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    Slow Burn illuminates America’s most consequential moments, making sense of the past to better understand the present. Through archival tape and first-person interviews, the series uncovers the surprising events and little-known characters lurking within the biggest stories of our time.

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    Decoder Ring: Mailbag - The Recorder, Limos, and “Baby on Board” Signs Nov 01, 2023
    Show notes

    We receive a lot of fantastic show ideas from our listeners—and we’re grateful for each and every one. For our latest mailbag episode, we’re tackling five of your questions, including “Why the hell do we teach kids to play the recorder?” (We’re paraphrasing a bit.) Also: We’ll explore the rise and fall of the stretch limo, the incredible versatility of the word “like,” the meaning of the “Baby on Board” sign, and why it took so long to develop luggage with wheels.


    Decoder Ring is produced by Willa Paskin and Katie Shepherd. This episode was also produced by Rosemary Belson. Derek John is executive producer. Joel Meyer is senior editor/producer. Merritt Jacob is our senior technical director.


    Thank you to every listener who has submitted a suggestion for an episode. We truly appreciate your ideas. We read them all, even if we don’t always respond. Thanks for being a listener and for thinking creatively about this show.


    If you haven’t yet, please subscribe and rate our feed in Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. And even better, tell your friends.


    If you’re a fan of the show, we’d love for you to sign up for Slate Plus. Members get to listen to Decoder Ring without any ads. Their support is also crucial to our work. So please go to Slate.com/decoderplus to join Slate Plus today.

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    Decoder Ring: When Art Pranksters Invaded Melrose Place Oct 25, 2023
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    In the mid-1990s, the prime time drama Melrose Place became a home to hundreds of pieces of contemporary art—and no one noticed. In this episode, Isaac Butler tells the story of the artist collective that smuggled subversive quilts, sperm-shaped pool floats, and dozens of other provocative works onto the set of the hit TV show. The project, In the Name of the Place, inspired a real-life exhibition and tested the ability of mass media to get us to see what’s right in front of our faces.


    Decoder Ring is produced by Willa Paskin and Katie Shepherd. This episode was written and reported by Isaac Butler and produced by Benjamin Frisch. Derek John is executive producer. Joel Meyer is senior editor/producer. Merritt Jacob is our senior technical director.


    Thank you to Jamie Bennett, JJ Bersch, Mark Flood, and Cynthia Carr, whose book On Edge: Performance at the End of the 20th Century inspired this episode.


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    Decoder Ring: The Fast Decline of the Slow Dance Oct 18, 2023
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    Judging from teen dramas on Netflix, the slow dance seems to be alive and well. But when you talk to actual teens, it’s clear this time-honored tradition is on life support. In this episode, we trace the history of slow dancing from its origins in partner dances like the waltz to the modern “zombie sway” seen at middle-school dances and high-school proms. Plus, former slow dancers offer up stiff-armed, nostalgia-soaked stories about a rite of passage that’s fading fast.


    Decoder Ring is produced by Willa Paskin and Katie Shepherd. This episode was edited by Zakiya Gibbons. Derek John is executive producer. Joel Meyer is senior editor/producer. Merritt Jacob is our senior technical director.


    Thank you to Benjamin Frisch and Carlos Pareja. Special thanks to everyone who shared their slow dancing stories, including Ralph Giordano, Matt Baume, Meryl Bezrutczyk, Ari Feldman, Ava Candade, Eileen Zheng, and Harper Kois.


    Here’s the article by Kyle Denis that we mentioned in the episode: The Death of the Slow Dance? How the One-Time Rite of Passage Has Evolved for Gen Z.


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    One Year: 1955 | 6. The Hiroshima Maidens Oct 06, 2023
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    Ten years after the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, 25 women who’d been disfigured by the blast came to the United States. Those Japanese survivors would go to the White House and end up on a bizarre proto reality TV show. They’d also put their lives in the hands of American doctors, hoping that risky, cutting-edge surgeries might repair their injuries and give them a chance for a fresh start.


    Josh Levin is One Year’s editorial director. One Year’s senior producer is Evan Chung.


    This episode was produced by Kelly Jones and Evan Chung, with additional production by Sophie Summergrad.


    It was edited by Joel Meyer and Derek John, Slate’s executive producer of narrative podcasts.


    Merritt Jacob is our senior technical director. Holly Allen created the artwork for this season.


    Join Slate Plus to get a bonus 1955 episode at the end of the season. Slate Plus members also get to listen to all Slate podcasts without any ads. Sign up now to support One Year.

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    One Year: 1955 | 5. The Cutter Incident Sep 28, 2023
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    Jonas Salk’s polio vaccine transformed America and the world in ways that seemed unimaginable. But in 1955, there was a moment when everything was in doubt. This week, Josh Levin talks with Dr. Paul Offit about the medical mystery that threatened to derail one of history’s most important scientific breakthroughs.


    Josh Levin is One Year’s editorial director. One Year’s senior producer is Evan Chung.


    This episode was produced by Kelly Jones, Evan Chung, and Sophie Summergrad.


    It was edited by Josh Levin, Joel Meyer, and Derek John, Slate’s executive producer of narrative podcasts.


    Merritt Jacob is our senior technical director.


