It's the Brian Larrow Show on WNYC. Good morning, everyone. On today's show, we'll have the Russian-American

journalist and Russia-U.S. Relations expert, Julia Yafi from Puck News. We'll get her take on all this

theater about Russia's war in Ukraine and what's real here. That's why I call it theater. It's

unknown what's real here and who's just posturing for whom at this point. She also writes about

the Middle East, though, and we'll also talk about her article called the coming Maga Israel

battle. You may be surprised who on the right has apparently had about enough of Netanyahu in

general or in Gaza and Jewish settler violence in the West Bank in particular. Also today,

our Health and Climate Tuesday section of the show

will be about turf versus grass, why artificial turf is replacing grass on so many playing

fields in the United States and what the health and climate implications might be. And we'll take

your calls at the end of the show on how much you use arts and entertainment reviews.

You know, some publications are cutting back on reviews, the New York Times, Vanity Fair.

Are they less necessary or just being paid less attention to in the social media era?

We'll invite how you use reviews or decide what arts and entertainment to spend your time or money on.

But we'll start today checking in on the New Jersey governor's race. You know, it's considered a

competitive race according to the experts and according to the polls between Democratic

Congresswoman Mikey Cheryl and Republican former state legislator and the 2021 Republican nominee Jack Chittarelli.

I'll spare you the poll numbers on the race because they're so changeable and often so

unreliable, right? But I'll give you one descriptive finding. A Fairley Dickinson University poll

released in late July found that, quote, asking questions about local issues,

increased support for Chittarelli among independent voters.

Similarly, asking questions about national issues decreased Chittarelli support among independence.

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