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ICYMI - Your Group Chats Are Now Blackmail
On today’s episode, host Kate Lindsay is joined by Bridget Read, a features writer at New York Magazine whose recent piece “What If It All Came Out?”...
Culture Gabfest - One Last Strut Edition
Steve, Dana, and Julia gather once more—for almost the last time—to unpack the week’s culture. This week, conversation has to include the cultural, ci...
ICYMI - Everything Is Phone
On today’s episode, host Kate Lindsay is joined by Slate staff writer Nitish Pawha to discuss his piece “Your TV Is Not Safe.” Apps like Instagram, Su...
Decoder Ring - The Tootsie Shot (Encore)
You know the Tootsie Shot. It’s that image that pops up all the time in movies set in a dense city: a really busy midtown street, everyone going somew...
Death, Sex & Money - Spouses Peter Dinklage and Erica Schmidt on Bad Interviews, Fame, and Parenting
Actor Peter Dinklage and playwright Erica Schmidt have been married for two decades, and even though they’ve collaborated on projects, it’s rare for t...
ICYMI - A YouTuber Made Your New Favorite Horror Film
On today’s episode, host Kate Lindsay speaks with Rachel Barker, host of Girl on Film on YouTube. The internet has been rich with horror content for d...
Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia - More Than a Feeling Edition
If you were watching cable TV around midday at the turn of the millennium, there’s a good chance you saw a commercial for a compilation CD called Mons...
Culture Gabfest - One Last Taylor Swift Throwdown Edition
As you may have heard in last week’s episode, the Culture Gabfest is hanging up its microphones after 18 years of cultural commentary. But before our...
ICYMI - You Keep Falling For Secret Ads
On today’s episode, host Kate Lindsay is joined by Rachel Karten, a social media consultant and the writer of Link In Bio. Storytimes and other caught...
Death, Sex & Money - Something Rotten at Stanford
Theo Baker was seventeen when he enrolled at Stanford and stumbled into one of the biggest stories on campus: academic misconduct allegations against...
ICYMI - Beware The Boy Mom
On today’s episode, host Kate Lindsay is joined by writer Stephanie McNeal to discuss the internet phenomenon of “boy moms.” As an internet culture ex...
Culture Gabfest - Stuck in the Backrooms Edition
This week Steve, Dana, and Julia convene once again—this time with some big news. Also, they make a classic Gabfest episode.
First up, it's the...
ICYMI - Keep TikTok Out Of Our Favorite YA Books
On today’s episode, host Kate Lindsay is joined by Angelina Mazza whose recent piece in The New York Times details how publishers are “modernizing” pr...
Decoder Ring - Tina Turner and the Dance That Conquered Australia
In Australia, no wedding or school dance is complete without the Nutbush, Australia’s unofficial national dance. The Nutbush – a simple line dance to...
ICYMI - AI Detectors Won’t Save Us
On today’s episode, host Kate Lindsay is joined by Ed Zitron, host of the podcast Better Offline and a certified hater of AI. After yet another AI wri...
Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia - Near-Miss Hits—’70s Edition
In 1979, Sister Sledge changed the sound of wedding receptions forever with “We Are Family.” Believe it or not, the Chic-penned banger never made it t...
Culture Gabfest - I Love Boosters Heightens the Contradictions Edition
This week, the OG three Steve, Dana, and Julia dig into the visually stuffed, Marxist smorgasbord that is Boots Riley’s latest film I Love Boosters. S...
ICYMI - The Secret Marketing Tactic Killing The Internet
On today’s episode, host Kate Lindsay is joined by New York Magazine features writer Lane Brown whose latest piece breaks down the “clipping economy,”...
Decoder Ring - Preview: Decoder Rings Back | Duck, Duck, Jeep
Earlier this year we debuted Decoder Rings Back, our new feature exclusively for Decoder Ring Plus subscribers. In each installment, Willa gets a list...
Death, Sex & Money - The Parent-Child Anxiety Trap
Anna talks to Alexis, a parent whose 8 year old son has an anxiety disorder, about what it was like attending a therapy program designed for parents o...
ICYMI - There's No Point To Influencers Anymore
On today’s episode, host Kate Lindsay is joined by writer Daysia Tolentino to discuss whether influencers serve us at all in 2026. James Charles faced...
