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	Podcast:		Kottke Ride Home
	Episode:		Fri. 10/01 - Edibles In Your Kid's Trick-Or-Treat Candy? Don't Bet On It.
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:14:30
	Publish Date:		2021-10-01 16:16:15
	Description:		The persisting myth of tampered-with and tainted trick-or-treat candy, and why it’s an urban legend that will never die. Plus, how we humans produce speech and a website that shows you both the beautiful engineering and the chaos of our mouths. And a selection of haunted houses you can sleep over at in case you’re looking to up the ante on your spooky experiences this month. Sponsor: NetSuite, netsuite.com/kottke Links: For the Last Time: No One Is Trying to Give Your Kid Edibles (LifeHacker) Could THC candies make it into your child's Halloween haul? (The Takeout) Are People Really Trying to Drug Kids With Marijuana-Laced Halloween Candy? (Reason) Big Candy Is Angry at Look-Alike THC Treats (NY Times) Halloween: The History of America's Darkest Holiday by David J. Skall Those Treats May Be Tricks (NY Times, 1970) Pink Trombone From Grunting To Gabbing: Why Humans Can Talk (NPR, 2010) You can spend Halloween with Dewey Riley at the original 'Scream' house (Mashable) Stay somewhere spirited (Airbnb) Kottke.Org Jackson Bird on Twitter See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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