Major Album Releases Linked To A Rise In Fatal Crashes

We start with Ana Hummel in for Dawn Stensland and immediately get into her trip to the gym, Kayal’s preference for a two-hour nap and research connecting major album-release days with more fatal crashes. That leads to old CD changers, detachable faceplates and the crew arguing that familiar music may actually be the safer option. We also celebrate Shawn Farash’s new nationally syndicated radio gig and take a little credit for getting him onto Philadelphia radio before the rest of the country catches up. Ana’s news brings several major stories in rapid succession. Philadelphia police identify Zymire Hughes as the man accused of chasing and threatening people near City Hall in a mask, and we react to Larry Krasner’s public warning to the suspect. We then get into the federal allegations against Jessica Bowie in Albany, severe tornado damage in Dover, Philadelphia’s selection as a 2028 Democratic National Convention finalist and the gunpoint theft of a Lamborghini and Porsche from an Old City parking garage. After sports talk on the Phillies, Eagles joint practices, the Freedom 250 and Beijing’s humanoid robot games, we spend the rest of the hour on Flock cameras. We question the sales pitch that constant vehicle surveillance keeps everybody safe, replay a case in which an innocent woman is accused of package theft, revisit Rich Zeoli’s objections and dig into Abington Township Police ending its Flock contracts after privacy and data-security concerns. We also hear the company’s defense of its restrictions, question whether those safeguards are enough and show listeners how HaveIBeenFlocked.com lets them check whether their plate appears in released search data.