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Slow Burn

Slow Burn illuminates America’s most consequential moments, making sense of the past to better understand the present.

Podcast · By Slate Podcasts · English · Official site

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  1. Episode · Sep 23, 2026

    Decoder Ring | Bridget in the Buff (opens the original)

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    In the early 1970s, a jigsaw puzzle of a cheerful, young, naked, fat woman known only as “Bridget in the Buff” arrived in stores all over America. It was just the first of countless Bridget-related merchandise that would be sold around the world for the next decade: calendars , playing cards, coloring books, cookbooks , and much more. Bridget was everywhere. But who was she? In this episode of Decoder Ring, the real Bridget reveals all. Her name is Dawn Brooks, and she takes us through the unusu

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