Full Show For Monday August 17 2026

We open the week with Anna Hummel in for Dawn Stensland, a newly liberated Anna announcing she has quit her day job, and Greg Stocker taking aim at another childhood health myth: the BRAT diet. From there, we hit the death of Hayden Panettiere at 36, Cape May’s new juvenile curfew, the fatal shooting of an off-duty Philadelphia police officer, Jeremiah Wells scoring a hometown UFC win, a $25,000 Rolex robbery, a grim Port Richmond murder-suicide, and a Phillies comeback sweep. Our Monday Big Take centers on the historic drop in violent crime and Nick Kayal’s argument that influential voices on the far left still flirt with political violence even as the numbers improve. Affordability takes over the 7 AM hour as we dig into a Financial Times poll showing voters feel worse off, rising credit-card delinquency, and Bill Maher’s attack on the $20 delivery burrito as a symbol of Gen Z spending habits. The crew argues over financial literacy, restaurant markups, coffee costs, invisible spending and whether two things can be true at once: everyday life costs more, and plenty of people spend badly. Cape May’s boardwalk rules spark a larger debate over teen behavior at the Jersey Shore before Nancy Mace’s tattoos send us into a long, ridiculous discussion about ink, dating and public image. Harry Mays then joins for Mays Monday and the Cut Sheet, where AOC’s egg-freezing news, her split from Riley Roberts and the crew’s political speculation keep the room moving. The final stretch turns back toward politics and chaos. We get into Terry Moran’s claim about an ABC report on the Wuhan lab-leak theory, Abdul El-Sayed’s half-sister, Hakeem Jeffries trying to put distance between himself and democratic socialists, Medicare for All, Ro Khanna’s response and surprising Republican support for government price controls. Fight Club brings a Yankees-Rangers fan brawl, Jake Tapper’s “Politburo” discussion brings fresh Biden-era questions, and the Cut Sheet closes with UFC 330, a South Dakota soccer brawl, a robot-run coffee shop, a Tesla in a kitchen, an Amazon van in a garage door and a terrifying Berlin high-rise rescue. At 10 AM, we hand things over with Today in Music History, Rock and Roll Jeopardy and Dawn’s Big Three, featuring Berkeley calculus students struggling with basic math, the latest Panettiere details, young men leaving the labor force, Trump scaling back drills with South Korea and a fresh threat involving Oman and the Iran war. 3. Hourly Breakdowns