ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
Decoder Ring is the show about cracking cultural mysteries. In each episode, host Willa Paskin takes a cultural question, object, or habit; examines its history; and tries to figure out what it means and why it matters.
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Update frequency:
biweekly
Average audio length:
38 minutes
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English
United States
164 episodes
since April 30, 2018
episodic
AUDIENCE OF THIS PODCAST 🔗
~43.36% of listeners are from United States.
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US
43.36%
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IE
12.38%
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GB
9.71%
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NZ
7.50%
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CA
3.64%
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AU
2.69%
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DE
2.06%
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ES
1.86%
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IN
1.40%
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KE
1.35%
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UA
1.33%
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IL
0.91%
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RU
0.88%
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FR
0.86%
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SG
0.78%
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CH
0.72%
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NL
0.61%
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HK
0.55%
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TW
0.51%
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SK
0.43%
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ZA
0.40%
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RS
0.38%
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MX
0.36%
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JP
0.32%
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NO
0.29%
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BR
0.28%
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GR
0.28%
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AE
0.27%
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IT
0.25%
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DK
0.25%
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SE
0.20%
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AT
0.20%
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CO
0.20%
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PT
0.19%
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TR
0.17%
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VN
0.16%
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PK
0.12%
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GH
0.12%
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TH
0.12%
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BE
0.10%
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AL
0.10%
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CZ
0.10%
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PR
0.10%
Others
1.51%
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LATEST EPISODE 🔗
One of the many perks of subscribing to Decoder Ring Plus is access to every episode of Decoder Rings Back, our member-exclusive series where host Willa Paskin calls up a listener to answer their question about a cultural mystery directly.
This week we’re offering a taste of the latest Decoder Rin…
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