It's the Brian Lairn Show on WNYC. I'm Bridget Bergen, senior reporter in the WNYC and

Gothamist Newsroom filling in for Brian today. First, we hope everyone observing Yom Kippur has a meaningful day

and fast. And also, for you Yankee fans, hey, we got one more game. We're still in it. So,

let's hope for a good game tonight. Coming up on today's show for our election series, 30 issues and 30

days. It's issue number nine. Taxes in New Jersey,

high property taxes are a perennial gripe in the garden state, but the candidates for governor

also have different views on the sales tax, a mansion tax, and more. Plus, later in the show,

why more millennials and even younger people are dealing with different

kinds of cancers.

It's still rare to get cancer as a young adult, but the uptick is real.

Researchers are looking into how the environment and even our habits have changed through

the generations to try to figure out what's causing this.

And speaking of habits, we're going to wrap today's show

with a conversation about your morning routines, and we are going to have a very special guest,

a person who I am pretty sure is a big part of many of your morning routines. Can you guess it?

That's right. Our own Michael Hill will share his ultra early morning routine, and we want to hear how you prep yourself for the day. But first, it's day two of a federal government shutdown, and there's no sign that the standoff will end any time soon. We've started hearing reports about confusion among federal workers and the closure of

federal programs and facilities. Some 750,000 federal workers could face furloughs or worse if the

Trump administration makes good on plans for mass layoffs. So for today's show, we're going to

focus on the politics at play here, the recent posture of some key players in this moment and what that tells us about when and how the shutdown showdown might end.

For all of that, I'm joined by Politico's and a Nicholas U, a congressional reporter who focuses on the U.S. House of Representatives.

Nick, welcome back to WNYC.

Bridget, thanks so much for having me. And listeners, help us report this story. How have you felt

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