It's the Brian Lairn Show on WNYC.

I'm Bridget Bergen, senior reporter in the WNYC and Gothamist Newsroom filling in for Brian this week.

Good morning, everybody.

Coming up on today's show,

Medi Hassan will be one of my guests, the former MSNBC host, participated in a YouTube debate

that's, if that's even the word for it, with 20 far-right conservatives that went somewhat viral

this week. He'll tell us what that was like and what he learned from the experience. Plus,

the leader of the Tenement Museum will tell us about their experience hosting a summer program

for teachers on teaching black and immigrant history. The Atlantic writer Clint Smith will

also join that conversation. And teachers, especially history teachers, we're going to want to

hear from you, so stay tuned for that. And we're going to want to hear from you, so stay

tuned for that. And we're going to wrap up today's show by talking about salt, not the tax break,

but how restaurants are apparently using a lot of it. Probably your heart doctor would say way

too much in each dish. But first, it's time for our weekly New York City politics segment with my colleague,

WNYC and Gothamist reporter, Elizabeth Kim. Hey, Liz. Hey, Bridget, happy Wednesday. Happy Wednesday.

Now, this is coming after a pretty breathless stretch on the primary campaign trail. Candidates are

collectively hitting the reset button ahead of the general election,

and given how different the candidates are themselves, the way they are resetting looks pretty

different as well. There is the Democratic mayoral nominee who is taking a two-week pause from

campaigning to visit some family and friends outside the city. And then there's Andrew Cuomo,

who's making a few more media appearances than he did during the primary campaign,

but continuing to stay very on message.

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