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Mailbag: Yo-Yos, Sandboxes, and Encores

Decoder Ring by Slate Podcasts

Dec 17, 20251:02:11Society & Culture

Decoder Ring listeners write in with some excellent mysteries, and for our last episode of the year we’re solving three of them. Why do children play in boxes full of sand? Why do rock bands pretend like the show is over...

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Mailbag: Yo-Yos, Sandboxes, and Encores is an episode from Decoder Ring by Slate Podcasts. Decoder Ring listeners write in with some excellent mysteries, and for our last episode of the year we’re solving three of them. Why do children play...

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Published Dec 17, 2025, 1:02:11 long, audio available.

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