Podcast appearances and mentions of cliff mass

A teen has been charged for a shootout with a Renton SWAT team. An officer in Bremerton was shot. Border Patrol experienced a record high in applications. Guest: UW atmospheric sciences professor Cliff Mass once again assuages fears of climate change. // Big Local: A contrived controversy out of Lakewood involving the police chief. A popular crossing guard at a Tacoma school has been laid off. // You Pick the Topic: Three Yale professors have become the target of ridicule for saying they are ‘self-deporting’ from the United States due to fears of fascism.

Attorneys of the illegal immigrant that allegedly killed Washington State Trooper are trying to get the case dismissed. Governor Ferguson signed a bill that would give state agencies more authority to inspect the ICE detention center in Tacoma. A West Seattle stabbing suspect asked his victim a very strange question. UW professor Cliff Mass is calling out the school’s feckless response to the virulent antisemitism on campus. // There were fireworks at RFK Jr.’s hearing before the House today. // Seattle-based criminal defense attorney Anne Bremner explains the latest in the Menendez Brothers’ case.

Washington has one of the most dangerous public transit systems in the country. Jason waited for the bus with a homeless man missing a cheek. Guest: UW atmospheric sciences professor Cliff Mass on why worries of drought in Washington are unfounded. // LongForm: GUEST: Adams County Sheriff Dale Wagner finds himself in the crosshairs of Washington AG Nick Brown for defying the state’s sanctuary city policy. // Quick Hit: Thomas Massie is complaining about REAL ID.

According to state officials and some recent news reports, the state of Washington is now facing another “drought emergency,” for the third straight year. But University of Washington professor of Atmospheric and Climate Science, Cliff Mass disagrees.

According to state officials and some recent news reports, the state of Washington is now facing another “drought emergency,” for the third straight year. But University of Washington professor of Atmospheric and Climate Science, Cliff Mass disagrees.

Local media is lobbying hard for a UW lab tech that has been detained by ICE to be released. King County Metro says they’re actually going start making riders pay their fare. Guest: UW atmospherics professor Cliff Mass on the possibility of thunderstorms and a tornado tomorrow. // Big Local: The Stanwood police chief is responding to community opposition to license plate cameras. A popular music venue in Redmond could be on its last legs. Hundreds of homeless shelter beds in Tacoma are in jeopardy. // You Pick the Topic: Trump says that Jeff Bezos told him he would commit to making the Washington Post more fair.

Seattle Children’s Hospital has paused gender surgeries on teens thanks to Trump. White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt ripped Democrats for supporting sex changes on the taxpayers’ dime. Congressman Gerald Connolly (D-VA) scolded Congresswoman Nancy Mace (R-SC) for using the term ‘tranny.’ // LongForm: GUEST: Cliff Mass, plus Jason wonders if people used snow to avoid going to work even when they could have easily driven to work. // Quick Hit: A new plan to create housing in SODO is meeting fierce resistance.

5pm: Cliff Mass: Expect ‘serious’ snow tonight, up to two inches+ may wreck commutes // Flying after May? You’ll need more than a WA driver’s license // Talking Sports with Ry - Super Bowl Preview // Letters

A Bellevue woman had her two donkeys stolen from her. According to a new report, Pierce County Sheriff Keith Swank would have been fired by Seattle PD before he left. GUEST: Cliff Mass explains what snow events could happen in the next 24 hours. // Big Local: An Issaquah High School student found antisemitic stickers near campus. An Everett company is converting a retired ferry into an office. A Whidbey Island animal shelter is asking for help after a dryer fire. // Utter gender nonsense at the DNC.

Renton Law Enforcement and families are fed up with a soft-on-crime King County judge. Guest: Cliff Mass tells us if we’ll be getting snow this weekend. // Big Local: ICE made another arrest in Washington, this time in Centralia. The City of Cle Elum might be declaring bankruptcy. Businesses in Parkland are struggling due to a construction project on the Spanaway loop that has no end in sight. // A HS basketball coach in Colorado was suspended after he refused to shake hands with the other team’s Jewish coaches and hung a Palestinian flag.

