October is right around the corner, and we here at Tangents are getting ready for our

annual Halloween blowout. For all of our new listeners, each October, we pick a haunting

theme and spend the whole month talking about topics related to that theme. Like one

year, all of the hosts picked the thing that scared them the most. Another year, we did

a bunch of monsters, like vampires and zombies. This year, we're calling October Trick or

Treat Month, and it's going to be an extra good one. But while we put the finishing touches

on our month of Trick and Treats, please enjoy this encore presentation of our eerie

audio adventure through Tangents Manor, where we learned about the science of spooky

sounds. See you next week!

Come in, come in from the storm. I promise it's safe, and we'll entertain you with tales

from the SciShow Tangents crits. I, Sarah Reilly, am your ghost host, and I'll be joined

by the usual ghouls, Hank Green, Stefan Jin, and Sam Schultz, as we tantalize and torment

your eardrums with some of the scariest sounds out there, and the science of what makes our

skin crawl. Take a seat wherever you'd like. Oh, not the science couch. It's got some

slime residue from our last guest, but please join us for our chat. Hello, friends. What

is fear?

It's what I'm feeling right now. You're being too scary. There's a Samshapes hole in

the wall. I ran out of the room. Fear is the emotion when something bad might happen.

I guess I was thinking of it maybe more specifically, and if you think that something might physically

or emotionally harm you, but I think actually your definition is broader and encapsulates more

things that could probably be considered fear. Oh yeah, I definitely get scared of things

that will not harm me.

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