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The Boston Cinematic Universe
Episode 110
This episode is a first for Decoder Ring: a live show, recorded at the WBUR Festival in Boston, Massachusetts. Given the setting, we decided to take …
1 year, 3 months ago
The Laff Box (Encore)
Decoder Ring is marking its 100th episode this year. To celebrate, we’re revisiting our very first episode from 2018, which asks: What happened to th…
1 year, 4 months ago
The Laff Box (Encore)
Decoder Ring is marking its 100th episode this year. To celebrate, we’re revisiting our very first episode from 2018, which asks: What happened to th…
1 year, 4 months ago
The Glaring Problem with Headlights
Something seems to have happened to car headlights. In the last few years, many people have become convinced that they are much brighter than they us…
1 year, 4 months ago
The Glaring Problem with Headlights
Episode 109
Something seems to have happened to car headlights. In the last few years, many people have become convinced that they are much brighter than they us…
1 year, 4 months ago
Off-the-Wall Stories of Off-Label Use
Episode 108
Products often tell you exactly how they’re intended to be used. But why leave it at that? As a culture, we have long had a knack for finding ingenio…
1 year, 5 months ago
How “Chicken Soup” Sold Its Soul
Chicken Soup for the Soul was the brainchild of two motivational speakers who preach the New Thought belief system known as the Law of Attraction. Fo…
1 year, 5 months ago
How “Chicken Soup” Sold Its Soul
Episode 107
Chicken Soup for the Soul was the brainchild of two motivational speakers who preach the New Thought belief system known as the Law of Attraction. Fo…
1 year, 5 months ago
Spring Break Forever
The infamous annual ritual of spring break—where thousands of college students head to the same warm location and go crazy—can seem like it’s always …
1 year, 5 months ago
Spring Break Forever
Episode 106
The infamous annual ritual of spring break—where thousands of college students head to the same warm location and go crazy—can seem like it’s always …
1 year, 5 months ago