Silicon Valley and the 2024 Election; Reporters Ask the Mayor; 100 Years of James Baldwin; A New Sport at Any Age

• Until recently, the nation’s tech capital, Silicon Valley, was seen as a liberal bastion, but the tech billionaires are starting to diverge in their political ideologies. Erin Griffith, New York Times reporter covering tech companies and Silicon Valley, explains what's going on with the infighting and how wealthy tech donors are influencing the 2024 presidential election with their money.
  
  
• Mayor Adams holds one off-topic press conference per week, where reporters can ask him questions on any subject. Elizabeth Kim, Gothamist and WNYC reporter, recaps what he talked about at this week's event, including his support for VP Kamala Harris, fights over shelters and how his re-election campaign is shaping up.
  
  
• Continuing our centennial series, Eddie Glaude, Jr., Princeton professor and the author of several books, including Begin Again: James Baldwin’s America and Its Urgent Lessons for Our Own (Crown, 2020) and We Are the Leaders We Have Been Looking For (Harvard University Press, 2024), talks about the life and legacy of James Baldwin, who would be 100 years old on August 2.
  
  
• Allie Volpe, senior reporter at Vox, talks about how to learn a new sport at any age.

Transcripts are posted to each segment as they become available.