It's about a week before Halloween. Time to make some big decisions about your costume. But don't panic, I've got TWO methods for choosing the perfect costume. One approach focuses on your best qualities, the other gets pretty dark. The first way is based on The Swamp Thing, and the other is based on an episode of the Twilight Zone.   Either way, you're going to need your closest friends to be VERY honest with you.

What Are You Going To Be For Halloween?

It's usually easy to know the difference between toys and tools. But what happens when we don't agree. Like, what happens if someone robs a bank with a toy gun?

Is It A Toy Or A Tool?

There are more than 7500 different kinds of apples. So how do we figure out the answer to a question like this? We invite our friends to a taste test.

What Is The Best Apple?

A close friend was in a plane that made a crash landing. She was calmed by overhearing music playing in the headphones of the man next to her. Why? Because music is powerful. 
What are your 10 favorite songs? Let's make an official list. Don't worry, we've got four useful techniques for picking the songs for your playlist.

What Are Your 10 Favorite Songs? - Inside A Question

In 1977, two records were made out of gold and shot into space. What was on those records? Who were they for? And how can those sounds help us use our "big mind" to connect to everything on planet Earth?

Who Are We? (Golden Record)- IAQ

How do you measure the value a story? We created an experiment at a flea market where people could buy things with true stories from their lives. Now you have to help decide what those stories are worth.

Music:
Theme Song - Awake At Night
Thinking - Awake At Night
Hip Hug Her - Booker T and the MG's
Vibeout - Dilla
#3 - Aphex Twin
Numb Fumbling - Fats Waller
Not Waiting for Anything - We Plants are Happy Plants
His Second Story Island - Tortoise
Where is My Mind? - Maxence Cyrin
I'm Still Here - Young Holt Unlimited
Click and Sleep - Ezekiel Honig
Swimmer - Max Richter
Swimming Pool Bossa Party -Mario Nascimbene
Ain't Misbehavin' - Fats Waller
Yeti - Hi-Fi Sky
Tell Me A Story - Frankie Lane and Jimmy Boyd

What Is The Value Of A Story? - IAQ

For people who LIKE scary movies: our listeners call and tell us about the scariest ones they've ever seen.
For people who HATE scary movies: we offer some really useful tricks for watching these movies without pooping on yourself.
Either way, we learn how scary movies hint at our real fears.

Music:
Awake At Night - "Thinking"
Coil - "How To Destroy Angels"
Tomandandy - "The Hills Have Eyes Soundtrack"
Jed Kurtzel - "Babadook Soundtrack"
Hans Zimmer - "The Ring"
John Williams - "Jaws Theme"
Ezekiel Honig - "Falling Down"
Flaming Lips - "The Observer"
Joseph Bishara - "Insidious - Void Figure 7"
PJ Harvey - “Instrumental #3”
Awake At Night - “I Am Not Completely Like Other People”

What Is The Scariest Movie? - IAQ

Thinking about Thanksgiving, we asked a lot of people, "What are you thankful for?" Now we get to play your answers.

What Are You Thankful For? - Inside A Question

A show for people who want to actively figure out themselves, the world, and their place in it. 
A weekly radio show in Louisville, Kentucky on WXOX 97.1 FM. And now a podcast, too.

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