217. What Happens When You Put on a Costume?
No Stupid Questions
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🗓️ 27 October 2024
⏱️ 41 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | One Star. I don't believe it and it's boring. |
| 0:06.3 | I'm Angela Duckworth. I'm Mike Mann and you're listening to no stupid questions. |
| 0:12.0 | Today on the show. listening to no stupid questions. |
| 0:13.6 | Today on the show, what happens when you put on a costume? |
| 0:17.7 | This is my night of debauchery. Oh, Angela, we are in the season of ghosts and witches, costumes and masquerade. |
| 0:41.4 | So today's question is, I think, especially interesting. and a disguise. Are there upsides where some people feel more free to be themselves and what are the downsides |
| 0:56.6 | of the anonymity of a disguise? signed Spencer. Before we dive into this. |
| 1:02.1 | Halloween, boo. |
| 1:03.0 | Halloween and boo. |
| 1:05.0 | Before we dive into this, let me start by asking you a question. |
| 1:08.0 | Did you dress up for Halloween as a kid? |
| 1:10.0 | And if so, what was your favorite costume? |
| 1:12.0 | And do you dress up for Halloween as an adult? |
| 1:15.1 | Oh I have actually thought about this question and a remark on its significance in my psychological development |
| 1:22.2 | so when I was growing up in southern New Jersey |
| 1:26.3 | as the daughter of two Chinese immigrants |
| 1:29.0 | who thought ice cream sandwiches were made on Wonder Bread, |
| 1:32.3 | right? |
| 1:32.5 | Like they didn't really fully get to all these American traditions. |
| 1:36.8 | They partially got them. |
| 1:38.3 | So my mom and dad didn't, you know, put out jackalantorns. |
| 1:41.9 | We didn't decorate the house I was always the one who |
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