Playlist

Spooky, creepy talks for Halloween

While you carve your pumpkins and put the final touches on your costume, these talks will get you into the Halloween spirit.

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Emma Teeling

The secret of the bat genome

16 minutes 8 seconds

Jon Ronson

Strange answers to the psychopath test

17 minutes 44 seconds

Joshua Klein

A thought experiment on the intelligence of crows

9 minutes 46 seconds

Jim Fallon

Exploring the mind of a killer

6 minutes 12 seconds

J.J. Abrams

The mystery box

17 minutes 48 seconds

Theo Jansen

My creations, a new form of life

7 minutes 59 seconds

Cheryl Hayashi

The magnificence of spider silk

14 minutes 11 seconds

Marco Tempest

A magical tale (with augmented reality)

6 minutes 15 seconds

Ed Yong

Zombie roaches and other parasite tales

13 minutes

Béatrice Coron

Stories cut from paper

17 minutes 58 seconds