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The Jason Rantz Show
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Jason Rantz is Seattle’s fresh, contemporary conservative voice. Young and urban, passionate and bold, Rantz is outnumbered by the Progressive chorus, yet refuses to ignore the conservative principles at the core of America’s greatness. Prolific on-air and online, Rantz knows he’s outnumbered in Seattle, but he’s never shy to be outspoken about it.
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Hour 2: School board director invites kids to sex shop, WA company flees to Montana, Scott Pelley fired
Today00:48:31Tap to summarizeExclusive: School board director invites kids as young as 9 to her sex shop for ‘Uncringe Academy.’ Another company flees Washington, heads to Montana for growth. Neighbors on Alki are worried about crime as summer crowds return. // Big Local: Leavenworth is considering a measure that would make it even harder to drive there. SeaTac Airport is moving towards opening a second terminal. Bellevue will start charging for street parking next year. // You Pick the Topic: 60 Minutes anchor Scott Pelley was fired by CBS.
Transcribe →Hour 1: Primary elections roundup, Seattle far from its housing goals, guest Shane & Jennifer DeGross
Today00:44:38Tap to summarizeA roundup of last night’s primary results. Seattle is still far away from its goal of having 500 housing for the homeless ready by the World Cup. Oregon is moving closer to banning hunting and fishing. // Guest: Shane and Jennifer DeGross are foster parents that defeated Washington State in court after they were compelled to push gender ideology. // A Seattle City Councilmember says the mayor is violating the law by unilaterally turning off the CCTV cameras for the World Cup. Hotel workers at a Seattle Embassy Suites may throw a wrench into World Cup plans with a strike.
Transcribe →Bonus Rantz: Your HEPA Filter Is Only HALF the Air-Quality Equation
Yesterday00:09:36Tap to summarizeThink the HEPA filter in your bedroom is handling your air quality? Healthy-home expert Helen Christoni says a HEPA filter is only half of the equation, and the other half is what's quietly making you feel run down. Christoni, senior vice president of AirDoctor and AquaTru, walks through the simple, low-cost changes that actually move the needle in a non-toxic home. She starts where you spend most of your time: the bedroom, where organic bedding and a real air purifier with both carbon and HEPA can trap the volatile organic compounds a standard filter misses. Then it's into the kitchen, where firing up a gas stove pumps fumes straight into your house, and where running the vent during cooking, laundry, and especially showers is the difference between clean air and a hidden mold problem. She also makes the case that the grogginess, bloating, headaches, and "allergies" a lot of people shrug off may be coming from contaminated indoor air and unfiltered water. Her warning on tap water is blunt: contaminants don't boil out, they concentrate, so the disinfectant byproducts, forever chemicals, microplastics, and arsenic you're trying to cook off may be getting worse in the pot. From shower filters to reading the labels in your cabinets to swapping paraffin candles for coconut or beeswax, this is a practical roadmap for reducing your home's toxic burden room by room. 0:00 Where to begin in a healthy home0:12 Bedrooms, air purifiers, and the HEPA half-truth2:09 Why you should run the fan when you shower 2:44 The symptoms people blame on being tired 3:06 What's really in your tap water 5:49 The candle problem most people miss6:33 Paint and the toxins you overlook7:32 Where to find Helen Christoni Like and subscribe for the conversations and coverage you won't get from legacy media. #HealthyHome #AirQuality #NonToxicLiving #WaterFilter #MoldPrevention #Wellness #JasonRantz #SeattleRed
Transcribe →Hour 2: Office vacancy tax?, guest Dr. Chris Rabin, UW faculty's lack of diversity
Yesterday00:50:31Tap to summarizeThe Urbanist is pushing for an office vacancy tax. Guest: Jason spoke with Dr. Chris Rabin last week at the Beyond biohacking conference. // Big Local: Eastern Washington school bus drivers are going to Idaho for their fuel. A Tacoma manufacturer calls it quits after 48 years after Washington’s crime and taxes finally won. An artist in Tukwila had $5 thousand dollars worth of art and her father’s ashes stolen from her. // You Pick the Topic: UW’s faculty is one of the least ideologically diverse in the country.
