Brian Lehrer Weekend: How Horror Movies Reveal Cultural Anxiety; Your Halloween Costume Disasters; Facebook's Global Influence




The Brian Lehrer Show show

Summary: <p>Three of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.</p> <p>Aja Romano, culture reporter for Vox traces the history of American anxieties and cultural fears through Hollywood’s changing horror movie monsters. (First) |  Kate Hinds, WNYC's planning editor, shares her own biggest costume disaster and listeners chime in too. (starts around 18:33) | New York Times technology reporter Sheera Frenkel joins to discuss her latest reporting on Facebook's influence in India and across the globe. (starts around 32:27).</p> <p data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen-2802105_128="260" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen-2802105_128="260" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time-2802105_128="100" data-gtm-vis-has-fired-2802105_128="1"><em>If you don't subscribe to the Brian Lehrer Show on iTunes, <a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/brian-lehrer-show-from-wnyc/id73331636?mt=2">you can do that here</a>. </em></p> <p data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen-2802105_128="260" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen-2802105_128="260" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time-2802105_128="100" data-gtm-vis-has-fired-2802105_128="1"> </p> <p data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen-2802105_128="260" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen-2802105_128="260" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time-2802105_128="100" data-gtm-vis-has-fired-2802105_128="1"> </p> <p data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen-2802105_128="260" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen-2802105_128="260" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time-2802105_128="100" data-gtm-vis-has-fired-2802105_128="1"><em> </em></p>