Willa Paskin, a former TV critic, is the host of the podcast\xa0Decoder Ring.\n\u201cI want it to feel like a trap door. When you push on a trap door, there\u2019s like a little spring. If it\u2019s the right idea, you start to look into it, and you\u2019re like,\xa0Oh, it\u2019s giving a little.\u201d\nShow notes:\n\n@willapaskin\n\n00:00\xa0Paskin's\xa0Slate\xa0archive\n\n\n00:00\xa0Paskin's\xa0Salon\xa0archive\n\n\n00:00\xa0Paskin's\xa0Vulture\xa0archive\n\n\n00:00\xa0Decoder Ring\xa0(Slate)\n\n00:00\xa0"The Invention of Hydration"\xa0(Decoder Ring \u2022 Slate \u2022 Apr 2021)\n\n00:00\xa0"Cellino & Barnes, Injury Attorneys, 800-888-8888 "\xa0(Decoder Ring \u2022 Slate \u2022 Dec 2022)\n\n01:00\xa0"The Sideways Effect"\xa0(Decoder Ring \u2022 Slate \u2022 May 2022)\n\n03:00\xa0"Why I Became a TV Critic"\xa0(Slate \u2022 Jan 2016)\n\n38:00\xa0"The Laff Box"\xa0(Decoder Ring \u2022 Slate \u2022 Apr 2018)\n\n38:00\xa0"The Blue Steak Experiment"\xa0(Decoder Ring \u2022 Slate \u2022 Dec 2020)\n\n40:00\xa0"Chuck E. Cheese Pizza War"\xa0(Decoder Ring \u2022 Slate \u2022 Jun 2019)\n\n40:00\xa0"The Cabbage Patch Kids Riots"\xa0(Decoder Ring \u2022 Slate \u2022 Nov 2020)\n\n42:00\xa0"Selling Out"\xa0(Decoder Ring \u2022 Slate \u2022 Aug 2021)\n\n42:00\xa0"The Sign Painter"\xa0(Decoder Ring \u2022 Slate \u2022 Jun 2021)\n\n53:00\xa0"The Butt and the Bustle"\xa0(Decoder Ring \u2022 Slate \u2022 Nov 2022)\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices