Charlie Harger and Manda Factor give you the day’s most important news stories every weekday. Along with Chris Sullivan on traffic and KIRO 7 TV’s Nick Allard, it’s everything you need to get your day started right.
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RSS FeedThe Rick Rizzs Show: Mariners on a 5 game win streak...and Rick knows how to keep it going // Charlie Harger Commentary remembering where he was on September 11th, 2001 // Scott MacFarlane on the latest details in the manhunt for the shooter of Charlie Kirk // Roger Krone from Scouting America on the Cub Scout program // Chris Sullivan with a Chokepoint: A new freeway overpass being built in Pierce County // Jason Rantz on his personal friendship with Charlie Kirk // Gee Scott on an AI podcast startup looking to create shows with no humans
Natalie Brand on the revised job report // Rob McKenna on the Supreme Court decision allowing ICE agents to question anyone Hispanic in Los Angeles // Charlie Harger Commentary on the disfunction at Green Hill School // Retired Lt. General Richard Newton on Russian drones shot down over Poland // Joe Khalil on the UFO/UAP that took place in Congress yesterday // Angela Poe Russell on Waymo vehicles coming to Seattle
Joe Khalil on the UFO/UAP hearing taking place in Congress this morning // Brian Evans from Madrona Financial Services with a personal finance report // Chris Sullivan with a Chokepoint: Two big highway projects are set to wrap up this Fall // Charlie Harger Commentary on wanting more information about UFOs/UAPs // Robert Berger in Jerusalem on the Israeli airstrikes on Hamas officials in Qatar, and an evacuation order in Gaza City // Urusla Reutin on the closing of Fred Meyer stores in Seattle area
Casey McNerthney with "Crime and Punishment" — our weekly crime report from the King County Prosecutor's Office // Tom Dempsey on President Trump's crackdown on Venezuelan drug cartels // Jill Schlesinger on the cooling job market // Charlie Harger Commentary on the value of free speech, and why both sides have "snowflakes" // Jeff McCausland on the latest in the war in Ukraine // Gee Scott on the Seahawks season opener
Sheriff Reichert interview with Manda // Katrina Friday parenting special feature // The Rick Rizz Show! // Charlie Harger Commentary - Are community colleges important? // News Nation Xavier Walton on the future of ICE raids in Chicago // The Mike Macdonald show! // Weekend Events with Paul Holden
Lee Tilghman on being a health influencer on social media // Luke Duecy Tech Talk // Charlie Harger Commentary // CBS Scott MacFarlane on Trump's threats to deploy troops to American cities // UFO expert John Gertz on an unknown object heading towards the sun // Gee Scott on the upcoming Seahawks game
CBS correspondent Nikole Killion on the Epstein Files // News Nation Correspondent Mills Hayes on Trump's Crime Crackdown // Charlie Harger Commentary - Why are students failing if school spending is increasing? // CBS News tech contributor Ian Sherr on 30th anniversary of ebay // CBS News correspondent Scott MacFarlane on Trump's crime crackdown // Gee Scott on if Seattle should be concerned about the Mariners
New York Times Reporter David Farenthold on the potential deployment of the National Guard to Chicago // SMN weekly financial update with Economist Brian Evans // CBS Correspndent Weijia Jeng // Charlie Harger Commentary - What didn't happen at Gasworks Park // News Nation's Tom Dempsey on the potential deployment of the National Guard to Seattle // Gee Scott shares his thoughts on Costco's new shopping policy
Leland Vittert on the affordability crisis in the US, and where Republicans are falling short // Katrina Guischard on parenting teens and tweens in 2025 // The Rick Rizzs Show — The Mariners gear up for the final month of the season, pushing for a postseason run // Charlie Harger Commentary — hot takes on the Washington State Fair // Gee Scott on the announcement of the Seahawks starting offensive line // Tom Mayo on the Seattle Sounders hosting the MLS Leagues Cup Final on Sunday // Chris Sullivan on his reporting of Hurricane Katrina, now 20 years after landfall // Paul Holden with a weekend planner
Chris Sullivan with a Chokepoint: Some construction outside the KIRO Radio studios is revealing unexpected history of Eastlake // Luke Duecy with Tech Talk — Meta's user screening, meant to keep dangerous and illegal behavior off of its social media platforms makes a consequential mistake // Paul Holden speaks to the creator of popular video game "Stardew Valley" // Natasha Louves on the Cold War-era experiments that St. Louis residents were unknowingly subjected to in the 1950s and 1960s // Gee Scott on the jobs that are uniquely impacted by AI advancements