The Cooler
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Happy Halloween, Boo! Let’s Share Ghost Stories and Not Wear Anything Problematic!
32 minutes Posted Oct 27, 2016 at 7:00 am.
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What are 2016’s most popular (and offensive) costumes? What’s the perfect horror flick? Are ghosts real? All will be revealed!

https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.kqed.org/.stream/mp3splice/radio/thecooler/2016/10/Halloween2016.mp3

We kick things off with talk of which costumes have people talking this year. Sexy Ken Bone, anyone? *crickets*

ken-bone

https://ww2.kqed.org/pop/2016/10/27/sexy-harambe-the-most-popular-and-problematic-costumes-of-2016/

We share the scary movies that we love to watch this time of year:

hausu-04

We debate whether ghosts are real:

ghost whoopi gif

We share our disappointment with a costume company that insists on selling insensitive Native American outfits:

http://journalstar.com/news/local/halloween-store-forced-to-put-native-costumes-back-on-shelves/article_6c668492-e8a1-5bac-9615-816b83176209.html

We rejoice in this mother’s quest to make sure her son gets to be his hero, Bob the Drag Queen, for Halloween:

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trick-or-treating-purse-first_us_58010793e4b0985f6d156f91

And we cap things off with Bobby Pickett’s “Monster Mash”:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNuVifA7DSU

And if that’s not enough spooky content for you, you can listen to last year’s Halloween episode!

 

Until next week!

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