On today's show:

• Philip Bump, national columnist for The Washington Post and the author of The Aftermath: The Last Days of the Baby Boom and the Future of Power in America (Viking, 2023), talks about the latest national political news, including what Hunter Biden's plea deal could mean for President Biden's re-election campaign, Republican presidential debate plans and more.

• Early voting for the heated Yonkers mayoral primary election kicked off last Saturday. David McKay Wilson, columnist for Journal News/lohud.com, part of the USA Today Network in New York, and AJ Woodson, editor-in-chief of Black Westchester Magazine, discuss the candidates, their policy differences, and their controversies.

• Eyal Press, journalist and author of several books, most recently, Dirty Work: Essential Jobs and the Hidden Toll of Inequality in America (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2021), talks about his new piece in The New York Times Magazine on the "moral crisis" doctors in America are experiencing as health care becomes increasingly corporatized.

• A recent story in Crain's declares, "City bars have a new motto: Thank God it’s Wednesday." Listeners weigh in on whether this motto rings true —and whether remote and hybrid work schedules have shaken up after-work socialization.

Transcripts are posted to each segment as they become available.