The Tom and Curley Show

VIDEO GUEST - MIKE SOLAN - FORMER PRESIDENT OF SPOG; RUNNING FOR PIERCE COUNTY COUNCIL // Former SPOG President Mike Solan beats ballot purge attempt, warns Pierce County is becoming King County // America’s tech-filled classrooms are facing a backlash against school-assigned devices // Shoreline dad 'answers the call' with 'Tin Can' // U.F.C. Fight Venue Takes Shape on the White House Lawn

Mariners’ bats break through, but ‘piggyback’ drama overshadows rout of A’s // North Seattle businesses demand action after Aurora Avenue shooting leaves community shaken // Frustrated residents build gun violence barricades on Seattle's Aurora Ave. side streets // City leaders say Seattle ready for World Cup, despite concerns with surveillance, drones // The mayor will welcome them’: LA mayoral candidate Spencer Pratt says Seattle’s policies will attract LA’s homeless population // LETTERS

VIDEO GUEST - MIKE SOLAN - FORMER PRESIDENT OF SPOG; RUNNING FOR PIERCE COUNTY COUNCIL // Former SPOG President Mike Solan beats ballot purge attempt, warns Pierce County is becoming King County // America’s tech-filled classrooms are facing a backlash against school-assigned devices // Shoreline dad 'answers the call' with 'Tin Can' // U.F.C. Fight Venue Takes Shape on the White House Lawn

I WAS THINKING:  My Weekend with Griztronics // Just 1 World Record at the Enhanced Games Shows the Integrity of the Competition // This New Swimming World Record Has a Big Asterisk // NYC mom refuses to fly ‘privileged’ kids first class to build character — and people had a lot to say about this 

6pm - GUEST: KRIST NOVOSELIC // Tim's epic Seattle day on Saturday and why we fight for this place! // 'Michael' Nears $800 Million Mark at the Global Box Office, Even Closer to Becoming Highest-Grossing Music Biopic of All Time. Should Greg take his kids?

5pm - A landmark 45-year study of over 1,000 children found that early self-control—not IQ or wealth—is the strongest predictor of lifelong health, success, and stability, though it can still be strengthened over time // North Seattle neighborhood builds makeshift barricades after shootings near Aurora // LETTERS

4pm - Pope Leo Warns of Risks From A.I. in 42,300-Word Encyclical and Jeff Bezos brushes off concerns of an AI bubble: ‘You shouldn’t worry about it’ // Our hosts share stories of heroes who gave the last full measure of devotion—the ultimate sacrifice of their lives so that the nation and its freedoms could survive and why we say "have a meaningful Memorial Day" // Seattle ranked as #1 U.S. host city for World Cup fans, report says

3pm - GUEST: KRIST NOVOSELIC // Tim's epic Seattle day on Saturday and why we fight for this place! // 'Michael' Nears $800 Million Mark at the Global Box Office, Even Closer to Becoming Highest-Grossing Music Biopic of All Time. Should Greg take his kids?

6pm - 350,000 Ferry Riders Expected Now Through Monday // Seattle Councilmember Rob Saka 'gravely concerned' about city's business climate // Why is Wild Waves closing? Iconic Washington amusement park shutting down for good after season and Seattle’s Boeing IMAX Theater, WA’s largest screen, is dropping feature films // Trump vows to 'work very hard' to enact permanent daylight-saving time

5pm - GUEST: Alex Berenson – The journalist just won a huge victory for free speech. Why hasn’t the mainstream media noticed? // Jeff Bezos reveals why politicians never actually fix anything // LETTERS

4pm - 350,000 Ferry Riders Expected Now Through Monday // Seattle Councilmember Rob Saka 'gravely concerned' about city's business climate // Why is Wild Waves closing? Iconic Washington amusement park shutting down for good after season and Seattle’s Boeing IMAX Theater, WA’s largest screen, is dropping feature films // Trump vows to 'work very hard' to enact permanent daylight-saving time

3pm - Washington state’s tax debate is missing half the equation // GUEST: Jon Scholes, president & CEO of the Downtown Seattle Association // What's your favorite Folklife food item? Jeff Bezos reveals why politicians never actually fix anything // 180K people expected to move through SEA Airport to start Memorial Day weekend

