Brian Laird on WNYC. All right, nine minutes left in the show on this Halloween.

And so we're going to end with a call-in to shout out your costumes inspired by the news or current pop culture of any kind.

Your costumes that are political or otherwise inspired by the news

or something else that's contemporary.

You know, we don't want the witches and the ghosts and that kind of thing,

but how about a 2025 pop culture reference costume or a 2025 politics reference costume

or anything else inspired by the news of now?

212-433 WNYC, 212-433-9-692, call or text.

I mentioned at the start of the show that someone told me this morning off the air that they're going to go with a red beret, and then everybody knows she's going as

Curtis Lewa. So how about any other political custom? 212-433, WNYC, 433, 9692. Maybe you're going as the actual potato chip bag that

briber apparent Winnie Greco offered reporter Katie Honan on behalf of then candidate Eric Adams.

That might be a tough costume to make.

Maybe you're going as the government shutdown.

We've actually seen an interpretation that's a Statue of Liberty costume with a sorry we're closed sign around the neck.

Do you have another punny interpretation of something political right now.

212-433.

WNYC, on the pop culture side,

one of the most popular costumes this year we think is going to be the Laboubu.

If you're not familiar, it's a quirky crazed-looking doll,

people call it, that sparked a worldwide buying

frenzy. Think of a creepy beanie baby if you're of that generation. Or maybe the K-pop Demon

Hunter's characters will be used huge this year, probably mostly for kids. Or any other character

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