Oct 16, 2026 · 1 hr 3 min · 42 segments
We open Friday with Dawn Stensland discussing Stanford Medicine research involving the regeneration of knee cartilage, which quickly becomes a running joke about knee replacement warranties and…
Dawn StenslandHost
Greg StockerHostPhil Almquist
So we're a little over two weeks to the midterm elections, if you're counting and making sure that you're registered and all that good stuff.

A lot of weather alerts, but hot today, so all the timing and the forecast upcoming.

Federal investigators releasing information that they are looking into these suspicious letters.

They were mailed to state election officials, and we're told some of them, yes, in our region, as well as congressional officers, some of which did contain unknown powdery substances or substances.

At least a half dozen Senate offices of Democrats were, according to the authorities, sent these letters, most of which were intercepted, thank God, before they were delivered.

The FBI as well as the US Postal Inspection Service investigating these suspicious mailings, and, uh, that's according to the, the federal authorities.

Like I say, they're saying that some of the letters did contain an unknown substance.

They were sent to, quote, "various addresses across the nation," so this appears to be coordinated and specifically toward Democrats and some election offices and/or election officials.

But we know that the Senate Sergeant at Arms also issuing a notice to congressional staff informing them of this investigation.

And, um, you know, the congressional offices were among those who received these suspicious letters.

So we did have a, a release of a statement for Delaware Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester saying that a state office received a suspicious letter that contained a white powder, and the letter was never opened in the office.

Uh, there was a, another letter meant for New York Senator Kirsten, um, uh, Gillibrand.

So we're a little over two weeks to the midterm elections, if you're counting and making sure that you're registered and all that good stuff.

A lot of weather alerts, but hot today, so all the timing and the forecast upcoming.

Federal investigators releasing information that they are looking into these suspicious letters.

They were mailed to state election officials, and we're told some of them, yes, in our region, as well as congressional officers, some of which did contain unknown powdery substances or substances.

At least a half dozen Senate offices of Democrats were, according to the authorities, sent these letters, most of which were intercepted, thank God, before they were delivered.

The FBI as well as the US Postal Inspection Service investigating these suspicious mailings, and, uh, that's according to the, the federal authorities.

Like I say, they're saying that some of the letters did contain an unknown substance.

They were sent to, quote, "various addresses across the nation," so this appears to be coordinated and specifically toward Democrats and some election offices and/or election officials.

But we know that the Senate Sergeant at Arms also issuing a notice to congressional staff informing them of this investigation.

And, um, you know, the congressional offices were among those who received these suspicious letters.

So we did have a, a release of a statement for Delaware Senator Lisa Blunt Rochester saying that a state office received a suspicious letter that contained a white powder, and the letter was never opened in the office.

Uh, there was a, another letter meant for New York Senator Kirsten, um, uh, Gillibrand.
The rest of this transcript — segmented and speaker-labeled, so you land on the exact moment something was said
Search every transcript — by keyword, by phrase, or by meaning, across every show Radar indexes
Trends — what is surging across podcasts, measured against its own baseline
Alerts — when a name you follow appears in a newly indexed episode
No account is needed to search Radar.