WSP steps up enforcement after increase in carpool lane violations on SR 520 and Higher tolls and increased HOV requirements on the table for I-405 and SR 167 // FIFA World Cup ticket prices dropping // Aaron Rodgers says the 2026 NFL season will be his last: 'This is it'

Hooters Says Bring the Kids // Seattle leaders' proposed one-year ban on data centers met with strong support // Baseball Stadiums Have Lax Outside Food Policies // TEXTS

WSP steps up enforcement after increase in carpool lane violations on SR 520 and Higher tolls and increased HOV requirements on the table for I-405 and SR 167 //  A school board defied its community. Now that community may be coming for their seats as Bothell families, students continue to fight decision to end SRO program // Seattle leaders push to revitalize Seattle Center ahead of possible SuperSonics return

Extraordinary surge in luxury homes listed in Washington real estate market; Seattle council approves emergency ordinance to expand homeless shelters // FIFA World Cup ticket prices dropping // Aaron Rodgers says the 2026 NFL season will be his last: 'This is it'

VIDEO GUEST - JOEL ARD - ATTORNEY AT ARD LAW GROUP // The class action lawsuit against the Department of Licensing continues to get worse for the state as the victims and stories of fraud continue to pour in // VIDEO GUEST - KEVIN VAN HOLLEBEKE // There’s a new ringer John’s race to grow a Giant Pumpkin! // Man who drove Tesla Cybertruck into Grapevine Lake says he's done it before. This time he got stuck — and went to jail. 

Abnormalities in the Thomas Massie race start to emerge // Is there hope of saving American politics from lobbyist influence? // “Why We’re Reopening the Lindbergh Files” // LETTERS

VIDEO GUEST - JOEL ARD - ATTORNEY AT ARD LAW GROUP // The class action lawsuit against the Department of Licensing continues to get worse for the state as the victims and stories of fraud continue to pour in // VIDEO GUEST - KEVIN VAN HOLLEBEKE // There’s a new ringer John’s race to grow a Giant Pumpkin! // Man who drove Tesla Cybertruck into Grapevine Lake says he's done it before. This time he got stuck — and went to jail. 

I WAS THINKING:  Food For Thought // Luis Castillo can’t close late lead, White Sox rally past stunned Mariners // Are Dan Wilson’s days numbered? // How to catch yourself a single with Seattle Mariners speed dating

GUEST - SCOTT FITZSIMMONS - A WASHINGTON LEGEND PACKS HIS (AND HIS COMPANY’S) BAGS // ‘I didn’t even feel it’: John Curley shares astonishing story of local winner // Business is leaving Washington at an unprecedented rate // GUEST - CLIFF MASS - PROFESSOR OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE AT UW AND AUTHOR AT THE CLIFF MASS WEATHER BLOG - CLIFFMASS.BLOGSPOT.COM // Why the Washington Drought Emergency Should Be Dropped Immediately // Was Barney a serial killer??  John falls for AI… again.

After 63 years, John is finally summoned for Jury Duty // After Taunting the Rich and Boycotting Starbucks Seattle’s Socialist Mayor Walks Back Comments // Seattle Democrat Who Welcomed New ‘Socialist’ Mayor Now ‘Gravely Concerned’ About Businesses Fleeing the City // Katie Has Fewer Friends Every Day as Even the Activists Are Angry // Everything You Do Is Being Recorded. Is there any way of fighting back? // How the FBI's fake cell phone company put criminals into real jail cells // LETTERS

GUEST - SCOTT FITZSIMMONS - A WASHINGTON LEGEND PACKS HIS (AND HIS COMPANY’S) BAGS // ‘I didn’t even feel it’: John Curley shares astonishing story of local winner // Business is leaving Washington at an unprecedented rate The race to unseat Thomas Massie is the most expensive congressional race in US History // Voicemail from a Massie Hater // Trump posts video encouraging voting against Massie // Stephen Miller follows suit // Was Barney a serial killer??  John falls for AI… again.

