![Decoder Ring examines the rise of The Karen, Barbecue Becky, Permit Patty, and the history of names as code words. Decoder Ring examines the rise of The Karen, Barbecue Becky, Permit Patty, and the history of names as code words.](https://compote.slate.com/images/9124176b-023c-489b-918c-51291de43af9.png?width=1560&rect=780x520&offset=0x0)
Decoder Ring examines the rise of The Karen, Barbecue Becky, Permit Patty, and the history of names as code words.
![Decoder Ring explores the rise and fall of Us Weekly and the tabloid saga of Jennifer Aniston, Brad Pitt, and Angelina Jolie that it helped create. Decoder Ring explores the rise and fall of Us Weekly and the tabloid saga of Jennifer Aniston, Brad Pitt, and Angelina Jolie that it helped create.](https://compote.slate.com/images/4e62544d-85b6-4226-ba9f-9d4ef2d2e1b9.jpeg?crop=1560%2C1040%2Cx0%2Cy0)
Decoder Ring explores the rise and fall of Us Weekly and the tabloid saga of Jennifer Aniston, Brad Pitt, and Angelina Jolie that it helped create.
![Decoder Ring examines the rise of The Karen, Barbecue Becky, Permit Patty, and the history of names as code words. Decoder Ring examines the rise of The Karen, Barbecue Becky, Permit Patty, and the history of names as code words.](https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/9a4c2c2a-3e8b-11e8-bd53-9b1115bac0fa/image/230322_DecoderRingTile_final__1_.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&w=400&h=400)