Plus, what our team is watching, reading and listening to this Halloween weekend!

The horror writer talks about the real-life inspiration for her ghost story “The Reformatory.” Plus, our team shares their favorite rom-coms!

Plus, “Hang Up” host Zakiya Gibbons defends her splurge and we learn about the economics of a much-memed stretch of road.

Plus, we meet the team’s pets and learn how to code switch as a billionaire in this week’s newsletter.

Plus: What we’re doing with the last of our summer produce and “day in the life” TikToks about life at NPR

Plus, financial educator Sahirenys Pierce defends her splurge and more in this week’s This Is Uncomfortable Newsletter.

Plus, comedian Josh Gondelman defends his splurge in this week’s “This Is Uncomfortable” newsletter.

Reema Khrais gives a preview of season 10, and Hanif Abdurraqib shares his flower budget.

The “All This Could Be Different” author chatted with us about embarrassed millionaires, mutual aid and Milwaukee.

We chatted with the author and podcaster about her new book “The Age of Magical Overthinking: Notes on Modern Irrationality.”