Full Show For Wednesday August 12 2026

Tony Bruno joins us for a full What Up Wednesday, and the Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial primary immediately takes over the morning. We react to David Crowley’s surprise win over Francesca Hong, the Milwaukee USB controversy and what Hong’s defeat says about socialist candidates in battleground states. Dawn also brings us the local docket: a tribute to Janet Klein, a surrender tied to the Billy Schmidt murder investigation, the Cheltenham football hazing scandal, a horrifying Harrisburg child-abuse case and Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday’s lawsuit against TikTok. Crowley’s upset and the late Milwaukee reporting are also reflected in current election coverage. The Big Take puts three major questions on the table: why homicides are falling across major American cities, where the risks of artificial intelligence are becoming impossible to ignore, and what the midterms could look like after Wisconsin’s result. We get into Bernie Sanders calling for a pause in artificial intelligence development, John Fetterman’s China response, automated 911 calls, Waymo vehicles and the possibility of self-driving SEPTA buses. From there, the Cut Sheet turns to Hasan Piker’s multimillion-dollar home, Robert Redfield’s criticism of Anthony Fauci, Dr. Paul Offit’s reaction to Trump’s childhood vaccine order, Massachusetts abortion legislation and AOC’s egg-freezing videos. The final stretch gets loose with Mike Lindell’s Minnesota primary loss, Pat McAfee’s backward hat, Michael LaRosa taking aim at Abdul El-Sayed, a costumed Mickey-and-Minnie Fight Club, Lancaster’s mustard vandal, a Florida man doing 110 mph for a cheating girlfriend and a Saratoga horse named One Big Beautiful Bill charging home. We close Kayal and Company with an NFL coaches-by-looks survey and Today in Music History before Dawn’s Big Three takes over with Dave Sunday’s TikTok suit, Dawn’s Naples fishing trip, an eight-year-old catching a piranha at Ridley Park Lake and the August 12 solar eclipse.