Dan opens with an audio clip of NYC mayor Zohram Mamdani leaving italians, irish, chinese and Jews out of a cultural map of New York City. Dan is joined each Friday by Keith Hartzell, who is also an Ocean City councilman, author, and minister, and they comment on today's opening clip, America's 250th birthday celebrations, as well as what that means. They also talk about some of the other major news stories, and take a few calls from listeners like 'The Bookie'.