Decoder Ring: The Mailbag Episode

Slow Burn

Slate Podcasts

News, Society & Culture, History, Documentary, Politics

4.6 • 25.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 January 2023

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Summary

We’re really lucky to get a lot of listener emails, suggesting topics for the show. In this episode, we’re going to dig into a handful of the most fascinating ones that we’ve yet to tackle on the show. We’re taking on five listener questions that run the gamut—from kids menus to succulents to the chicken that crossed the road. It’s an eclectic assortment of subjects that come to us thanks to you. So let’s jump into our mailbag. Thank you to Mark Liberman and Susan Schulten. This podcast was written by Willa Paskin who produces the show with Katie Shepherd. This episode was also produced by Sam Kim. Derek John is Slate’s Executive Producer of Narrative Podcasts. Merritt Jacob is Senior Technical Director. If you haven’t please 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. 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. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's time to reboot your credit card with Apple Card.
0:03.8	Apple Card gives you unlimited cash back every day on every purchase.
0:08.2	It's real cash you can spend right away.
0:10.6	No need to wait and wait for rewards.
0:13.8	Apply now in the Wallet app on iPhone to see your credit limit offer with no impact to
0:17.9	your credit score.
0:19.8	Subject to credit approval.
0:21.4	Daily Cash is available via an Apple Cash Card or as a statement credit.
0:26.4	See Apple Card customer agreement for terms and conditions.
0:30.4	Apple Cash Card is issued by green.bank member FDIC.
0:34.8	Accepting an Apple Card after your application is approved will result in a hard inquiry
0:40.1	which may impact your credit score.
0:49.6	In the late 2000s, Karissa Langlow heard about this word that some people despised.
0:55.6	I had never thought about it before but as soon as somebody told me that they hated the
0:59.1	word I was like, yeah me too.
1:02.1	It's pretty disgusting.
1:04.4	The word in question.
1:06.1	Moist.
1:07.1	Moist came into English usage in the 14th century.
1:10.2	Over the next 700 or so years it seems to have been just another word.
1:15.0	Like how moisture and moisturizer are just words.
1:19.2	By the end of the 20th century, something odd had started to happen.
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