A New Year’s Message from Willa
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🗓️ 31 December 2025
⏱️ 2 minutes
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Summary
We can’t make this show without you, our listeners. Today, you can help support Decoder Ring – and get a really good deal. To join Slate Plus for just $59/year, visit slate.com/decoderplus on December 31st and type in the promo code DECODER50 at checkout. Slate Plus members get to listen to episodes of Decoder Ring (and all your favorite Slate podcasts!) with no ads, and get access to exclusive bonus episodes.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, it's Willa. |
| 0:08.5 | I just wanted to drop in to wish you a very happy new year from everyone at Dakota Ring. |
| 0:14.0 | And also to say that for a very short time, you can meaningfully help support us and get a really good deal while doing it. |
| 0:21.6 | If you like our show, if you get something from our show, help us keep making our show. |
| 0:28.4 | Sign up for Slate Plus by going to slate.com slash decoder plus and typing the promo code Decoder 50 in at checkout. |
| 0:36.4 | And you can help us keep obsessively reporting |
| 0:39.5 | about topics big and small, delightfully goofy, and delightfully serious for just $59 a year. |
| 0:47.3 | It's a deal, but please consider supporting us even after that deal is over when the clock strikes |
| 0:53.4 | midnight and 2025. |
| 0:55.0 | Slate plus members for all of 2026 get to listen to our show without any ads. |
| 1:00.0 | They get access to all of Slate podcasts that way and the Slate website. |
| 1:05.0 | And also really, you are helping sustain us and our efforts in the year to come. |
| 1:10.0 | We can't make decodering without you, |
| 1:13.3 | our listeners, and we wouldn't want to besides. If you sign up, not only are you helping us to exist, |
| 1:20.5 | not only are you getting ad-free podcasts and all of Slate. You are also getting access to Slate Plus |
| 1:26.5 | episodes we are making just for Slate Plus members, |
| 1:29.8 | including the one we have for you today. In it, the whole decodering team is talking about the |
| 1:35.4 | year that was and the year that's coming up. The year we are already hard at work on because we want |
| 1:42.1 | to bring you as much good stuff as we can. |
| 1:45.9 | So please help support us by going to slate.com slash decoder plus and signing up to |
| 1:52.0 | become a Slate Plus member today. Happy New Year. Thank you. We'll see you in 2026. |
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