I'm Willa Paskin, the host of Decoderang, Slate's podcast about cracking cultural mysteries.

We have a new season coming up full of juicy topics like, remember the viral phenomenon

and optical mind-blower known as the dress?

Hey guys, what color is this dress?

One of them said blue and back and one of them said white and gold.

And within 10 minutes, there were like dozens of people screaming at each other.

And we'll look at another piece of clothing, this one from the past.

The most obvious thing about the bustle is that it makes your butt look big.

Why did these ladies want to have such big butts in the end of the 19th century?

And what can we learn from the rise and fall of one of the most well-known personal injury

law firms in America?

Your connection to them is a jingle and the fact that they've just paid to be inside

your head for so many years, why am I having an emotional reaction to their breakup?

You can hear these episodes and more on the new season of Decoderang, wherever you listen.