It's the Brian Larry Show on WNYC. Good morning, everyone.

On today's show, a journalist from Consumer Reports with their article that says Instacart

charges shoppers different prices for the

same items in the same store at the same moment based on information from AI. We'll hear how they do

it according to consumer reports, whether that's legal, and if you can tell that you're being

targeted to pay more and do something about it.

Also today, speaking of shopping, it's our final edition of Shop Listener for the holidays in 2025,

where we try to support WNYC listeners selling holiday gifts from your small businesses.

This time, call in if you're selling experiences as holiday gifts.

That'll be at the end of the show, around a quarter to 12, something like that. And the Republican Party used to have an abundance theory of energy policy.

Develop all kinds to keep your energy bills low. But an article on heat map says not anymore.

We'll see how the new energy restrictionists, including President Trump,

who made headlines on this yesterday, maybe you saw it, are affecting New York and New Jersey.

And we'll check in on the Paris Climate Treaty at 10 years old with HeatMap.

Looks great on paper.

We'll see how much it changed the climate.

But we'll start today with New York transition politics. The Mobbani transition as he creates a new position

called Deputy Mayor for Economic Justice and picks a former U.S. Labor Secretary for the job.

The post-Aleis Stefonic transition, what is her sudden departure from

politics, portend for the 26 governor's race and the Republican Party generally, plus we'll

have some fun with New York political predictions for 26 as gathered by the new site, city,

and state. And speaking of transitions, with us now is the new

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