If it's Halloween, it's time for politicians to include ghosts and goblins and ghouls in their rhetoric.

It's an ageless formula for campaign season: The calendar nears October 31 and out come all manner of menacing metaphors, mentions of masks and costumes, and a cacophony of cringeworthy Halloween language.

What have been the scariest Halloween mentions in politics?

What have been the silliest?

And which Senate candidate said in an ad: "I'm not a witch"?

(Hint: Turns out, her opponent wasn't a witch either.)

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One called it a thumping. Another called it a shellacking. But whatever adjective is used, one thing you can be sure of: When Presidents conduct press conferences after mid-term elections, their reactions are often real, raw, emotional -- and unrehearsed.

With the 2022 mid-term elections approaching, the C-SPAN podcast "The Weekly" starts with the historic 1994 mid-term elections -- when Republicans won both chambers of Congress -- and hears reactions from every president since.

Which president called the mid-term elections a "thumping"? Which president called the mid-term elections a "shellacking"?

And how did President Donald Trump react in 2018 when Nancy Pelosi became House speaker again and Mitch McConnell expanded his Senate majority?

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While C-SPAN provides extensive coverage of Campaign 2022 debates, the C-SPAN podcast "The Weekly" provides a Top Ten List from Senate, House, Governor, and Mayor debates in campaign seasons past.

Last week: Top Ten Moments from Candidates.

This week: Part II -- Top Ten Moments from Moderators.

You may remember some. You may be hearing some for the first time. But either way, it's a chance to hear Alex Trebek get booed.

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Quick: Think of your favorite moments from a campaign debate.

OK, got it? You probably have in mind something that happened during a presidential or vice-presidential debate, right?

But what about a Senate, House, Governor, or Mayor debate?

Drawing a blank? No worries ... the C-SPAN podcast "The Weekly" has you covered.

Because -- YES! -- it's that time of year: Time to watch C-SPAN's coverage of Campaign 2022 debates.

Which also makes it time to download and listen to Top Ten list of Most Memorable Moments from a Senate, House, Governor, or Mayor debate -- all seen on C-SPAN. And now in one easy place to enjoy -- "The Weekly" podcast.

Even better: this is merely Part I. The following week: Part II. Ten more. "The Weekly" podcast that week will be: Top Ten Most Memorable Moments Involving the Moderators of Senate/House/Gov/Mayor Debates.

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Liz Cheney for president in 2024? Perhaps.

Dick Cheney for president in 1996? Perhaps.

As speculation swirls around Liz Cheney potentially running for president, the C-SPAN podcast "The Weekly" looks back to her father spending a year testing the waters, with speaking gigs in Iowa and New Hampshire and around the country.

In the end, did Dick Cheney run and become the Republican nominee for president of the United States in 1996?

The answer is finally revealed in "The Weekly."

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Shana Tova! This week's "The Weekly" podcast demonstrates you don't have to be Jewish to mark the Jewish New Year.

From Presidents like Barack Obama and George W. Bush to Vice Presidents like Dan Quayle and Al Gore to Senators like Patrick Leahy and John McCain -- hear non-Jewish politicians talk about Rosh Hashanah.

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On May 16, 1991, Queen Elizabeth made Congress laugh.

Even though many British prime ministers have addressed Joint Meetings of Congress over the decades, this was the first -- and still only -- time a British monarch has had the honor. In this special British-flavored episode of C-SPAN's "The Weekly" to mark the Queen's passing, we revisit that speech: The serious moments reflecting the Gulf War victory ... plus Her Majesty's opening joke that brought down the House .... of Representatives.

With special guest appearances by John Major, Tony Blair, Christopher Hitchens, and a Kennedy.

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On Friday, September 9, 2022, President Biden will be in Ohio for the groundbreaking of the new Intel semiconductor manufacturing facility. When Biden signed the CHIPS Act last month, he said it would create "more than 1 million construction jobs alone over the next six years building semiconductor factories in America."

Biden wasn't the first president -- or presidential candidate -- to promise millions of jobs from a government program. He's just the most recent in a lonnnnnggggg line who have done so. On the C-SPAN podcast "The Weekly," hear Presidents since Ronald Reagan make the Million Jobs Promise.

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Hey all you teachers and all you parents, and all you professors and all you students: Season #2 of the C-SPAN in the Classroom podcast drops this fall!

Whether you're mowing the yard, on a peaceful weekend drive, or just relaxing on the couch with your favorite blanket, make sure to tune in to the first episode of Season #2 of C-SPAN in the Classroom on September 10th, available at c-span.org, on the free C-SPAN Now app, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Make sure to like, subscribe, and share, and visit us at www.c-span.org/classroom.

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As the National; Book Festival approaches its 22nd year, the C-SPAN podcast "The Weekly" looks back at its history: Where "Reader-In-Chief" Laura Bush got the idea, how she implemented it ... and how the National Book Festival's history has been intertwined with familiar current events -- like 9/11, Hurricane Katrina, presidential campaigns -- and even Vladimir Putin's ex-wife.

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