Decoder Ring Creators & Guests

Willa Paskin is a professional TV critic.

Benjamin Frisch is an audio and documentary producer and an artist. Currently, h... more

Producer and co-host for Just the Beginning, a new podcast from Kickstarter. Als... more

Evan Chung is an audio producer. Currently, he is the Senior Producer of Slate’s... more

Katie Shepherd is a writer and audio producer. Currently, she produces for Slate... more

Dr. Janell Hobson is a scholar, writer, educator, and critic. Currently, she is ... more

Kyle Chayka is a writer, and author of the book Longing for Less.

Daisy Marie Rosario is a radio personality and producer. Currently, she produces... more

Rex Pickett is an author and screenwriter, best known for his novel "Sideways," ... more

Doug McGill is a freelance writer, journalist and meditation teacher.McGill's ... more

Mark Harris is a writer and an author. His books include Pictures at a Revolutio... more

Rebecca Black is a YouTuber and singer.

Mel Chin is a conceptual visual artist. He works in a variety of art media and p... more

Dr. Margaret O'Mara (born 1970) is an American historian and professor at the Un... more

Dan Koeppel is an author and freelance columnist. He has written columns for The... more

Dr. Donald Curran Shoup is an engineer and professor of urban planning. Currentl... more

Charlie Harding is a Music journalist, co-hosts and producer of Switched On Pop,... more

Rebecca M. Herzig is Professor of Gender and Sexuality Studies at Bates College,... more

Nate Sloan is a musicologist and performer who researches jazz, Tin Pan Alley, a... more