It's the Brian Laird Show and WNYc. I'm Bridget Bergen, senior reporter in the WNYC and Gothamist Newsroom filling in for Brian today. On today's show, our climate story of the

week looks at two climate-related bills that are still

hanging in the balance in Albany with a legislative session winding down this

week. That's the New York Heat Act and one on plastics packaging.

Plus, later in the show, why some progressive advocates are turning to the states to expand rights

since the Supreme Court with its conservative majority is clearly not a path they can rely on.

And we'll wrap up today's show with a conversation on how so-called Tradwife culture.

Have you come across this on social media?

Intersex or diverges from how you run your household.

But first, it's primary day in New Jersey,

and that means it's time for another installment of the Brian Laird shows

informal, unofficial, and thoroughly unscientific exit poll. That's right,

Garden State voters, get ready to call in and tell us who you voted for and why. The

number is 212 433 WNYC that's 212 433 962, New Jersey primary voters.

We want to hear from you.

And there were a lot of races on the ballot in this election,

even though Democrats and Republicans already have their nominees for president,

both Joe Biden and Donald Trump will be on the ballot there.

Maybe you've been paying more attention to the Democratic Senate primary where Congressman Andy Kim, Patricia Campos Medina, and Larry Ham are all running for candidates hoping to succeed long-serving New Jersey Senator Bob Menendez.

A little bit more news coming from that camp today.

There are also several competitive House primaries.

And even before polls opened at 6 a.m. this morning nearly 280,000 voters had already

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