Hour 1 -- Pres. Biden now blaming Republicans for high gas prices, Seattle Mariners' 8 game winning streak is being driven by Carlos Santana (um, the baseball player not the famous guitarist), Elon Musk's bot battle with Twitter might be headed to court, double standards abound as pro-abortion advocates applaud protesters haranguing US Supreme Court justice Pete Buttiegieg at a Washington DC restaurant, a Monkee's song John Carlson hasn't heard in 50 years, 25 year-old man under arrest for vicious attack on a 63-year-old man at the Bellevue Transit Center, KVI's Lars Larson analyzes the Jan. 6th Committee's insistence on getting private testimony from former Trump advisor Steve Bannon, why the Congressional Democrats requirement is "sleazy".

Hour 2 -- Seattle Mariners are the hottest team in baseball, 64% of Democratic voters say they want somebody other than Joe Biden running for President (as a Democrat) in 2024, a military from Michigan has their two trucks and all their personal belongings stolen after relocating to Tacoma, Politico.com notices US Rep. Kim Schrier's flip-flop on Pres. Biden,

17 years after announcing an end to homelessness in Puget Sound there are more homeless people dying annually than ever before, Dutch farmers have been protesting for a week about adverse policies related to climate change requirements, farmers point out that the political policies imposed on them are making it financially impossible to continue farming, at the same time Austria is re-opening a coal fired power plant that was closed a decade ago but it's re-starting amid energy access/price fears from Russia,

Hour 3 -- GUEST: Republican candidate for US Congress (WA 8th District), Matt Larkin from Sammamish, taking on incumbent Rep. Kim Schrier (D-Issaquah), Larkin is a business owner after a speech writing and legal career in the highest level of politics, why America needs a reset, how Larkin distinguishes himself from the other three Republicans running in the WA 8th District, why Larkin wants a moratorium on federal spending/printing of money; the Veep stammers through a feeble answer about why didn't Democrats codify Roe. V. Wade during the Obama years or even with Biden, DC activists offer financial bounties for tips on tracking any of the Republican appointed US Supreme Court justices in public,

a KVI caller disagrees strongly with Carlson about the Jan. 6th Committee and Steve Bannon testimony, the Marysville WA gas station discounting gasoline steeply on the weekends.

KVI's John Carlson interviews Sammamish WA resident and Republican candidate for U.S. Congress (WA 8th District), Matt Larkin. Larkin is one of three Republicans challenging incumbent Rep. Kim Schrier (D-Issaquah), Larkin is a business owner after a speech writing and legal career in the highest level of politics, Larkin's manufacturing company employs 600 people, why America needs a reset, how Larkin distinguishes himself from the other three Republicans running in the WA 8th District, why Larkin wants a moratorium on federal spending/printing of money; Larkin's assertions about controlling federal spending leads to a replay of an embarrassing audio clip by a high ranking US House Democrat.

Hour 1 -- prepare for heavy traffic congestion in Seattle this weekend and in Bremerton too, the shocking news that an assassin guns down former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, GUEST: ABC News correspondent, Tom Rivers, explains the stunning assassination of Abe, the suspected killer is alleged to have killed Abe with a home made gun in city of Nara, RIP James Caan, the new 988 mental health crisis line starts nationwide on July 16th, the volatile home life of Illinois's 4th of July parade shooting suspect, the divorced parents are claiming they had no idea their son could be capable of a mass shooting, road rage driver kills Lakewood WA homeowner in his drive way after chase started over 10 miles away in Milton.

Hour 2 -- GUEST: WPC's Todd Myers explains what's happening with two conflicting new reports about amount of salmon returning to Snake River, the two reports are being used in the argument to keep or remove hydro-electric dams, one of the studies is being touted by Gov. Jay Inslee, the fate of Snake River hydro-dams is a $30 billion question including how to replace a lot of renewable energy, how Columbia River hydro-dams will be affected by what happens with enviro-political decisions on the Snake River, why sockeye salmon are now being trucked around the Ballard Locks in Seattle to get to Lake Washington and Lake Sammamish, enviro activists want to spend billions of dollars on tearing down dams for very minimal benefit, newly appointed San Francisco D.A. vows "to take back our streets", says "we have to draw a line with people who chose hate, violence and a life of crime", quantifying the shift of Latino voters supporting Republican candidates and not Democratic candidates, a KVI listener from Gig Harbor who is a former UW School of Dentistry professor tells the story of when he met actor James Cann on a movie set (in Seattle) in 1973.

