Full Show For Thursday August 20 2026

We open Thursday with Ana Hummel in for Dawn Stensland, a three-hour nap confession, and four 18-year-old New Jersey hikers facing a rescue bill after setting out late and badly prepared on New Hampshire’s Franconia Ridge. From there, we hit the Philadelphia woman who kicks the Chucky-mask suspect in the chest, school phone lockups, the fatal Carlisle plane-helicopter collision, a Bucks County coffee-shop fight, Jersey Shore bacteria advisories, a Philadelphia family’s premature-cremation claim, and a sixth straight Phillies win. Then the Big Take turns to data centers: Donald Trump sees major economic upside, Ron DeSantis warns residents should not pay higher utility costs, Josh Shapiro tightens Pennsylvania rules, and we press the case over farmland, noise, local jobs, privacy, and whether anyone pushing these projects wants one next door. Hour two puts Meta’s child-safety trial under the microscope as a former safety engineer testifies that company leaders know about risks to children. We argue over liability, parental responsibility, screen limits, short-video feeds, and why endless scrolling hits differently than the television of our childhoods. Brooke Baldwin’s new personal disclosures bring back her 2017 clash with Clay Travis, Trump’s planned sit-down with Michael Cohen gets the pro-wrestling comparison, and Rich Zeoli joins us for Shapiro’s data-center shift, a Democratic flip in Pennsylvania’s 12th District, Angie Nixon’s Florida primary win, Democratic socialist gains, and a license-plate camera case that puts police surveillance under fire. Jimmy Failla joins us for Byron Donalds’ Florida win, the DeSantis endorsement question, Columbia House nostalgia, socialism polling, and a sharp argument over New York City DSA positions. In the final stretch, we rank cocktails, send Fight Club into a kitchen brawl, watch a beach civics quiz produce “J.K. Rowling” and “Joe Clinton,” react to a Sea Isle City megalodon tooth, and discuss veterans seeking psychedelic therapy in Mexico. Phil Almquist runs through August 20 music history before Dawn’s Big Three brings James Talarico’s 2023 sermon, a Tennessee football-field tackle, the Milligan cycling-team crash, the Oregon amusement-park verdict, teen summer-job numbers, and one last staff handwashing fight before we sign off.