Culture Gabfest - You’re My Obsession Edition
This week, we’ve got an all-guest-host panel with Gabfest faves Isaac Butler, Sam Adams, and June Thomas guiding the discourse… straight to hell. In t...
ICYMI - Phone Etiquette Is In The Toilet
On today’s episode, host Kate Lindsay is joined by writer and comedian Matt Buechele to talk about how the etiquette around phones is shifting, with p...
Decoder Ring - No Pulp: The Killing of the Florida Orange
Like the palm tree, the Everglades, Disney World, and the “Florida Man,” the orange is a classic symbol of the Sunshine State. But maybe not for much...
ICYMI - Right-Wing Creators Are In Their Flop Era
On today’s episode, host Kate Lindsay is joined by writer of Garbage Day and host of Panic World, Ryan Broderick. Ryan has been tracking the metrics o...
Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia - Hit Parade: Dancing With Himself Edition
The opening riff of “White Wedding” is instantly recognizable—a skittering, syncopated guitar line quickly swallowed by pummeling drums. But the song...
Hang Up and Listen - Announcing Slow Burn: Becoming Justice Gorsuch
In the 11th season of Slow Burn, host Susan Matthews traces the rise of Neil Gorsuch, from his formative years as a young conservative through his nom...
Culture Gabfest - Lord of the Sheep Edition
On this week’s show, our panel of Dana, Steve, and Sam Adams are on the case. The case: is the movie Sheep Detectives a real movie and is it any good?...
ICYMI - To Leak or Not To Leak? That's The Fandom Question
On today’s episode, host Kate Lindsay is joined by journalist and creator Princess Weekes to discuss the ethics of consuming leaks. Ten years ago, a f...
ICYMI - “Blue Dot Fever” Is A Symptom Of Bigger Problems
On today’s episode, host Kate Lindsay is joined by Pitchfork news director Alex Suskind to talk about why musicians keep coming down with “blue dot fe...
Culture Gabfest - Somehow, Miranda Priestly Returned Edition
This week, Julia Turner and Dana Stevens are joined by Slate’s own Rebecca Onion to discuss The Devil Wears Prada 2, BEEF season 2, and the NYT’s best...
ICYMI - Are You “Numbing Out”?
On today’s episode, host Kate Lindsay is joined by Andrea González-Ramírez, a senior writer at The Cut whose recent piece explores why so many people...
Decoder Ring - Mailbag: Spooky Strings, Phone Menu Options, and Eye Rolls
We are lucky to get fantastic questions from our listeners here at Decoder Ring, and in this episode, we’re going to open up our mailbag to answer thr...
ICYMI - The Personal Essay Is Back. The Internet Isn't Ready.
On today’s episode, host Kate Lindsay is joined by author Leigh Stein, who landed her first book deal in the 2010s personal essay boom. With new memoi...
Culture Gabfest - Michael Jackson Moonwalks the Box Office Edition
This week, Dana, Steve, and Nadira Goffe assess if we as a culture can ever really escape Neverland— namely, the gigantic and fraught legacy of Michae...
ICYMI - We’re Taking This “Mormon” Trend Too Far
On today’s episode, host Kate Lindsay is joined by ex-Mormon content creator Alyssa Grenfell to discuss the new Secret Lives of Mormon Wives spinoff,...
ICYMI - Are 62 Million Men In An Online "Rape Academy?"
On today’s episode, host Kate Lindsay is joined by culture writer Kat Tenbarge to discuss CNN’s recent investigation into a global online “rape academ...
Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia - Introducing History Daily: "The Launch of MTV"
Hit Parade is on a brief break, but if you need a daily dose of fascinating stories, check out History Daily. Host Lindsay Graham (the history guy! no...
Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia - The Queen of Disco Edition Part 2 (Encore)
Donna Summer was a hit-maker for two decades and a dance floor deity for more than three. Her collaborations with Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte we...
Culture Gabfest - Mother Troubles Edition
Steve, Dana, and Julia convene once more for a rousing Gabfest. First up, it’s Mother Mary. David Lowery’s strange psychodrama centers on a pop star,...