The Madeleine Brand Show

If you're still looking for Halloween party supplies, decorations, or costume ideas, you can surely find a giant Halloween store nearby that has it all. The seasonal stores pop up like ghosts in a graveyard - and then vanish into thin air soon after the trick-or-treating is done.

California is under attack. There is an alien species invading our borders. These devious creatures are small, crafty and have an insatiable appetite.

Negative critiques of President Obama are par for the course right now as election season comes to a head. Most conservative candidates, and even some Democrat ones, have taken swipes at our commander in chief.

Statistician Nate Silver won acclaim for accurately predicting many aspects of the 2008 election. He joins Madeleine to discuss his predictions for the 2010 Midterms.

Here’s a bit of a Halloween horror story. A little-known company that has no paid employees holds 60% of all mortgages recorded in the United States.

In honor of Halloween, we bring you another installment in our Weird L.A. Series. Madeleine took a tour of the Museum of Death in Hollywood with owner Cathy Schultz.

Randy Quaid and his wife seek asylum in Canada from Hollywood assassins, a lot of people (too many?) believe in ghosts, pet costumes pull in $200 million a year, and Larry King may just be about ready to retire. Luke Burbank joins us for his weekly "Awesome/ Not Awesome" segment.