EPISODE · Jul 3, 2026 · 8 MIN
Ryan Wrecker discusses a Taylor Swift wedding and NYC updates.
from The Tara Show
In the opening segment of The Tara Show, guest host Ryan Wrecker highlighted a series of bizarre and dramatic events unfolding in New York City ahead of the 4th of July weekend. He kicked off the hour by discussing the heavy media fixation on reports that pop star Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce had secretly wed ahead of a massive, exclusive bash at Madison Square Garden. Wrecker found irony in the couple hosting a private celebration in one of the world's busiest arenas, especially as city officials concurrently urged residents to keep their air conditioning thermostats no higher than $78^\circ\text{F}$ to prevent power grid blackouts. Contrasting the lavish celebrity gossip, Wrecker also reported on a sobering and disturbing incident outside the United Nations headquarters, where a man from Tibet tragically set himself on fire in a shocking political protest against China's occupation.
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Here is the text transcript of the audio segment: 00:00 Oh boy, am I happy to be here with you on this pre-4th of July. Hello, hello! It's going to be somewhat of a slow day, and you can tell it's a slow day because so many people are talking about the Taylor Swift wedding. It's so stupid, but it is something that is going to be going on among many other things in the world today. We—if you want to know the way we are and the timeline we are in when it comes to the world—within hours of each other, the President of the United States spoke to an AI representative of Theodore Roosevelt about the Panama Canal, and the biggest pop star in the world is getting married, and that seems to be one of the biggest headlines going into the 4th of July weekend. 01:05 Joining us, by the way, later this hour is my friend Rich Rubino. He's a political historian, and he's someone that—I should ask him. Someone that knows more about political history than I think anyone on the planet. I should ask him, where does the Taylor Swift wedding land in American landmarks when it comes to the history of the entire America, 250 years? Where does the Taylor Swift wedding land when it comes to significant moments in our history? If he doesn't laugh at that, um, that'll be nice. Hopefully, he doesn't hang up on me. But I see Rich all the time. He's on Fox News, he's on NewsNation, he does all kinds of different television and radio interviews throughout the country, and I'm really looking forward to having that talk with him. 02:08 By the way, next hour, too, this is going to be a fun one. Randall Sullivan's going to join us. He's the author of a new book called The First All-Star Game, and he documented kind of a pinpoint, again, in American history where times were tough. People needed to pull their spirits up. So, the idea was, let's get the biggest names in baseball to play a game against each other in Chicago. And, you know what? It was a big hit, and it did raise a lot of spirits. So, we're going to talk to Randall Sullivan about that next hour, among many other great things. 02:47 So, I really didn't know where to start here. If you want to follow me online @RyanWrecker or RyanWreckerRadio.com. But it's so strange with New York City, the way it is today. Just a couple of days ago, you had the Mayor, Adams, say, "You know what? You probably shouldn't raise your thermostat past 78," right? So, if—if you're someone that likes to keep it lower, let's say 75, 74, 73... And the first thing that came to my mind, the practical side of me said, "Okay, as a guy, I can understand that if you want to try to make sure the power grids don't blackout because everyone's trying to run their AC at full blast right now inside of your city, I get it." But then the husband in me said, "There's no way my wife would ever allow it to be set at 78. Not a chance." And if I'm a guy and my wife is getting on my back, "Why is it so hot in here?" and she's bringing that up—"Oh, it's so hot in here"—every three minutes? I couldn't do that either. Forget what the mayor says. We're not going to 78. 04:06 But then the other side of me said, a lot of them are living in these high-rise apartments, and they have neighbors on the other side of their wall. So, if you keep yours at 78, your neighbor ignores you, and your neighbor is pumping it lower, then all of a sudden, depending on how efficient those walls are, you might even share some of the same AC amenities. You're probably going to be paying the same amount and not get the benefit of it. And on top of that, if you're the one that actually is at 78 and the neighbor next to you is going down lower, then you're hoping, "Okay, maybe a little bit of igloo effect here, I can get some residual air coming off of it if my walls aren't as hot because the neighbor's not doing it. Maybe that'll be a benefit, so maybe I'll go higher than 78." I think it's going to screw with a lot of New Yorkers, and they don't like to be screwed wit ...
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