Crime and Punishment: Youth gun laws // Cliff Mass on the possibility of snow in the region // News Nation's Mills Hayes on ICE raids over the weekend // News Nation's Elizabeth Prann on the misinformation about ICE raids // Gee Scott recaps the football weekend and the Seahawks new hire  

4pm: Matt Marcovich - The First Batch of Bills From Olympia // Guest - Cliff Mass // Cliff Mass says wildfires in LA not about climate change this time // Cliff Mass says he's being pressured to keep courses online, despite evidence that it hurts learning // The John Curley Show Psychics get ANOTHER one right! 

What’s Trending: Democrats are trying to blame LA fires on climate change, but are quickly being exposed for their unpreparedness and incompetence in leadership. More and more small businesses are closing their doors as the minimum wage increases again. // LongForm: GUEST:  UW Atmospheric Sciences professor Cliff Mass explains the conditions making the LA fires worse and how climate change has nothing to do with what’s happening. // Quick Hit: ICE Director Lechleitner: Under Our Current Resources, We Can’t Increase the Number of Deportations

We're kicking off the new year with some interesting weather with a lot of snow in the mountains and strong storms. Cliff Mass, Atmospheric Sciences professor at the University of Washington, says we are in the midst of a La Nina, a weak La Nina, but it has implications for the winter.

We're kicking off the new year with some interesting weather with a lot of snow in the mountains and strong storms. Cliff Mass, Atmospheric Sciences professor at the University of Washington, says we are in the midst of a La Nina, a weak La Nina, but it has implications for the winter.

Cliff Mass is a professor of atmospheric sciences at the University of Washington. He once tutored then-Congressman Jay Inslee on climate issues, only to watch him turn around and politicize climate change for political gain.

Depending on where you get your weather news, you might be convinced the recent “bomb cyclone” that brought severe winds to Washington state was caused by climate change, but University of Washington Atmospheric Sciences professor Cliff Mass has a different take.

What’s Trending: Trump is sticking behind his pick for Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. UW professor of Atmospheric Sciences Cliff Mass says the United States needs to overhaul how it does weather forecasting. David Hogg has funny aspirations. // LongForm: GUEST: Edmonds Police Officers Association president Will Morris details how the city is exploring a plan to ditch the department. // Even Jon Stewart is saying the media needs to cool it with the Trump fearmongering.

Cliff Mass on his ideas for the future of meteorology // Feliks Banel with "All Over The Map" — The KING 5 TV tower is dark this year for the first time in decades // Paul Holden with a roundup of all the best events happening around the Sound this weekend // Dave Cawley on the new developments in the Susan Powell cold case, highlighted in the podcast "COLD" // Daily Dose Of Kindness: Chris Sullivan with the story of a high school student in foster care finding success thanks to Treehouse // Gee Scott on the importance of Sunday's Seahawks game in Arizona // Sam Campbell highlights the story of a young woman who grew up in foster care and found success thanks to Treehouse

Cliff Mass, Atmospheric Sciences professor at the University of Washington, says we are in the midst of a La Nina, a weak La Nina, but it has implications for the winter.

Cliff Mass, Atmospheric Sciences professor at the University of Washington, says we are in the midst of a La Nina, a weak La Nina, but it has implications for the winter.

What’s Trending: The Biden administration is relaxing a number of immigration restrictions in its final days before Trump takes office. Jussie Smollett had his conviction in his hate crime hoax overturned by the Illinois Supreme Court. Pierce County employees made claims of racism and are now receiving $1 million. Guest: UW Atmospheric Sciences professor Cliff Mass says Washington will be hit with another strong windstorm. But it'll be different from the bomb cyclone in one key way. // Big Local: Pierce County is reporting an increase in use of homeless services this year. Residents on the Eastside are stilling with power outages, and power may not be restored until this weekend at the earliest. // Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-TX) went on an unhinged rant about a bill that would put an end to DEI.

Rantz Exclusive: Washington Democrat pushes bill that makes being homeless a civil right. Christian Pulisic does Trump dance, left-wing soccer fans lose it. GUEST: Cliff Mass gives us an update on the atmospheric bomb. // Dr. Mehmet Oz has been appointed by Trump to be the administrator for Medicare and Medicaid. CNN’s Scott Jennings got into a heated discussion about whether the military should assist in deportations. // Comcast is reportedly planning on spinning off multiple cable channels under the umbrella of NBC Universal. 

