June 9, 2025: Is Seattle going to have Summer of Love Part Deux?

June 9, 2025 The Morning Ride

ICE is the New Tesla?
It’s a jam-packed episode of The Morning Ride with guests Todd Meyers, Rep. Jim Walsh, and King County Assessor John Wilson. Phil breaks down the chaotic weekend in Paramount, California, where violent protesters clashed with law enforcement and ICE agents. Plus, new audio has surfaced from Greta Thunberg’s failed Gaza-bound cruise, and what’s next for the iconic Uncle Sam billboard just sold in Chehalis?
June 6, 2025: The ‘Maryland Man’ is back

June 6, 2025 The Morning Ride

Phil talks to VP of the Mead School Board about their mission to keep girls sports fair and safe within the original confines of title IX, Economist Steve Moore about the Trump and Elon war of words as well as the current state, and physicist Novi Pablant about the recent records his team has set in working towards fusion power. Also on today's show is updates about the MUSK V. TRUMP x battle as well as on Karine Jean-Pierre's upcoming book.
June 5, 2025: Mom & Dad are fighting

June 3, 2025 The Morning Ride

On this Throwback Thursday edition of The Morning Ride, Phil talks to UW Professor, Cliff Mass, about misinformation spread about climate change by the Seattle Times, updates the audience on a cargo ship left adrift with burning electric vehicles, provides the must recent details about the manhunt underway near Leavenworth and shares a story about an Olympia highs school teacher who called for the the death of fascists.
June 4, 2025: Socialism hasn’t ruined enough yet

June 4, 2025 The Morning Ride

Heart-wrenching news out of central Washington, where three young girls were allegedly murdered by their own father near Leavenworth—and the manhunt is still underway. Phil speaks with King County Council candidate Rob Wotton, who lays out his plan to fix what he calls a “broken” county. Plus, Chinese nationals smuggling in a dangerous pathogen—how it happened, what the FBI is doing about it, and an unlikely new supporter of President Trump. All that and more on today’s show.
June 3, 2025: Phil Vandervort fills in for Ari Hoffman!

KVI’s Phil Vandervort fills in for Ari Hoffman!
More details are emerging about the horrific terrorist attack on Jewish demonstrators in Boulder, Colorado—including new information about the victims. Meanwhile, after hinting at it yesterday, Phil dives into the official announcement: former Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant is running for Congress. He’s got the best of the worst audio from her press conference. Plus, a groundbreaking wrongful death lawsuit blames Big Oil for climate change, but Phil says it’s nothing more than political hot air.
June 3, 2025 The Morning Ride

More details are emerging about the horrific terrorist attack on Jewish demonstrators in Boulder, Colorado—including new information about the victims. Meanwhile, after hinting at it yesterday, Phil dives into the official announcement: former Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant is running for Congress. He’s got the best of the worst audio from her press conference. Plus, a groundbreaking wrongful death lawsuit blames Big Oil for climate change, but Phil says it’s nothing more than political hot air.