Full Show For Friday August 21 2026
We open Friday with Ana Hummel filling in for Dawn Stensland as we learn why researchers connect major album releases from Taylor Swift, Harry Styles and others with a 15% rise in traffic deaths on release days. From there, we hit Philadelphia police identifying Zymire Hughes as the man accused of terrorizing people near City Hall in a Chucky-style mask, the federal case against Jessica Bowie over an alleged ISIS-inspired plot targeting the New York State Capitol, major tornado damage in Dover and Philadelphia landing among the final three cities competing for the 2028 Democratic National…
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