# The Rita Cosby Show: Hour 2 | 07-07-26

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Podcast: [The Rita Cosby Show](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-rita-cosby-show-4484149)
Published: 2026-07-08T05:13:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 2286

## Resource

In this hour, we dive into two intense situations: a 38-story Midtown Manhattan skyscraper teetering on the edge of a catastrophic collapse, and a fiery on-air clash over consent and victim-blaming. First, we get updates from the FDNY on the buckling steel beams and evacuations at a luxury renovation on 42nd Street and Second Avenue. Then, host Rita Cosby goes head-to-head with "Tom in New Jersey," a caller who offers a terrible take on a recent high-profile sexual assault allegation involving Graham Platner.

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