Dad talks to Elizabeth and Phoebe, and they have a random and rambling conversation about good and bad TV shows, PSAT memes, and Dad’s temporary single parenthood.  Dad gives the podcast weather report.  In the News, we learn that AirBnB is offering a night in Dracula’s Castle in Transylvania for Halloween, and Dad and Elizabeth discuss possible anthropological explanations for the vampire legends, while Phoebe tries out some vampire puns.  Also in the News, punkin chunkin: the practice of launching pumpkins a very long way using catapults, trebuchets and air canons.  Dad introduces a new segment, Family Archive, and reads entries from his father’s baby journal recorded in 1946, and we learn that he fired a gun before he learned to walk.  Dad yet another time travel scenario in Hypothetical, and Phoebe and Elizabeth take a McSweeney’s quiz, “World of Warcraft Character or Prescription Drug Subject to a Class Action Lawsuit?” Finally, Elizabeth and Phoebe play a quick round of Either/Or.

Dad talks to Will, Henry and Mom about their visit to the 2016 State Fair of Texas.  They discuss Big Tex, the 55-foot-tall mascot of the fair, and all the stuff they saw.  The group listens to a special State Fair Edition of Treat Yourself, recorded at the State Fair of Texas.  In the News, some of Norway’s top ranked politicians get caught playing Pokemon Go, and McDonald puts Ronald on hiatus due to the Creepy Clowns fad.  Finally, the group takes a Random Trivia Dad Quiz, testing their knowledge of the kind of random trivia that Dad knows.

Dad talks to Henry about their fifth-grade camp experience.  Phoebe and Dad discuss the strange creepy clown phenomenon and also Big Tex, the 50-foot mascot for the State Fair of Texas.  Snakes and cats are in news, including a Broadway debut, a fat-shamed cat, and a snake on a train.  Phoebe and Dad play Either/Or, then discuss a puppy/elephant Hypothetical.  Finally, Henry and William join for Treat Yourself, and the family samples Halloween edition Skittles, M&Ms, Cadbury Scream Eggs and Takis.