3pm: Guest - Cliff Mass - Reports of a cyclone off the coast has everyone talking // Cliff Mass warns of powerful storm approaching: ‘It will be as strong as a hurricane’ // Rantz: Customer livid after Sequim craft store refused to frame iconic Trump photo // Whoopi Goldberg claims a bakery refused her service over leftist views: 'They did not like my politics…’ // Seattle Storm being investigated after alleged player mistreatment // Sam Campbell - Seattle Sushi Bar Expirences the highs and lows of going viral // Sam has since discovered that back in August, Health Inspectors accused the Bellevue location of having inadequate cold storage // Recapping the Tyson VS Paul Fight 

6pm: Guest - Cliff Mass - Reports of a cyclone off the coast has everyone talking // Cliff Mass warns of powerful storm approaching: ‘It will be as strong as a hurricane’ // Rantz: Customer livid after Sequim craft store refused to frame iconic Trump photo // Whoopi Goldberg claims a bakery refused her service over leftist views: 'They did not like my politics…’ // Seattle Storm being investigated after alleged player mistreatment // Guest - Jon Scholes - CEO of the Downtown Seattle Association // Downtown Seattle Association's Jon Scholes brilliantly responds to protesters // Seattle mayor expanding Downtown Activation Plan, citing ‘reduction in violent crime’ // Recapping the Tyson VS Paul Fight 

Crime and Punishment with Casey McNearthney: 2024 gun shot report review // Charlie Harger speaks to Cliff Mass about the incoming "bomb cyclone" // Jill Schlesinger with her year end economic to-do list // Dr. Gordon Cohen on cancer diagnoses getting younger and younger // King County Assessor John Wilson announces his run for KC Executive-LIVE // Gee Scott on the big Seahawks victory yesterday

What’s Trending: Boeing will start laying off workers on November 17. Ballard business owners are at their wit’s end with the rampant crime. Guest: Cliff Mass breaks down the media’s obsession with “atmospheric rivers.” // Kamala Harris ironically said that Trump is trying to scare people because he can’t run on his record. Chris Wallace said that Trump is hiding in the basement like Biden did in 2020. // Pierce County to begin paying jurors $100 a day.  

What’s Trending: There was another machete attack in Seattle. This time, it happened in the Chinatown-international district. Joe Biden laid out a new plan to reform the Supreme Court today that included term limits and an ethics code. Cliff Mass (UW) explains today being the wettest driest day in Seattle. // Big Local: A hot air balloon accidentally landed in a Bonney Lake neighborhood. Candidates for Washington’s 6th Congressional district participated in a ‘Teen Town Hall.’ // Americans in their 60s are facing a financial crisis according to a new report.

What’s Trending: A 13-year-old girl named Jayda Woods-Johnson was shot and killed at the Alderwood Mall and the 16-year-old suspect was released on bail 24 hours after the shooting. Juvenile crime is on the rise at a high rate that juvenile detention centers are not taking in more juveniles. The White House and the Biden Admin gave radio hosts questions to ask President Biden to give him an advantage in being able to answer them. GUEST: UW Atmospheric Sciences professor Cliff Mass gives us the latest on the PNW heatwave. // Democrats are in full damage control after his poor performance in the Presidential debate, President Biden did an interview with George Stephanopoulos and had a terrible performance trying to make up for the bad debate. // The Seattle Times has an article out to promote victim culture and bias for people of color. The basis of this was to show that just being black means you are socially disadvantaged. 

What’s Trending: A Tacoma teacher that has been accused of child molestation is in prison once again after a bail violation. Starting today, Sound Transit has brought back fare enforcement. A policy that it once considered racist. If you’re traveling internationally, some of your medications might be banned in other countries. // LongForm: GUEST: Cliff Mass (UW Atmospheric Sciences professor) breaks down the weird fall-like weather, explains when summer weather actually arrives, and reacts to a new, misleading Seattle Times story about a drought. // The Quick Hit: WNBA fans are demanding that more be done to protect Caitlin Clark after an on-court altercation.

Last year's cherry crop, though plentiful and of great quality, struggled thanks to weather issues that caused an overlap between the California and Northwest harvest seasons. But UW professor Cliff Mass says that's not likely this year.

Last year's cherry crop, though plentiful and of great quality, struggled thanks to weather issues that caused an overlap between the California and Northwest harvest seasons. But UW professor Cliff Mass says that's not likely this year.

