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So you'll eventually walk away knowing how to do everything. That's what happens when you're one & a half shows. From the team at Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me! Get NPR+ to listen sponsor-free! Brain hacks to nip procrastination in the bud Research has found that procrastination develops when we're young and it stems from anxiety about starting a task we dread. So in this bonus episode, Manoush and psychologist and child development expert Yuko Munakata discuss techniques that can break the vicious cycle of procrastination.  Get NPR+ to listen to this bonus episode! Ask An Economist: What is the real price of gas? What's the real price of gas ... if you factor in costs to the environment, from extraction to emission? Planet Money's Greg Rosalsky puts that and other listener questions on energy, the environment and electric vehicles to economist Beia Spiller. Spiller heads the transportation program at Resources for the Future, an environmental economics research institute. She's also a fellow there. It's a new bonus episode we're calling, "Ask An Economist..." Get NPR+ to listen to this bonus episode!   Dear Wait Wait: How do I keep my kid from biting people? Wait Wait panelists — Alzo Slade, Shantira Jackson and Emmy Blotnick — give their best advice to listeners. How do I keep my kid from biting people? How do I read more books? What's the best hangover cure? They answer those questions and more with producer Emma Choi. In this bonus episode, it's our latest installment of "Dear Wait Wait..." Get NPR+ to listen to this bonus episode! Wes Craven Knew Why Human Monsters Were The Scariest Of All We continue our October tribute to masters of horror with a listen back to Terry's 1998 interview with film director Wes Craven. His 'Scream' franchise was a smash hit later in his career, but his earlier work on 'A Nightmare On Elm Street' and 'The Hills Have Eyes' was just as scary. When he spoke to Terry, 'Scream 2' had just made a killing at the box office. 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