The Last PA Witch Trial

We start with Ana Hummel joining Nick Kayal, Dawn Stensland, Greg Stocker and the crew as Pennsylvania’s old fortune-telling statute faces a federal challenge from tarot reader Beck Ravenswood. The court fight turns into stories about boardwalk psychics, palm readings, Hoda Kotb and Nancy Reagan’s reported reliance on astrology. The hour quickly shifts from laughs to hard news when Dawn reports on a South Philadelphia crash that kills one teenager and injures five others after a sedan leaves an I-95 ramp and lands on its side. We track the $10,000 reward in the hit-and-run death of Temple student Bryce Wolfe, then examine a viral clip showing a SEPTA officer shoving a fare evader into a wheelchair user at Allegheny Station. We press for the missing context, question the injury claim and discuss what transit officers face in Kensington. The crew also follows the cyclosporiasis outbreak, debates food safety and lettuce, and pushes Team Kayal and Company toward a top fundraising spot for the Ben to the Shore Bike Tour. Cecily Tynan’s retirement opens a long talk about Philadelphia television, veteran salaries, station loyalty and whether local stars still leave on their own terms. Sports brings the Dodgers’ White House visit, Phillies-Yankees and Sophie Cunningham’s 45-yard high-school field goal. In the Big Take, we reject amnesty in G.T. Thompson’s agriculture bill, demand Senate action on the SAVE America Act and separate temporary H-2A labor from permanent legal status.