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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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every 12 days
平均音频长度:
38 minutes
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英语
美国
168 集
自从 2018年4月30日
episodic
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~43.60% of listeners are from United States.
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US
43.60%
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IE
12.21%
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GB
9.58%
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NZ
7.39%
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CA
3.60%
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AU
2.65%
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DE
2.05%
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ES
1.83%
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IN
1.43%
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KE
1.34%
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UA
1.31%
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IL
0.89%
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RU
0.87%
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FR
0.85%
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SG
0.77%
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CH
0.71%
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JP
0.69%
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0.60%
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0.57%
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0.50%
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0.40%
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0.29%
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