We welcome Dawn back from vacation, get Harry Mayes settled into Greg Stocker’s chair and immediately find a debate worthy of a Monday morning: police in Albany, Georgia post a Walmart shopper’s picture after he picks up $30 from the floor. We argue whether loose cash is automatically finders keepers, whether anyone is really walking $30 to customer service and where the line changes when a wallet, card or identification is involved.
Dawn’s news moves from back-to-school conditions into three armed masked suspects robbing people on Locust Street, an Upper Pottsgrove police shooting following a reported break-in, the Carlisle collision between a small plane and a Pennsylvania State Police helicopter, and the continuing search for Zymire Hughes after the Chucky-mask incidents around Center City. We also get into Kai Spears’ $9.25 million verdict against The New York Times, an aggressive coyote warning in Wyncote and Philadelphia’s Naked Bike Ride before Phil Almquist brings us the Phillies’ stunning six-run ninth and Kyle Schwarber’s walk-off homer.
The Monday Big Take turns toward Democratic Socialists, Florida’s communism-history instruction and Bill Maher’s exchanges over DSA politics and Iran. From there, we spend the rest of the hour on data centers: Trump’s support, Republican resistance, electricity and water demands, union construction work, Shapiro’s shift, Garrity’s response and Upper Merion’s rejection of Brian O’Neill’s proposed campus. Harry questions how many permanent jobs remain once construction ends, while Dawn digs into the state and local fight surrounding the projects.
Aug 24, 2026