    Join Slate Plus to get a bonus 1955 episode at the end of the season. Slate Plus members also get to listen to all Slate podcasts without any ads. Sign up now to support One Year.

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    One Year: 1955 | 4. Siberia, USA Sep 21, 2023
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    When Alaskans wanted their own mental-health facility, a rumor took hold all over America. This week, Evan Chung traces the origins of that far-right conspiracy theory: that the government was building a concentration camp where Americans would get imprisoned for their political beliefs. Get ready for a strange tale that involves a brainwashing manual, Scientology, and a vast network of Communist-hunting housewives.


    Josh Levin is One Year’s editorial director. One Year’s senior producer is Evan Chung.


    This episode was produced by Kelly Jones and Evan Chung, with additional production by Sophie Summergrad.


    It was edited by Josh Levin, Joel Meyer, and Derek John, Slate’s executive producer of narrative podcasts.


    Merritt Jacob is our senior technical director.


    Join Slate Plus to get a bonus 1955 story at the end of the season. Slate Plus members also get to listen to all Slate podcasts without any ads. Sign up now to support One Year.

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    One Year: 1955 | 3. The Weather Girls Sep 14, 2023
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    In the early days of television, women struggled to find their place. In 1955, they got it: forecasting the weather, on stations all across the country. But as these “weather girls” transformed the airwaves, a group of powerful men hatched a plan—one that had the potential to push women weathercasters off the air forever.


    Josh Levin is One Year’s editorial director. One Year’s senior producer is Evan Chung.


    This episode was produced by Kelly Jones and Evan Chung, with additional production by Sophie Summergrad.


    It was edited by Joel Meyer and Derek John, Slate’s executive producer of narrative podcasts.


    Merritt Jacob is our senior technical director.


    Join Slate Plus to get the first three episodes of One Year: 1955 right away—and a bonus 1955 story at the end of the season. Slate Plus members also get to listen to all Slate podcasts without any ads. Sign up now to support One Year.

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    One Year: 1955 | 2. The Crockett Craze Sep 07, 2023
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    In 1955, the frontiersman Davy Crockett became the most famous man in America, more than a century after his death at the Alamo. This week, Evan Chung dives into a cultural phenomenon nobody saw coming. Not the kids in coonskin caps who started the craze, not the parents whose money fueled it, and least of all Walt Disney, the legendary studio head who created it totally by accident.


    Josh Levin is One Year’s editorial director. One Year’s senior producer is Evan Chung.


    This episode was produced by Kelly Jones and Evan Chung, with additional production by Sophie Summergrad.


    It was edited by Joel Meyer and Derek John, Slate’s executive producer of narrative podcasts.


    Merritt Jacob is our senior technical director.


    Join Slate Plus to get the first three episodes of One Year: 1955 right away—and a bonus 1955 story at the end of the season. Slate Plus members also get to listen to all Slate podcasts without any ads. Sign up now to support One Year.

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    One Year: 1955 | 1. The Team Nobody Would Play Aug 31, 2023
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    The Cannon Street All-Stars dreamed of playing in the 1955 Little League World Series. Their biggest obstacle didn’t come on the field. In the year that Rosa Parks refused to give up her seat on a public bus, these Black 12-year-olds became unlikely civil rights pioneers—and faced the wrath of a white society that wasn’t ready to change.


    Josh Levin is One Year’s editorial director. One Year’s senior producer is Evan Chung.


    This episode was produced by Kelly Jones and Evan Chung, with additional production by Sophie Summergrad.


    It was edited by Joel Meyer and Derek John, Slate’s executive producer of narrative podcasts.


    Merritt Jacob is our senior technical director.


    Join Slate Plus to get the first three episodes of One Year: 1955 right away—and a bonus 1955 story at the end of the season. Slate Plus members also get to listen to all Slate podcasts without any ads. Sign up now to support One Year.

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    Decoder Ring: Think Catchphrases Are Dead? Eat My Shorts. Aug 16, 2023
    Show notes

    Once you start listening for catchphrases in everyday life—you can’t stop hearing them. From the radio era’s “Holy mackerel!” to Fonzie’s “Ayyy!” to Urkel’s multiple go-to lines on Family Matters, we explore the irresistible quotables from sitcoms, movies and social media that have burrowed into our collective lexicon. Oh, just one more thing… bazinga! (Did I do that?)


    This episode was written by Willa Paskin, who produces Decoder Ring with Katie Shepherd. This episode was edited by Joel Meyer. Derek John is Slate’s executive producer of narrative podcasts. Merritt Jacob is our senior technical director.


    Thank you to Luke Winkie, Stephen Langford, Doug Dietzold and The Good, the Bad and the Sequel podcast, and Shawn Green for the suggestion and Urkel clips.


    If you have any cultural mysteries you want us to decode, you can email us at DecoderRing@slate.com


    If you haven’t yet, subscribe and rate our feed in Apple Podcasts or wherever you get your podcasts. And even better, tell your friends. If you’re a fan of the show and want to support us, consider signing up for Slate Plus. As a member, you’ll get to listen to Decoder Ring without any ads—and your support is crucial to our work. Go to slate.com/decoderplus to join Slate Plus today.

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