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News broke minutes before the show today about a scathing press conference held by Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, we bring you the audio of his criticisms of the American press corp. Phil does a deep dive into the politics of the Democratic Socialist who just won the New York Mayoral primary and also brings on New York Journalist Adam Lehodey of City Journal to share some of his findings on what small NYC grocery store owners fear most about the possible election of Zohran Mamdani. 

The Morning Ride goes Hollywood as Phil is joined by actor Jeremy Piven. Phil also breaks down the results of the NYC mayoral primary and what that means for democratic politics moving forward. PLUS one local mayor is pushing back against a proposed sales tax increase and long time friend of KVI, Ginny Burton joins the morning ride to share her experiences as a recovering addict as it relates to King County's Health Through Housing initiative.

Phil returns from vacation just in time to tackle all of the big news stories from Trumps ceasefire deal to his bold comments after Iran and Israel allegedly each broke that deal. Phil also takes on some lighter stories including the Florida Attorney General's plan to build 'Alligator Alcatraz' to temporarily house illegal alien and a prank someone played in Seattle to convince us a major fast-food chain might be coming to town. Plus play along with our inaugural trivia game 3 under 30, where a listener tries to beat producer Zach Wildfang at 3 trivia questions all from before he was born in under 30 seconds!

Steve Moore joins The Morning Ride to discuss the current state of the nations economic health. Phil breaks down the importance of Juneteenth and share another story of a historical black inventor who should be household name. PLUS - updates on the fugitive who escaped custody at SeaTac airport six weeks ago as well as on the Iran Israel conflict.