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Bronx Rep. Torres; Adams Campaign Fraudulent Signatures; NASA and Elon Musk; Where's the 2025 'Song of the Summer'?
The Brian Lehrer Show | Aug 4, 2025
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U.S. Representative Ritchie Torres (D-NY15) talks about the latest national political news of the week, as well as the NYC mayoral election, as Congress is in the midst of the August recess.
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A WNYC and Gothamist investigation found that some of the signatures Mayor Adams's re-election campaign submitted for him to be on the ballot this fall as an independent were fake. David Brand, housing reporter for WNYC and Gothamist, Clayton Guse, WNYC and Gothamist editor, and Brigid Bergin, senior political correspondent for WNYC and Gothamist, share what they found and what it could mean for the mayor's re-election chances.
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Franklin Foer, staff writer at The Atlantic, talks about his feature story on the implications of NASA's reliance on Elon Musk's SpaceX.
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Nearly halfway through the summer and NPR is asking... do we have a "song of the summer" yet? Isabella Gomez Sarmiento, NPR Music reporter, breaks down this season's contenders and listeners share their thoughts.