Hour 3 -- WA could play a key role in unseating US House Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, in November election, GUEST: Fall City WA resident and Republican candidate Scott Stephenson (WA 8th Congressional campaign) is a pilot and program manager for Alexa at Amazon, says there are a surprising amount of conservatives in the tech world, worked at NASA and DoD, has managed large software products, he's never run for political office and wants new people with new ideas, example: saving American kids from gender politics, defunding the federal Dept. of Education, wants public schools to compete more directly with private schools/home schooling, thinks that the 2020 Presidential election was stolen, why he's concerned about mail-in ballot and wants to revert back to in-person precinct voting, GUEST: economist Steve Moore explains the better than expected June jobs numbers, says the jobs market is still strong but the big problem with today's report is inflation outpacing wage gains, "nervousness" about economy persists, why 2.5 years of paying people not to work is still hampering the economy/job market, BREAKING: Wisconsin Supreme Court says absentee voter drop boxes are illegal, the instructive story of former US Senator (and Democratic Presidential nominee) George McGovern who tried to run a hotel after leaving politics.

KVI's John Carlson interviews the environmental policy director at The Washington Policy Center (www.washingtonpolicy.org), Todd Myers, about the two conflicting new reports regarding salmon returning to the Snake River. The two reports are being used in the argument to keep or remove hydro-electric dams, one of the studies is being touted by Gov. Jay Inslee, the fate of Snake River hydro-dams is a $30 billion question including how to replace a lot of renewable energy, how Columbia River hydro-dams will be affected by what happens with enviro-political decisions on the Snake River, why sockeye salmon are now being trucked around the Ballard Locks in Seattle to get to Lake Washington and Lake Sammamish, enviro activists want to spend billions of dollars on tearing down dams for very minimal benefit,

KVI listener, Dr. Bob Little DDS, shares his singularly unique story of meeting recently deceased actor, James Caan (The Godfather, Misery, Brian's Song, Thief and...spoiler alert, Cinderella Liberty), in 1973 while the movie was being filmed in Seattle. Dr. Little recalls "Jimmy" Caan being very personable and engaging during his time on the set.

KVI's John Carlson interviews Fall City WA resident and Republican candidate Scott Stephenson running against incumbent Dr. Kim Schrier for the WA 8th Congressional district seat. Stephenson is a pilot and former program manager for Alexa at Amazon. He says there are a surprising amount of conservatives in the tech world but he pushed back on Amazon's shift toward social justice the last few years. Stephenson worked at NASA and the US Dept. of Defense after graduating with degrees from M.I.T. and the University of Michigan. Sutherland's professional background has been managing large software products, he hass never run for political office and wants new people with new ideas in Washington D.C., some of his key issues are saving American kids from gender politics and defunding the federal Dept. of Education which will force public schools to compete more directly with private schools/home schooling. He thinks that the 2020 Presidential election was stolen and explains why he's concerned about mail-in ballots and pushing to revert back to in-person precinct voting.

Hour 1 -- British PM Boris Johnson resigns after several scandals, the father of Illinois July 4th parade mass murder suspect speaks publicly for first time, it appears that nobody in the Crimo family knows much about the son/nephew now facing 7 pre-meditated murder charges, journalist Glenn Greenwald exposes the liberal/biased news media & Democrats portrayal of Trump's political influence, US public health officials starting to admit that vaccines might not be able to keep up with COVID-19 variants, KVI callers sound off on Robert Crimo II co-signing the gun buy for his son accused of July 4th parade mass murder attack, inquest jury rules two Seattle Police officers were justified in fatal shooting of Charleena Lyles in 2017.

Hour 2 -- Seattle public schools enrollment drops again, how Seattle's schools have gone from educationally elite to mired in political ideology, Seattle's private school enrollment continues to climb, Puget Sound political/CRT watchdog Chris Rufo presciently nails the two-faced "Never Trump" political scenario, new WA law is helping non-English speakers get translators in public schools, GUEST: John Fund examines the honesty problems that forced the resignation of British PM Boris Johnson, how Britain's tax rate has climbed to its highest level since the 1950s, where the Boris Johnson/Donald Trump comparisons begin and end, how the Jan. 6th Commission is impacting Trump's ability to run again for President;

Lake Stevens native Chris Pratt's new Amazon TV series "The Terminal List" is exposing how out of touch TV/movie critics are with every day America, Pres. Biden gets economics lesson about gas prices he wasn't expecting.

