It's the Brian Lairr Show on WNYC.

I'm Kusha Navadar, a host here at WNYC filling in for Brian today.

On today's show, as she does every Wednesday, Liz Kim, our lead Eric Adams

reporter here at WNYC and Gothamist will join us to talk about the news from City Hall. The mayor

reacted to the news that the city's comptroller Brad Lander announced he'll challenge Mayor

Adams for the Democratic nomination in next year's

mayoral primary. Plus, later in the show, our centennial series, 100 years of 100 things,

continues with a conversation about the life and legacy of James Baldwin, an absolute icon of

the 20th century who would have turned 100 years old this week in just two

days actually. And we'll wrap today's show by hearing from those of you, I guess really all

of you who are maybe Olympics obsessed and are drawing some inspiration from the athletes.

We'll have some tips and we'll want to hear your stories about taking up a new sport later in life.

But first, we turn to the 2024 presidential campaigns and one group of wealthy donors that are increasingly throwing their financial support behind each side of the political divide.

Mega wealthy tech entrepreneurs in Silicon Valley, once considered

supporters of the Democrats, are now some of the loudest voices in the room who are backing the

Republicans. And while most Americans may not care too much about the opinions of a few elite

tech execs.

Their outsized financial influence has the potential to really shape the race.

In fact, big tech has already shaped the race.

A small group of right-wing tech entrepreneurs have been credited with helping Donald Trump

choose J.D. Vance as his running mate, according to a recent article in the Washington Post.

And joining us now to break it all down is Aaron Griffith, New York Times reporter covering tech companies in Silicon Valley.

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