We start with the crew grading ourselves against a list of foods people supposedly should eat every week, including chickpeas, sardines, black kale, frozen berries, Brazil nuts, coffee, cheese, lentils, dark chocolate and tahini. That turns into Dawn defending her Aldi shopping habits, Nick pitching a grocery-store video with Dawn, stories about the Kayal family’s shopping routines and the revelation that Nick’s father’s health history probably makes him a questionable source for grocery advice.
Dawn’s first news run brings the Cornell allegations and the reopened criminal investigation, followed by Cody Heron’s sentence for the viral Philadelphia motorcycle confrontation near City Hall. We get into Montgomery County District Attorney Kevin Steele charging 46 retailers over illegal THC products and react with disbelief to products labeled at more than 1,000 milligrams. The death-row story involving Christa Gail Pike gives Greg another opportunity to pitch increasingly absurd alternatives to lethal injection after Pike survives Tennessee’s attempt to execute her.
Phil returns with sports as we celebrate the Phillies’ 4-3 extra-inning win over Atlanta behind Kyle Schwarber, Bryce Harper, Alec Bohm and Andrew Painter. The Flyers’ 7-0 season-opening loss draws a very different reaction, and we hit the Cowboys’ deal for Joey Porter Jr. The Big Take then focuses on Flydubai Flight FZ1073 and the IRGC letter directed at American voters. Nick argues that those developments add another dimension to the midterms while Dawn follows with the significance of the plane landing safely in Saudi Arabia and what that says about shifting regional ties.
