our younger daughter is watching HILDA now, and we, as a culture, have slept on HILDA.

Carry On expects me to believe that’s how TSA works??

Real self own, but if I had to describe my musical taste it would be: songs that can play during a movie montage (preferably rom-com)

Blowing my mind about my fave movie!

The TV top 10 lists are…so bleak

Gift guide singularity: the point at which there are so many gift guides everything has been recommended as a gift