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Episode 523: Willa Paskin

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Willa Paskin, a former TV critic, is the host of the podcast Decoder Ring.

“I want it to feel like a trap door. When you push on a trap door, there’s like a little spring. If it’s the right idea, you start to look into it, and you’re like, Oh, it’s giving a little.”

Show notes:

  • @willapaskin
  • 00:00 Paskin's Slate archive
  • 00:00 Paskin's Salon archive
  • 00:00 Paskin's Vulture archive
  • 00:00 Decoder Ring (Slate)
  • 00:00 "The Invention of Hydration" (Decoder Ring • Slate • Apr 2021)
  • 00:00 "Cellino & Barnes, Injury Attorneys, 800-888-8888 " (Decoder Ring • Slate • Dec 2022)
  • 01:00 "The Sideways Effect" (Decoder Ring • Slate • May 2022)
  • 03:00 "Why I Became a TV Critic" (Slate • Jan 2016)
  • 38:00 "The Laff Box" (Decoder Ring • Slate • Apr 2018)
  • 38:00 "The Blue Steak Experiment" (Decoder Ring • Slate • Dec 2020)
  • 40:00 "Chuck E. Cheese Pizza War" (Decoder Ring • Slate • Jun 2019)
  • 40:00 "The Cabbage Patch Kids Riots" (Decoder Ring • Slate • Nov 2020)
  • 42:00 "Selling Out" (Decoder Ring • Slate • Aug 2021)
  • 42:00 "The Sign Painter" (Decoder Ring • Slate • Jun 2021)
  • 53:00 "The Butt and the Bustle" (Decoder Ring • Slate • Nov 2022)

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