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Our Spooky Halloween at Portillo’s in Chicago S:1 Ep:35

October 31, 2025·55 min·2 clips

I showed up to a 5K with 100 kids and my friend was the only one in a Halloween costume.

The episode opens in full Halloween mode. The hosts greet listeners, joke that the costumes were thrown together, and trade compliments and teasing about the looks. One host wears a Ratatouille-inspired costume with a rat on the shoulder, and the bit works because rats and mice are clearly a dealbreaker for the other host. The costume chat keeps rolling the way their conversations usually do, with quick clarifications, side comments, and playful interruptions. The host in costume points out the witch hands and the lion-cat setup, and the other host reminds listeners that if they are watching on YouTube, they should actually look at the screen because the episode was dressed for it. The show also swings into a running update. They talk through a 3.1-mile effort, pacing changes, and the way the run started fast before fading into a more delirious finish. The tone stays half serious and half self-mocking, which keeps the recap feeling immediate instead of polished. A family race result gets a quick celebration too. Aaron finishes first in his age class, and the hosts note that the field may not have been huge, but they still treat it like a real win. It is the kind of supportive, lightly teasing moment that keeps the episode grounded. There are a few small life updates and tangents along the way, including mention of an upcoming amusement park trip. The banter stays loose and physical, with the rat fear, the witch hands, the lion-cat costume, and the hair comments all folding into the same running bit. Near the end, they encourage people to subscribe and comment, and they float the idea of doing a live-stream podcast by the end of the year, with live Q&A if the show keeps building traction. The episode closes because they need to get to their Halloween viewing tradition, and the signoff carries the same affectionate, slightly chaotic energy that ran through the whole conversation.

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A messy Halloween hangout built on thrown-together costumes and easy duo chemistry.

The Halloween episode settles into thrown-together costumes, a Ratatouille riff, and the uneasy, playful charge around the rat-on-shoulder bit.

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For a Halloween hangout that starts silly and stays loose, this one lands.

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