Transcribe →Hour 1: Seattle's pricey Airbnb's, gay panic at World Cup?, guest Jim Walsh
Yesterday00:42:17Tap to summarizeSeattle ranks among the most expensive World Cup cities for Airbnbs according to a new study. The San Francisco Chronicle has a remarkably stupid column about gay panic at the World Cup. Will Spencer Pratt advance in tonight’s LA mayor primary? // Guest: State Rep. and GOP Chair Jim Walsh responds to Governor Bob Ferguson ducking his challenge to debtate. // Just 3% of Portlanders call their downtown beautiful in brutal new survey.
Transcribe →Bonus Rantz: The Guy Benson Show
2d ago00:07:44Tap to summarizeJason sits down with Guy Benson to discuss a ridiculous San Francisco Chronicle story about how some establishments are offering safe spaces for LGBTQ people during the FIFA World Cup.
Transcribe →Hour 3: Crazy guy harrasses signature gatherer, Ro Khanna blames Trump for LA fires, guest Pete Serrano
2d ago00:46:20Tap to summarizeA crazy guy harassed a Let’s Go Washington signature gatherer over initiative to repeal the state income tax. The Better Business Bureau is warning Washingtonians to do their due diligence when picking a contractor to avoid scams. Congressman Ro Khanna (D-CA) blames the LA Palisades fires on Trump. // LongForm: GUEST: First Assistant US Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington Pete Serrano on a federal jury convicting three anti-ICE agitators. Also, the Trump Administration is suing Washington and other blue states for denying DHS and ICE agents undercover license plates. // Quick Hit: Exclusive: Two gay cops suing SPD. Jill Biden calls out Kamala Harris for criticism of Joe Biden in her book.
Transcribe →Hour 2: Capitol Hill street takeover, Snohomish County homelessness rises, Wild Waves replacement
2d ago00:47:55Tap to summarizeSenior Citizens in Capitol Hill are complaining about the chaos erupting on the streets every night. Homelessness has ticked up in Snohomish County. Seattle’s office collapse hits a trophy tower, and the price tag is brutal. // Big Local: Wild Waves in Federal Way is being replaced by the most boring thing imaginable. Police have released body cam footage of Longview Schools Superintendent Karen Cloninger’s arrest. Tacoma residents are thrilled that Sound Transit still plans to build a light rail line. // You Pick the Topic: A New York landlord is in the middle of a 9-year legal battle with a squatter.
Transcribe →Hour 1: Jim Walsh triggers Bob Ferguson, Aurora crime, Graham Platner scandal
2d ago00:47:33Tap to summarizeTriggered Bob Ferguson picks a fight with Jim Walsh, then ducks a debate dare. Gunfire returns to Aurora Avenue less than 48 hours after Seattle replaced neighbor barriers with drive-through bollards. Mariners auctioned Josh Naylor’s game-worn jersey and hat. Ew. // A massive sex scandal hits Maine Senate candidate Graham Platner. // The Seattle housing market is struggling.
Transcribe →Bonus Rantz: Why "Personalized" Skincare Is Mostly a MARKETING Ploy
2d ago00:10:29Tap to summarizeMost antioxidants quit after one job. Methylene blue doesn't, and that's the pitch Young Goose founder Amitay Eshel makes in this conversation about where longevity skincare is actually headed. Eshel walks through why his brand maps every product to the 12 hallmarks of skin aging instead of building around a single molecule, the way he says most companies do when they're built to raise money and sell. The bigger reveal is about personalization. Eshel argues that truly custom skincare formulas are a marketing ploy, since FDA rules require formulas to be incubated and tested before they can be sold. The real personalization, he says, is the protocol, not the bottle, which matters for people in overcast climates like Washington who skip sunscreen and assume they're fine. This interview covers Young Goose, biohacking and longevity skincare, methylene blue, copper peptides, exosomes, FDA regulation versus European marketing rules, and how your skin responds to your geolocation. Eshel also breaks down entry points into the brand, from the blue peptide spray he calls the first clinical strength methylene blue product on the market to the higher-end Vampire Exosomes at $285. 0:00 How Young Goose is different in a saturated market 2:18 Regional skin health and the Washington sunscreen problem 4:18 The truth about "personalized" skincare 5:15 US vs Europe on regulation and marketing 6:39 Where to start with the brand 7:18 What methylene blue actually does Like and subscribe for conversations the rest of the media won't bother to have. #Skincare #Longevity #Biohacking #MethyleneBlue #YoungGoose #AntiAging #JasonRantz #Wellness
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