July 16th, 2025 The Morning Ride
A suburban showdown in Sammamish—Phil talks with Mayor Karen Howe and Councilmember Pam Stuart about the vote to push forward on increasing housing density around the Town Center. Chilling audio from the daughter at the center of a shocking alleged honor killing. Plus: the latest on the Republic Services trash strike and what it means for your trash pile heating up in the hot weather this week.
July 15, 2025: ‘Honor killing’ trial in WA begins
Show topics: Trial begins for parents who tried to 'honor kill' their daughter // A notorious park in Seattle ordered to close or address lewd conduct // Local media tries to paint an illegal alien criminal as sympathetic // WA spending is out of control
July 15th, The Morning Ride
A Skagit County farmworker activist is choosing self-deportation to escape the Northwest Detention Center , more ICE outrage in Portland and Rep. Travis Couture joins us to talk Florida’s #1 economy and why Washington’s cost of living is skyrocketing. Plus: ATM theft via harpoon , and congrats to Cal Raleigh AKA The Big Dumper on his 2025 Home Run Derby Championship. )
July 14, 2025: Who was running the country?
Show topics: Biden admits staff were using the autopen // A grandma gets shot while driving her grandkids through Seattle // Elmo goes full Kanye // My review of the new Superman movie
July 14th, 2025 The Morning Ride
On this Monday edition of The Morning Ride, Phil talks to an Island County man who was just convicted of a felony stemming from refusing to wear a mask while observing ballot counting during the November 2024 election. Plus, lime scooter vs car accident ends how you would expect as we discuss the dangers of free range rental scooters and also get into all of the traffic headaches happening just as all majors companies ordered everyone to return to work.
July 11, 2025: I Don’t Need Your MAGA Civil War
July 11th, 2025 The Morning Ride
On today’s Morning Ride - Phil breaks down new reports on illegal child labor at a California marijuana facility exposed in a major ICE raid, and repeat crime is costing Metro Transit $15 million. Plus, verdicts in the Timothy Hazelo election observation mask trial, Economist Steve Moore joins the show as does WA State Rep. and WGOP Chairman Jim Walsh who talks about a new voter ID initiative, the guilty verdict of Timothy Hazelo and the waste of money that is electric ferries.
July 10, 2025: Get Your Kids Out of the Public Schools
July 10th, 2025 The Morning Ride
On this Throwback Thursday edition of The Morning Ride, we kick things off with a fun nod to the Trump-era TSA policy to ditch shoe removal—and spin some tunes with “shoes,” “boots,” and “heels” in the title. But it’s not all nostalgia: from the Teamsters’ garbage strike in Thurston County to our guest, WA State Rep. Andrew Barkis sounding the alarm on ferry electrification costs, we unpack how progressive policies are pricing working people out of Western Washington. Plus, updates on the Travis Decker case, Lewis County’s defiance of sanctuary law, and Bob Ferguson’s Planned Parenthood priorities.
July 9, 2025: WA radical judges have blood on their hands
Show topics: A convict who was released because of a WA Supreme Court decision prime suspect in the murder of his girlfriend // Trial begins for WA man who refused to wear a mask at polling location // Antisemitic schoolboard member wrote the state resolution on antisemitism // Chinese spies charged after surveilling local military bases