I WAS THINKING: Three Cheers For Unions! // GUEST - CLIFF MASS - PROFESSOR OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCE AT UW AND AUTHOR AT THE CLIFF MASS WEATHER BLOG - CLIFFMASS.BLOGSPOT.COM // Why the Washington Drought Emergency Should Be Dropped Immediately // Fresh wave of UFO files to be released after Trump sparked chaos with alien picture // Jesse Watters: “WOAH! RESEARCHERS SAY DOZENS OF CRASHED UFOS HAVE BEEN RECOVERED — WITH FOUR DIFFERENT ALIEN SPECIES ON BOARD” 

Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt booed after AI remarks at Arizona commencement // Students Boo Commencement Speaker After She Calls AI the ‘Next Industrial Revolution. AI CEOs Baffled by Hatred of Their Technology // Amazon Web Services CEO Pushes Back on AI Job Apocalypse // AI CEO’s are the primary sources of the “AI Apocalypse" Narratives // Bulgaria Wins Eurovision Song Contest as Israel Takes Second. Is Eurovision more popular than the Super Bowl? // Now 70 years old, Eurovision has become loved internationally for great pop music and joyful camp. // Attorney for man accused of throwing rock at endangered Hawaiian monk seal says client was protecting turtles  

Bothell High students walk out of classes after board votes to end SRO contract in 2026-27. We all know how these things end up… // Seattle adds four new free public bathrooms in Pioneer Square // 2006: High-tech public toilets going to waste, city told // Southwest Airline Bans Humanoid Robots From Flights After Disruption // Humanoid Robot on Flight Causes Hour-Long Delay at Oakland Airport // LETTERS

Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt booed after AI remarks at Arizona commencement // Students Boo Commencement Speaker After She Calls AI the ‘Next Industrial Revolution // AI CEOs Baffled by Hatred of Their Technology // Amazon Web Services CEO Pushes Back on AI Job Apocalypse // AI CEO’s are the primary sources of the “AI Apocalypse" Narratives // Bulgaria Wins Eurovision Song Contest as Israel Takes Second. Is Eurovision more popular than the Super Bowl? // Now 70 years old, Eurovision has become loved internationally for great pop music and joyful camp. // TSA Experiments With Off-Site Screening to Relieve Airport Congestion

I WAS THINKING:  Commence with the Commencement Speeches // Remembering the Mount St. Helens eruption 46 years later // 46 years ago; KIRO Newsradio meteorologist recalls the fateful day of Mt. St. Helens eruption // Attorney for man accused of throwing rock at endangered Hawaiian monk seal says client was protecting turtles 

I WAS THINKING: A Tour of Thousands of Places Your CCA Money is Going // "Overburdened Communities" with "Vulnerable Populations" In Washington State To Get Billions To Reduce Carbon Emissions -- Or Just To Line Their Pockets? // Aaron Granillo - Checking in on the M's at the Quarter Season Mark // Cal Raleigh placed on injured list for the first time in his career // The most beautiful sounding words in the english language 

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman’s Trillion Dollar Promise on a 10 Billion Dollar Budget // Why the Federal Government’s AI Arms Race with China should have us all concerned // Rep. Thomas Massie says he and Marjorie Taylor Greene stopped an AI data center power grab. // This California election cycle is an absolute circus // Letters

Big money pours into Washington Supreme Court races amid millionaires tax debate // Ferguson's latest pick for SC is a political donor that’s never been a judge. // Project Blue Beam - A Fake Alien Invasion Decades in the Making? // Curley explains his Katie Wilson endorsement… AGAIN

I WAS THINKING: A Tour of Thousands of Places Your CCA Money is Going // "Overburdened Communities" with "Vulnerable Populations" In Washington State To Get Billions To Reduce Carbon Emissions -- Or Just To Line Their Pockets? // Aaron Granillo - Checking in on the M's at the Quarter Season Mark // Cal Raleigh placed on injured list for the first time in his career // The most beautiful sounding words in the english language 

CIA Whistleblower Says Government Circulated Scientific Papers on COVID "Lab-Leak" Theory in 2020 // The CIA releases statement calling the testimony “political theater” // Sen. Rand Paul warns CIA they must not retaliate against whistle blower // He also claims the CIA “took back 40 boxes of JFK and MK-Ultra files” that Tulsi Gabbard was reviewing for declassification. // Fox News’s Watters deletes clip saying CIA ‘raided’ Gabbard’s office //The $13 million dollar foreign lobby fight to unseat constitutionalist Thomas Massie in Kentucky // WA tourist arrested after video shows rock hurled at endangered Hawaiian monk seal 

