A warning for those listening, this first story is pretty gruesome. A 25 year-old Michigan man named Kevin Bacon has been murdered allegedly at the hands of Mark Latunski. They found each other on a dating app, met on Christmas Eve, and days later Bacon was found in Latunski’s basement hanging from the rafters by his ankles and his throat slit. Latunski also allegedly admitted to cutting off and eating part of Bacon’s body… his testicles. Latunski’s attorney is seeking an insanity defense for his client. For more on this story we speak to Michelle Myers, Kevin’s best friend and roommate, and she’ll tell us more about the loss of her friend.

Next, New York City has a garbage problem and a lot of it has to do with the failures in their recycling program. For nearly two decades New York City has almost completely outsourced its trash burden to other communities and have fallen short on ambitious recycling and waste reduction goals that other major American cities have accomplished. Politico New York has published a five-part series examining all the aspects of why all this garbage has become such a problem in the city. Sally Goldenberg, NY City Hall Bureau Chief, and Danielle Muoio, NY City Hall Reporter for Politico, join us for more.

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