On today's show: 

• Kadia Goba, politics reporter at Semafor, breaks down the politics at play with the brinksmanship over shutting down the federal government and what comes next for Speaker Kevin McCarthy. 

• Queens Borough President Donovan Richards and Brooklyn Borough President Antonio Reynoso talk about the aftermath of Friday's storm in their respective boroughs.

• On this first Monday in October, the start of the Supreme Court's term, Julia Longoria, host of WNYC's More Perfect, talks about More Perfect's season as some episodes re-air on WNYC this week, and Steven Mazie, Supreme Court correspondent for The Economist and legal advisor for WNYC's More Perfect, previews the upcoming term, with cases on guns, the abortion pill and more on the schedule.

• A recent TikTok trend of asking men how often they think about the Roman Empire has gone viral. Kevin Feeney, a faculty fellow at New York University who teaches Roman history, breaks down the obsession and explain what Ancient Rome and the United States have in common, and listeners to call in and share why they think about the Roman Empire so much.

Transcripts are posted to each segment as they become available.