3pm - The cultural myths surrounding a solar eclipse // Why some psychologists think the solar eclipse could unite America // No, the eclipse won’t affect your pet. However, some animals will be ‘very confused’ // Single ticket wins $1.326 billion powerball in Portland, Oregon // GUEST: Professor of Atmospheric Sciences at UW, Cliff Mass, on the documentary “Climate: The Movie” // Michigan Chipotle employee shot over a guacamole dispute

6pm - The cultural myths surrounding a solar eclipse // Why some psychologists think the solar eclipse could unite America // No, the eclipse won’t affect your pet. However, some animals will be ‘very confused’ // Single ticket wins $1.326 billion powerball in Portland, Oregon // GUEST: Professor of Atmospheric Sciences at UW, Cliff Mass, on the documentary “Climate: The Movie” // Michigan Chipotle employee shot over a guacamole dispute

Is the state of Washington currently experiencing serious drought? UW atmospheric sciences professor, Cliff Mass says that seems to be what a recent Seattle Times stories are suggesting.

Is the state of Washington currently experiencing serious drought? UW atmospheric sciences professor, Cliff Mass says that seems to be what a recent Seattle Times stories are suggesting.

What’s Trending: Ian Golash of Chief Sealth HS scolds students for identifying as “straight” because it implies being gay is “crooked” and Where’s my snow? Cliff Mass explains. //DeSantis, Haley and Trump all took the stage on Wednesday night. Strong Republican candidates shouldn't bash each other. // VINDICATION! Hertz selling 20,000 EVs from fleet, to reinvest in gas-powered vehicles

What’s Trending: Democrats are now coming after your ammunition, people don't like it when doors fall off of planes and Cliff Mass on whether or not it’ll snow this week -- and where. // Reporters caught laughing about Trump assassination joke would be up in arms if roles were reversed and Nikki Haley makes a good anti-Trump argument. // Huskies run out of gas in the national championship game. 

5pm - GUEST: UW Professor of atmospheric sciences Cliff Mass // Seattle Times:  2023 was the Hottest Year on Record!  Will 2024 be hotter? Not according to Cliff Mass! // Apparently a lot of dead people are being issued ‘tuna checks’ from Bob Ferguson // Jim Walsh is advising any ‘tuna check’ recipients to hang on to them for a few days as ‘he has an idea’ // Florida Pigeon reunited with owner after being missing for 18 months! // Anderson Cooper’s laugh stole the show during CNN’s interview with John Mayer during their New Year's Eve coverage // Paula Abdul sues American Idol producer Nigel Lythgoe alleging sexual assault // LETTERS

What’s Trending: Rep. Pramila Jayapal facing all kinds of heat for downplaying rapes of Israeli women, Jewish-owned businesses are being targeted and UW Atmospheric Sciences professor Cliff Mass talks about the major rain event hitting the area this week. // Do you have to be friends with someone who donates an organ to you? // Deadspin absurdly accuses a young football fan of using blackface.

6am hour -- Pres. Biden's HUD Secretary gives two really detached answers about her perceptions of why homelessness is going up despite so much local and Federal spending to stop homelessness, Ron DeSantis gets a 'darned if you do, darned if you don't' moment in Jacksonville, UW professor Cliff Mass offers some healthy perspective on Seattle Times column about shrinking Cascade Mountain glaciers. 7am hour -- rock music legends Alice Cooper and Carlos Santana both embroiled in separate occasions of speaking plainly about transgender issues, the spectacular viral video of Nevada tribal police giving a blunt ultimatum to anti-capitalist protesters blocking a rural state highway on the route to Burning Man festival. 8am hour-- candid talk about guns and criminal shootings from the Black sheriff in Jacksonville FL in the aftermath of racially motivated mass shooting that murdered 3 Black people at a Dollar General Store, new public polling shows the feeling that viral music sensation Oliver Anthony (Rich Men North of Richmond) capture in his newly famous song, the climate politics at the heart of some new natural gas bills in Western Washington.

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.

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.

