NYC Mayoral Debate Recap; Geo-Puzzle: Westchester; Iconic at 50: "Imagine"; An Early Holiday Gift Guide; 8-Minute Explainer: Kenneth Davis on Halloween History

Coming up on today's show:

• Brigid Bergin, WNYC's senior political correspondent, and Elizabeth Kim, politics reporter for Gothamist and WNYC, recap the NYC mayoral debate between Republican Curtis Sliwa and the Democratic nominee, Eric Adams.
• Will Shortz, NPR's puzzlemaster and The New York Times' crossword puzzle editor, offers word puzzle challenges all about Westchester County to the listeners.
• Sean Ono Lennon, musician, member of the bands The GOASTT, also known as The Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger, and The Claypool Lennon Delirium, founder of Chimera Music, a collaborative artist-run label and arts collective based in New York City, and son of John Lennon and Yoko Ono, discusses how John Lennon's 1971 song "Imagine" was shaped by its time and has influenced music for generations to come.
• Supply chain issues mean that people should get a jump on their holiday gift shopping and ordering if they can. Maxine Builder, editor-in-chief of The Strategist, offers advice on where to start this season and listeners chime in with their own ideas.
• For this membership drive, we'll feature a brief explainer on a different topic each day. Today, Kenneth C. Davis, author of Don't Know Much About History and Don't Know Much About Mythology, explains the little-known history of Halloween.

Transcripts are posted to the individual segment pages as soon as they are available.