It's the brilliant later show on WNYC. Good morning everyone on today's show and

Applebaum from the Atlantic on her new cover story, The New Propaganda Wars. It's

about Russia and China and the Maga Right in this country trying

to discredit democracy in a different way than China and Russia used to try to do so in the 20th century Cold War. It's really fascinating in that

respect. It starts with a quote from President Bill Clinton in 2000 who was

sounding very optimistic about the spread of democracy and this new thing called,

what was a call? Oh, the internet. We'll play the clip and discuss what has happened since with an apple mow.

Also today, Democratic Party organizer Luis Maranda with his new memoir, Relentless, which

has 50 years of history of its own, his contact with New York City mayors and movements and all kinds of things and yes if

Miranda sounds like a name you've heard once or twice well there's a lot of

Miranda's in the world but the book does have a forward by his son, Lynn Manuel.

That's coming up and we'll have a call in at the end of the show today that asks,

does Tik-Tok know you better than you know yourself?

But we're starting today with our climate story of the week,

which we do every Tuesday on the show.

This week we're talking about mosquitoes and Queens. Well not just

Queens and if you're asking yourself what do mosquitoes have to do with climate change

well climate change is causing longer and hotter obviously, and in many places we're

experiencing more flooding than we ever have before. More flooding and more heat

means more standing water where mosquitoes can lay their eggs.

There are just a lot more mosquitoes out there

and they're more than just an annoyance.

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