Podcast Episodes

The Creator of Succession Takes on the Tech Bros

On this week’s show, longtime hosts Julia, Stephen, and Dana are all together in-person to talk about Mountainhead, the new HBO Max movie from Jesse …

1 year, 5 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, 5 months ago

How To! | Send Your Kid to College (and Keep Your Distance)

Jennifer is about to send her oldest child off to college in the fall—and her kid isn’t the only one who’s anxious about the transition. On this epis…

1 year, 5 months ago

How a Matchmaking Job Inspired a Film About Dating's Secret Economy

Long before Celine Song was nominated for an Academy Award for her directorial debut, Past Lives, she was a struggling playwright in New York City wi…

1 year, 5 months ago

Hang up | Finals Week

Hosts Alex Kirshner, Ben Lindbergh and  Lindsay Gibbs break down the NBA Finals and the savvy draft and trade decisions that led to this year’s showd…

1 year, 5 months ago

My Toddler’s Officially Overweight

On this episode: Zak, Elizabeth and Jamilah help a listener who just got told that her toddler is overweight. Now, she’s wishing the pediatrician had…

1 year, 5 months ago

ICYMI: Will MomTok Actually Change Mormonism?

Candice Lim and Kate Lindsay are joined by Sara Petersen, author of Momfluenced, to chat about season two of The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives. Mormon…

1 year, 5 months ago

Hit Parade | All Apologies Edition Part 2

The story of Nevermind, Nirvana’s genre-defining breakthrough, is a familiar one. Less well known is the saga of Billboard’s Modern Rock chart—and ho…

1 year, 5 months ago

Are My Friends Becoming Doomsday Preppers? Help!

In this episode, Jenée is joined by Seema Yasmin, an Emmy Award-winning journalist, poet, medical doctor, author, and professor.

Together, they’ll he…

1 year, 5 months ago

My Parents Spend Less On My Stepson

On this episode: Zak, Elizabeth and Jamilah are talking about a tricky dynamic between a stepson and his step-grandparents. Our listener doesn’t diff…

1 year, 5 months ago