Gun Violence and the 2024 Election; New Leader at FDNY; Brick & Mortar, but Smaller; New York Baseball

On today's show:

• A school shooting in Georgia this week has thrust gun violence back into the spotlight, as both presidential contenders (and their VPs) clarify their positions. Chip Brownlee, reporter at The Trace, a non-profit news site covering gun violence, breaks down what we know about the shooting, gun violence in schools and what each candidate has proposed to address the issue.
  
  
• Robert Tucker, commissioner of the Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY), talks about his new role and the challenges facing the department, and Daniel Flynn, chief fire marshal of the FDNY Bureau of Fire Investigation (BFI), discusses the department's efforts to prevent lithium-ion battery fires.
  
  
• Lora Kelley, associate editor at The Atlantic and an author of the Atlantic Daily newsletter, looks at how e-commerce hasn't stopped stores from opening, but now they're smaller and serve a different purpose.
  
  
• For only the sixth time, both the Mets and the Yankees teams could make the playoffs. Brendan Kuty, MLB staff writer for The Athletic, assesses the chances of October baseball in NYC and the state of the game.

Transcripts are posted to each segment as they become available.