Ferguson: “In Seattle, we're making it accessible and cost-friendly for soccer fans visiting for the World Cup.” // World Cup visitors will be paying 25% in tax on their stay in Seattle // Former Governor Christine Gregoire blasts Olympia’s “war on business” // TALKING SPORTS WITH RY // Seahawks 2026 full schedule drops at 5pm // LETTERS

CIA Whistleblower Says Government Circulated Scientific Papers on COVID "Lab-Leak" Theory in 2020 // The CIA releases statement calling the testimony “political theater” // Sen. Rand Paul warns CIA they must not retaliate against whistle blower // He also claims the CIA “took back 40 boxes of JFK and MK-Ultra files” that Tulsi Gabbard was reviewing for declassification. // Fox News’s Watters deletes clip saying CIA ‘raided’ Gabbard’s office // The $13 million dollar foreign lobby fight to unseat constitutionalist Thomas Massie in Kentucky // Ry is moving back to the barn for the summer

3PM - VIDEO GUEST - BRANDI KRUSE // Complaint alleges Let’s Go Washington violated campaign finance laws // NYC dumping record $43B into public schools — at a whopping $44K per pupil — despite plummeting enrollment, poor test results // Proposing an alternative use for that money // WA tourist arrested after video shows rock hurled at endangered Hawaiian monk seal 

6PM - US annual consumer inflation posts largest gain in three years as prices increase broadly // Producer prices shot up 6%, adding pressure on companies to hike prices for struggling customers // Amid war, Trump says he doesn’t ‘think about Americans’ financial situation’ // Republican resistance to Iran war grows in the Senate as Murkowski flips // UW students raise security concerns after deadly stabbing, report prior break-in // Chloe Cole postpones UW event after Antifa death threats: ‘There’s a difference between being brave and being stupid’ // Shrinkflation grows as products get smaller // Shrinking Milka chocolate bar tricked consumers, says German court

5PM - Insurance won’t cover Ozempic? WA court sparks discrimination debate // Former Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz calls Seattle ‘hostile’ to business // “Blue Dot Fever” is impacting artists like the Pussycat Dolls, Meghan Trainor, Post Malone and Zayn Malik // LETTERS

4:00PM - US annual consumer inflation posts largest gain in three years as prices increase broadly // Producer prices shot up 6%, adding pressure on companies to hike prices for struggling customers // Amid war, Trump says he doesn’t ‘think about Americans’ financial situation’ // Republican resistance to Iran war grows in the Senate as Murkowski flips // UW students raise security concerns after deadly stabbing, report prior break-in // Chloe Cole postpones UW event after Antifa death threats: ‘There’s a difference between being brave and being stupid’ // Shrinkflation grows as products get smaller // Shrinking Milka chocolate bar tricked consumers, says German court 

3:00PM - Amazon’s new 30-minute delivery service goes live in Seattle // Washington state tech layoffs are second highest in the country // Explore the data: 10,000 rulings against Trump in ICE cases // Travelers are embarrassing themselves at the airport ― on purpose // Cool or gross? Why 'ugly shoes' are taking 2026 by storm

6pm - GUEST - LEAH COURAGE - REALTOR AND CONSULTANT AT THE COURAGE GROUP - COURAGEREALTY.COM // Washington State is Changing RAPIDLY.  Why business is saying “Bye” // Is a “Second Home” Tax coming to Washington? // Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson’s budget deficit nears half-billion dollars, raising threat of taxes and layoffs // TikTok creator's crowdfunding campaign to buy Spirit Airlines racks up more than $335M in pledges

5pm - GUEST - BRIAN HEYWOOD - LET’S GO WASHINGTON // Complaint alleges Let’s Go Washington, Brandi Kruse violated campaign finance laws // Voter repeal effort against WA's 'millionaires tax' launches // Three King County residents connected to international cruise ship in public health monitoring for hantavirus // Inside the Quarantine ‘Hotel’ for Americans on the Hantavirus Cruise // LETTERS