Archives: Episodes

3 killed in Jacksonville Dollar General shooting, crime was 'racially motivated,' sheriff says // Homeless people are now sleeping in Seattle movie theaters? // Overwhelming majority of Americans say Biden is too old to be effective in a second term // Disney is on a ‘woke path to ruin.' Even ‘Snow White’ actress hates her own story // Washington power company raises rates to cover increased expense due to climate legislation—AG's office instructs them not to tell consumers reason for higher prices // San Francisco bakery refuses to serve police officer, cites no-gun policy // WA officials try to hide that their carbon tax increased your utility costs; Todd Myers joins Ari to talk about why your gun prices are so high // Ari and Mike review the first two episodes of Star Wars: Ahsoka // Eastside Link light rail starter line approved to open next spring // Kathy Hochul unveils new work program for illegal immigrants as 380,000 New Yorkers remain unemployed; Councilwoman Inna Vernikov joins Ari to discuss the details

6am hour -- Seattle Mariners have become a baseball juggernaut, Democrat city councilwoman in Jacksonville FL admonishes crowd heckling Gov. Ron DeSantis at prayer vigil following racially motivated mass shooting, NASCAR driver walks away from one of the most stunning race car crashes you will ever see, important context to the local news coverage of the $28 million Marysville School District budget shortfall, why parents putting their kids into private school and home schooling is creating budget problems for districts like Marysville.

7am hour -- GUEST: WPC's Todd Myers explains the new tax hike on WA energy bills, Washington State Utility Commission's brazenly dishonest ruling admits climate tax increases prices per a recent rate increase for natural gas;

Biden Admin. wields border wall gates OPEN so illegal aliens can simply walk right in to America, meanwhile LA's new mayor complains about influx of illegal aliens bused into city from Texas, Rest In Power Bob Barker at age 99.

8am hour -- GUEST: UW atmospheric sciences professor, Cliff Mass, responds to a Seattle Times report that glaciers in King County's Cascade Mountain peaks are disappearing, Mass asserts that both "natural decline" and human discharged fossil fuels/CO2 are effecting the glacier size and coverage; Gov. Jay Inslee keeps repeating vague plan to "defeat climate change" without explaining what the metric for that would actually be, GUEST: KVI senior baseball analyst Matthew Carlson, son of host John Carlson, examines the current M's hot streak and the upcoming opponents to see if the M's can hold on to first place, 50 days jail sentence for Auburn WA attack and attempted kidnapping of a bikini barista underscores the pro-criminal prosecutions in King County.

"They don't want people to know they're being harmed by government policies", says Washington Policy Center environmental policy analyst, Todd Myers, about the Washington State Utilities Commission deciding against alerting customers of Puget Sound Energy that their bill for using natural gas is now going up. Instead the utility will tell rate payers by e-mail or snail mail. Myers explains the new tax hike on WA energy bills and the "brazenly dishonest" decision. Myers says the public counsel within the WaUC said the billing info "needed to be hidden" and adds that decision on the monthly billing statements is "contrary to the spirit of Washington State constitution and law. How WA Attorney General, Bob Ferguson, how now been caught up in this anti-consumer and anti-taxpayer fiasco.

GUEST: UW atmospheric sciences professor, Cliff Mass, responds to a Seattle Times report that glaciers in King County's Cascade Mountain peaks are disappearing. Mass notes that Cascade Mountain glaciers in King County have been shrinking for the last 100 years. Mass says "natural decline" from the Little Ice Age between 1600-1850s play a part along with human discharged fossil fuels/CO2. Mass says higher elevation glaciers (in the Cascades) are in much better shape than lower elevations, "the impacts (of the Cascade glaciers) are not that large..I think that's the truth", Mass addresses the status of Western WA river water temperature.

A convicted attempted kidnapper in Auburn, Wash. who tried to lasso a bikini barista by the arm with a zip-tie while inside his pick-up truck at the drive-through will only be sentenced to 50 days in King County jail. KVI's John Carlson says the incredibly lenient sentence is another example of pro-criminal legal system in King County.

Trump's mugshot is a gift to the campaign and a vindictive move by Dems// Can classical music stop crime in Seattle? // Investigation into Trump charges but no Maui investigations? // Has a popular song by Queen been removed by "woke activists" or is this an overreaction from the right? // Ari has filed a claim of price gouging with Bob Ferguson's office // Dick's sporting goods is blaming theft for profit decline // The defund the police movement is alive and well and the Left is not even hiding it // Fake News Friday! // Lars Larson Unleashed!

6am hour -- gauging the public reaction to the Republican presidential debate in Milwaukee this week, what two voter focus groups by Fox News and CNN had to say about the top performing candidates, the irony that left-wing "excessive bail" activists are silent about the $200,000 bail Donald Trump had to post for a non-violent crime charge, the Trump booking photo and a curious connection to the failed indictment of former top Republican Congressman Tom DeLay, is the Georgia legal case against Trump strong?

7am hour -- another case of news reporter intimidation in Seattle by "stop the sweeps" activists, the irony NY's governor supported "sanctuary city" policy and now demanding a Biden bailout for too many illegal aliens in NYC, a WA candidate for governor makes campaign promise to create a Housing Department in laughable effort to create 'affordable' housing, the improbably story of the summer movie "Summer of Freedom" continues, NE Seattle Little League team loses in Final Four game.

8am hour -- "one of the biggest scandals in Washington", GUEST: St. Sen. Republican Leader Jon Braun tells KVI about failings of Gov. Inslee's DSHS to supply mental and behavioral health for criminal defendants, why the WA Legislature is partially to blame, those that don't get timely treatment are usually released back into the public, "if it doesn't say climate change on it, the Governor's not interested", "the executive branch is simply failing"; GUEST: economist, Steve Moore reminds KVI listeners of the historical quote "crisis is the rallying cry of the tyrant" , Moore attended this week's Republican debate in Milwaukee, BREAKING: Seattle hookah lounge fatal mass shooting was a birthday party...now suspected of being gang related confrontation that escalated to shooting.

"The executive branch is simply failing", State Senate Republican Leader, Jon Braun (R-Centralia), tells KVI after the State Dept. of Social and Health Services (DSHS) is sued by 22 Washington counties. KVI's John Carlson calls the lawsuit, "one of the biggest scandals in Washington." Braun points out that in 2014, it took 35 days for subjects to receive competency services and in 2023 it takes 135 days. The lawsuit involves mental and behavioral health services that are required by courts for the criminally accused. Braun itemizes the administrative failures of DSHS and the lack of attention by Gov. Inslee, why the WA Legislature is partially to blame, and concludes: "if it doesn't say climate change on it, the Governor's not interested."

GUEST: economist, Steve Moore, says the American government budget is 40% of GDP but should be closer to 25% of GDP, "crisis is the rallying cry of the tyrant", pre-COVID spending levels would bring the US federal budget into balance, Moore attended this week's Republican debate in Milwaukee, Moore's latest column is titled "Good Trump, Bad Trump".

With the political world focused on Donald Trump's surrender and mug shot in Georgia, where are the excessive bail activists to defend how much Trump had to pay in bail for his non-violent offense? The irony that left-wing "progressive" excessive bail activists are silent about the $200,000 bail Donald Trump had to post for a non-violent crime charge.