It's the Brian Lairer Show on WNYC.

I'm Kusha Navadar, a host here at WNYC filling in for Brian, who's on vacation this week.

Hey, thanks so much for joining us today.

It's a real pleasure to have you here.

Coming up on today's show, the climate activist Bill McKibben will join us to talk about a New York State bill.

He's hoping the governor will sign into law that would require fossil fuel companies to pay into a fund to cover climate change related damages.

As you can imagine, there is pushback from the powerful industry. That'll be our climate story

of the week. Plus, later in the show, how to quit vaping, one in 20 people vape. And if a previous

segment Brian hosted on the topic is any indication, a lot of you who do would

like help quitting.

So we'll have an expert here to offer some advice.

And we'll wrap up today's show with a conversation about sainthood, specifically when

the Catholic Church might name a queer saint.

My guest who wrote about it for Out Magazine has a suggestion

and will talk about why that recognition would be so meaningful. But first, have you heard that

vice president and Democratic nominee for President Kamala Harris has chosen her running mate?

It's Minnesota Governor Tim Walls. As of writing, the Harris campaign

has not officially announced this decision, but all the major news outlets are reporting that

she has told her allies, Walls is her choice. This comes just two weeks after she herself became

the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee.

It's really an expedited process unlike what we've seen in modern history.

And we'll turn the phones over to you listeners to give us your reactions to Tim Walls

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