On today’s episode, host Kate Lindsay is joined by <a href="https://www.vox.com/authors/jonquilyn-hill">Jonquilyn Hill</a>, host of Vox’s <a href="https://link.chtbl.com/explainit?sid=site">Explain It To Me</a> podcast. The pair chat about how the internet used to celebrate Halloween, from spooky Twitter display names to Snapchat filters, and why no one wants to be earnest online anymore. However, today’s internet is still filled with plenty of scary stuff, with r/nosleep still going strong, ghost sightings going viral on TikTok, and LinkedIn. That’s it. Just LinkedIn. 
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