Hour 3 -- GUEST: WA 8th Congressional District candidate, Jesse Jensen, Jensen has accumulated a unique mix of endorsements ranging from former WA Gov. Dan Evans to several White House staff for Pres. Trump, why Jensen is prioritizing the economy and energy resources like a Keystone Pipeline if he's elected, why Jensen feels Biden's failures in the Afghanistan withdrawal bolstered Vladimir Putin to invade Ukraine; WNBA star Britney Griner pleads guilty in Russian court, the Griner case shows how feckless Pres. Biden has been at helping gain her release, former co-star Tom Hanks can't figure out why Disney replaced Tim Allen in new Buzz Lightyear movie, the evidence that Americans aren't going to movies to watch political propaganda/agendas, authorities in Richmond VA say a mass shooting was prevented this week because of tips that led to arrest of two suspects, KVI listener sounds off on her 20-something daughter used to revile police as a teen but has now changed her view about police.

GUEST: WA 8th Congressional District candidate, Jesse Jensen, is running on the Republican ticket against incumbent Dr. Kim Schrier. KVI's John Carlson interviews Jensen who has accumulated a unique mix of endorsements ranging from former WA Gov. Dan Evans to several White House staff for Pres. Trump, why Jensen is prioritizing the economy and energy resources like a Keystone Pipeline if he's elected, why Jensen feels Biden's failures in the Afghanistan withdrawal bolstered Vladimir Putin to invade Ukraine. This is the first of four candidate interviews with the Republicans who are running in the primary election for the WA 8th Congressional District. Friday July 8th at 8:05am, KVI's John Carlson will interview candidate Scott Stephenson.

Hour 1 -- John Carlson is back from vacation, COVID hits the morning show staff, new study shows variety of positive health benefits to drinking coffee, the warning signs and red flags connected to Monday's 4th of July parade mass murder shooting in toney Chicago suburb, say "adios" to the Pac-12 after UCLA and U$C leave for the Big 10, Pres. Biden just signed gun violence bill including a red flag law but would that have prevented Monday's 4th of July parade shooting in Highland Park IL, the suicidal tendency and threat to kill family by the 4th of July parade mass murder suspect from 2019, the murder suspect's parents are successful professionals but they fueled this murderous wrath,

Hour 2 -- coffee drinking can prevent a whole lot of bad health problems according to new study, can you guess the most popular/favorite restaurant in America?, a KVI caller sounds off on the Illinois 4th of July parade shooter and predicting criminal/violent behavior based on social media postings by mass shooters (or potential mass shooters), father of Illinois parade mass murderer suspect co-signed on the paperwork to get his under-age son guns, update on Yes drummer Alan White's missing drum set and a rock-n-roll guitar found after missing for 45 years, a 100-year-old WWII veteran shares emotional/tearful wisdom about life in America, a KVI caller disagrees with John about American getting better,

Hour 3 -- Carlson's Legendary Lyrics contest, the father who bought his not-quite-21-yr-old son firearms that were used in a mass murder shooting attack, KVI caller sounds off on political left and public safety (border security/mass shootings),

a 21-year-old male worker gets fired from Universal Music Group over his refusal to come to work in protest of SCOTUS ruling that rolled back Roe V. Wade ruling, the firing turns in to a racism claim, Seattle Times op-ed cites four steps to coping with grief of SCOTUS ruling per abortion access (Dobbs v. Jackson, Casey, Roe V. Wade), Illinois mass murderer's uncle said he didn't see any warning signs about Bobby Crimo III--other than he's a loner and aspires to be a rapper on YouTube.

KVI's John Carlson covers stories ranging from the recent theft of a historic rock-n-roll drum set from revered drummer Alan White in Newcastle, WA to the tearful/emotional wisdom of a WWII veteran in Florida to the possibility of the Bremerton School District being liable for the legal fees of suspended former football coach Joe Kennedy who sued the district and won his case in the U.S. Supreme Court.