Mob of almost 50 steals up to $100,000 of merchandise from LA Nordstrom during broad daylight robbery //Tourists are urged to avoid Maui as hotels prepare to take in evacuees and first responders // The Beach Boys are coming to town and The hottest days of the year so far have arrived with highs today well into the 90

6am hour -- Seattle's most notorious (and illegal) homeless camp has now been declared an "emergency" by state officials, how this "emergency" declaration should apply to any WSDOT property with any homeless people in the state, Beaverton OR city council votes to put armed police officers on school campuses, now 700 people have RSVP'd for the big KVI co-sponsored event this weekend called Freedom Fest at Willowcrest Farms in Redmond WA (tomorrow July 29th). Trump indicted again, why it appears the everytime there's bad legal news for the Bidens there's a new legal drama for Trump. 7am hour -- GUEST: president of the National Right to Work Foundation, Mark Mix, tells KVI about how employees of the Seattle Mariners team store just voted to nullify their union, why any union should come down to fair representation of employees, how peer pressure of the employees by the union was a factor for the Mariners team store workers, RIP to musician Randy Meisner who flew to fame with The Eagles, the age debate for politicians after this week's Mitch McConnell and Diane Feinstein news, GUEST: economist Steve Moore tackles some ill-informed economic comments by Jon Stewart, property crimes and thefts are spiking in Gig Harbor a sign that Seattle crime is being exported to the suburbs. 8am hour -- the July 14th terrorist attack in Fargo ND is being ignored by major news media outlets, the terrorist attack was a near miss but a police officer was killed in the attack, UN chief decries "global boiling", the Goldendale WA area "Newell Road" wild fire is connected to human ignition and normal summer drying conditions but not climate change according to UW's Cliff Mass, Mass's assertions are a response to claims made by WA gubernatorial candidate and Lands Commissioner Hillary Franz, if you work in WA you're losing more of your paycheck this week.

GUEST: UW Atmospheric Sciences professor, Cliff Mass, responds to comments by WA Gov. Jay Inslee. Mass cautions Inslee about his claims, points out that a heat wave or storm doesn't prove anything about climate change. "The hype and exaggeration is extraordinary", Mass says regarding Inslee's recent claims which included the comment that "the climate bomb has gone off". Mass says Inslee's hyperbolic comments are "distorting the science in a way that actually will make it more more difficult for us to adapt to the changes (to the planet) that will occur".

6am hour -- more examples of utter lawlessness on WSDOT property in Seattle, how drug dealers appear to have no fear of what deeds they do on WSDOT property, a solution for politicians' virtue signaling on climate change, VP Kamala Harris falsely distorts info about Florida middle school curriculum on the history of slavery in the US, the co-author of Florida's history curriculum responds to VP Harris's recent rant. 7am hour -- the Citizen Action Defense Fund (CADF) formally requests State Auditor Pat McCarthy perform financial and performance audits of the KC Prosecutor

KVI's Kirby Wilbur, substituting for John Carlson, interviews UW Atmospheric Sciences professor, Cliff Mass, about the recent health concerns in New York City and the Northeastern seaboard over Canadian wildfire smoke. Mass just wrote an explanation about the Canadian wildfire smoke problems for the Wall Street Journal. He says some tree species can't reproduce without fire, how forests grew dense over the last 100 years leading to pronounced forest fire problems, a brief history on forest management dating back to indigenous tribes, how logging and timber harvesting reduced forest fires.

6am hour -- Kirby Wilbur in for John Carlson: Happy 248th birthday to the US Army, three big prizes to win today in Carlson's Legendary Lyrics, appeals in the Trump trial on classified docs will likely push any resolution far beyond 2024 election and 2025 inauguration, a story about the medical world erasing women over LGBTQ issues, a Seattle repeat offender going back to jail following convictions after two previous notorious blind-side attacks on women, a Flag Day story about a 1999 KVI listener who was an American immigrant, 7am hour -- Kirby Wilbur in for John Carlson: America's dual trust factor erosion in government systems and news media, a fired Starbucks store manager awarded $25 million in damages after being fired for calling police in a viral 2018 racial encounter, A.I. helped create new Beatles song(s) to be released later this year, the timeline in question about Trump classified documents prior to Mar-A-Lago search and indictment, what to know about the "what about-ism" involving Trump's case and the classified doc cases involving Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden 8am hour -- GUEST: UW atmospheric sciences, Cliff Mass, just wrote an explanation about NYC/NE Seaboard smoke problems connected to Canadian wildfires, some tree species can't reproduce without fire, how forests grew dense over the last 100 years leading to pronounced forest fire problems, a brief history on forest management dating back to indigenous tribes, how logging and timber harvesting reduced forest fires; Seattle's big lie: they call it affordable but its really subsidized, its Flag Day so here's the key history of why the US Flag is the way it is (and was).