KFI Featured Segments

Host of ‘How to Money’ Joel Larsgaard joins the show to discuss attending a wedding now costing a fortune, only 1/3 Americans now think college is ‘very important,’ and people willing to be paid less to work remotely.

Andy chats with TV legend and musician John Tesh about the NBA bringing back his song “Roundball Rock!” and his new instrumental album Sports, which he says is essentially a workout album. They also chat about the sad death of KISS’s Ace Frehley today. Andy also chats with Jen Spincic about the Halloween in Burbank Map website HalloweeninBurbank.com, and Instagram account, which she spearheaded to people where the best parts of the spooky season are happening in the Valley.

Andy talks about his love for William Shatner, even though he may or may not have blocked him on X. The cost of coffee everywhere is going up, blamed on tariffs and inclement weather. For some reason, people still don’t like the San Fernando Valley. Why is that? In October 1999, the Staples Center first opened. Andy revisits the KTLA news report commemorating the night it opened. Are you looking to date a freak like you? Apparently freak matching is a thing on social media to beat the dating app algorithm.

Michael J. Fox wrote a memoir titled “Future Boy,” and is doing the press rounds. He talks about his Back to the Future costar Crispin Glover, who was rumored to be difficult on set. Nancy Pelosi snapped “shut up!” at a reporter who asked her questions about January 6. Bay Area mortgage broker James Reddick chats with Andy about mortgage rates going down. The LA Times has come up with a list of restaurants that cost $50 for two people to eat.

#StrangeScience segment featuring lead-fueled intelligence and a record-setting 33-pound baby.

Amy takes us ‘Out and About’ to the Los Angeles Haunted Hayride.

Katie Porter says she’s sorry (sort of), Prop 50 could blow up California’s redistricting rules, the state cracks down on Big Tech with kid-focused laws, and the NRA fires back over a Glock ban.

TSA screens more than bags as Kristi Noem blames Democrats for the shutdown—on airport TVs. Speaker Mike Johnson digs in, predicting the longest shutdown ever. Meanwhile, burnout hits a record high, and Gen Z gets shown the door—again.

Apple TV Subtracts the + in a Quiet Rebrand //Reality TV production in L.A. drops, leading to nearly 21% decrease in TV shoot days D’Angelo showed us what the 21st century should sound like + Mel Gibson’s ‘Resurrection of the Christ’ + ‘Tron’ May Mark End of Jared Leto’s Franchise-Leading Days Movie Night: The Last Safe Screen- Social psychologist Jonathan Haidt told parents at the World Mental Health Day Festival that not all screen time is created equal. Six, Seven Math Meltdown, Math teachers around the world are struggling to explain why 6 × 7 equals 42—because students increasingly want to know why, not just what. 

Gary and Shannon bring in their friend, Justin Worsham, to talk whether we’re creating struggles just to feel challenged, and why California might be forgetting its seniors.

Dr. Jim Keany, Chief Medical Officer at Dignity Health St. Mary Medical Center in Long Beach, joins The Bill Handel Show for 'Medical News'! Dr. Keany talks with Bill about kiwis for constipation, more L.A. deaths tied to Kratom, a liver disease breakthrough, and FDA clearing a bloodtest for Alzheimers.

ABC News tech reporter Mike Dobuski joins Wake Up Call for ‘Wired Wednesday’! Mike talks about takes us inside IBM’s quantum computer.

It’s a wet, wet, wet Tuesday night for Mark Thompson and it’s snowing in the Sierra Mountains. He had a weird celebrity encounter earlier today at the pharmacy with none other than Ashton Kutcher. R&B singer D’Angelo has died of pancreatic cancer at the age of 51.

The Dodgers win! Actress Cheryl Hines, who is married to Department of Health head Robert F. Kennedy Jr., went on “The View” and got into it with the hosts as they attacked her husband, suggesting he spread misinformation about, among other things, his theory that circumcision is linked to autism. The media at large has pushed back against the demands of the Pentagon regarding its new press policy as outlined by Secretary of War Pete Hegseth. Mark has E.J. the D.J. on from KIIS FM to talk shop. They discuss singer SIA, who is going through a divorce, and her estranged husband wants $250,000 a month in child support! Hilaria Baldwin was eliminated from “DWTS” and feels she was bullied off the show, using World Mental Health Day as an angle.

Paris Jackson received $65 million from the Michael Jackson estate, which is a drop in the ocean compared to what his estate is worth, which is said to be more than $2 billion. The controversy surrounding California politician and gubernatorial hopeful Katie Porter continues, after her trainwreck TV interview last week and the viral videos showing her berating staff. She’s given her first interview in which she takes accountability for being a petty tyrant. President Donald Trump does not like his cover on TIME Magazine. He posted to Truth Social about his issue with the photo, which he said maybe “the worst of all time.”