Decoder Ring - Mailbag: Fruit Snacks, Waterbeds, and Lobster Tanks
It’s our annual mailbag episode! We get a lot of wonderful reader emails suggesting topics for the show — and at the end of the year we try to answer some of them. This year, we’re tackling four fasci...
18 Des 202445min
Death, Sex & Money - Chaz Ebert on Loss, Intuition and Her 'Cougar' Group Chat
Ten years ago, Chaz Ebert talked to us about grief and loss as she was mourning the 2013 death of her husband, movie critic Roger Ebert. Her deep sense of connection to Roger continued after he was go...
17 Des 202441min
Hang Up and Listen - The Patriot Way Comes to Chapel Hill
Hosts Alex Kirshner, Ben Lindbergh, and Lindsay Gibbs talk about Bill Belichick and how one of the winningest NFL coaches of all time transitions to college football as UNC’s head coach. The panel als...
17 Des 20241h 12min
ICYMI - 3 Internet Stories We Missed In 2024
Candice Lim is joined by Slate writers Luke Winkie and Nitish Pahwa to cover the biggest internet stories ICYMI missed this year: from the investigation that may affect your For You Page, to a certain...
14 Des 202427min
Hit Parade | Music History and Music Trivia - I’d Like to Teach the World to Buy Edition Part 1
That damned jingle! In that infernal commercial trying to sell you cars, sneakers, soda, gum! Can’t get it out of your head? Well, what if we made it longer, had a famous singer perform it, and put it...
13 Des 202453min
ICYMI - Our Favorite TikTok Songs and Sounds of 2024
Candice Lim is joined by Waste or Taste host Jill Mapes to recap TikTok's year of music and give an unranked list of their favorite songs and sounds. They’re breaking down what makes a good TikTok sou...
11 Des 202438min
Culture Gabfest - The Strange Lionization of Luigi Mangione
On this week’s show, the hosts chew over Nightbitch, Marielle Heller’s (Queen’s Gambit, Can You Ever Forgive Me, The Diary of a Teenage Girl, MacGruber), fourth feature film. Amy Adam stars as “Mother...
11 Des 202454min
Death, Sex & Money - Betting on America: Two Gamblers, One Presidential Election
On election night, while many voters across the country were focused on who would win the presidency, a growing number of Americans were watching the returns with another question in mind: will I win ...
10 Des 202435min
