John Eric Carlson (born June 3, 1959) is an American politician and talk radio host on KVI-AM by Fisher Broadcasting from the state of Washington.He also co-hosted a show from 12:00PM to 2:00PM Pacific Time called The Commentators, with John Carlson and Ken Schram. The Commentators was discontinued in September, 2010, and starting September 20, 2010, Carlson and Schram each began hosting separate, new shows on the same station. Carlson currently hosts a morning show on KVI called The Commute with Carlson from 6-9AM.