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2pm - FRIDAY FAVORITES! Incentives to vote // Will this shocking admission cost Katie Wilson the job of Seattle mayor? // Spike changes his mind on publicly shaming your teenagers // Jake threatens to embarrass his kid with a viral trend // A cult documentary that Spike must watch // Your texts!
1pm - Lynette Brower is the Director of the Northwest Career & Technical Academy, and she was formerly the president of the Washington State Skill Center Association , which runs program from Seattle to Spokane. Will skilled labor become the most valuable jobs out there thanks to AI? // Bad life decisions and the turning of tides: Nancy Pelosi is retiring. Should we have term limits in Congress? // The AP says your pets carbon paw print is a problem // Bill Gates says doesn’t regret recent climate memo
12pm - Luke Duecy, KIRO Newsradio Reporter, joins us to drop two big stories for us to chew on // Flight cancellations start today thanks to the government shutdown // Still over 100k votes left to count from the recent election. Katie Wilson could still catch Bruce Harrell, but she'll need every vote // Ballots dropped at USPS that weren't postmarked in time get tossed // Do we need the US Post Office? // Starbucks Bearista cup goes viral, and is selling big on eBay
Zohran Mamdani wants a government-run grocery store in every borough // Should we raise taxes for more social and government services? // The quote that scares Jake and emboldens Spike // Your texts!
SNAP payments of 65% going out // Thanksgiving is coming up! Deals to afford your meal // Mike Lefko from 710 Seattle Sports returns! Seattle gets a new Seahawk, who wants to stay in Seattle long term // Dick Van Dyke is 100 years old, and a new documentary is coming out about his life and career // How long do you want to live?
Harrell grows lead over Wilson, but there's lots of votes still to count // Seattle clearly getting more progressive, and so is New York // Flights reduced at SeaTac over shutdown shortage // The time Jake's plane was struck by lightning // It's a housing freeze. Seattle-area homeowners stay put at record rates, stalling buying cycle // People are sending the Idaho killer online donations
2pm - Tom Brady cloned his dog. Would you? // Elections update! A new drop comes out in an hour and a half. We're looking at the latest results for Seattle mayor and Seattle city attorney // Do you think you had a better teen experience without a screen than the youths do today? // Your texts!
1pm - How do we get voter turnout up? Jake and Spike have some ideas // Seattle voters approve education levy to double subsidized childcare // Administrative costs are bloated in new Seattle education levy // The time Spike drove a movie prop across the country, and he might have to again up the coast
12pm - Election reactions! Will Katie Wilson chase Bruce Harrell's lead? // Seattle City Council president Sara Nelson is out // Washington’s 2025 voter turnout tracks among lowest on record // Education levy and business taxes pass overwhelmingly in Seattle // Chris Sullivan, KIRO Newsradio Senior Traffic Reporter, made a huge mistake on his ballot in Snohomish County. And he's not alone! // Winter driving conditions are back // “The Mummy” is getting a reboot with the original cast
Jason Rantz from KTTH's Seattle Red joins the show! Are Democrats digging in their heels on the government shutdown because of healthcare? // There's a memorial for Bob Rivers happening next week // Your texts!
If Bruce Harrell loses his reelection campaign, was this the moment that did him in? // Washington AG joins lawsuit for transgender rights in youth sports // Angel City FC team denounce teammate after op-ed o against playing against them on the field // Adolescent boys imprint on teams that win when they’re kids, and become fans for life // Tiny T-Rex fossils and the best theme song of all time
It's Election Day! What do the bets say? // Laura hasn't cast her ballot yet, and she's truly undecided // Has Katie Wilson disqualified herself from the mayoral race because she has never been to the top of the Space Needle? // School districts scramble over new retail sales tax // Coca Cola releases their Christmas ad, and it's all made by AI
2pm - Andrea Suarez from We Heart Seattle is in favor of sanctioned homeless camps. But they need to be run a very particular way to actually work // Everett Mayor Cassie Franklin joins the show to explain the Fred Meyer debacle and make her case for why she should keep her job! // Your texts!
1pm - Jake and Spike talk to Scott Murphy, the former city councilmember who is running as a challenger for mayor of Everett. It's a tight race! We talk about the Fred Meyer closure, homelessness and light rail // A dad walks his teens back into CVS to apologize for stealing // Laura's life of crime
12pm - Daylight saving/savings over the weekend // Luke Duecy, KIRO Newsradio Reporter, on a violent weekend in Seattle's Pioneer Square — including a Tesla that helped solve a crime // 24-year-old stabbed leaving Pioneer Square nightclub in Seattle // The World Series was pretty amazing. Blue Jays fans double lost when Subway was closed after a long game // Toronto slammed for not extending transit service after the extra innings // Seahawks shine on Sunday night // Lay off the refs, these kids are only nine!
2pm - FRIDAY FAVORITES! Drone police that we actually like, a new idea for Sound Transit's budget, and a revelation from Bill Gates // Are decorations getting too scary? Chris Sullivan, KIRO Newsradio's Senior Traffic Reporter, has a pretty terrifying Halloween display that he's ready to defend // Your texts!
1pm - Should Democrats end the shutdown by signing the continuing resolution? // Governor Bob Ferguson promotes food banks // Kamala Harris suggests lowering the voting age to 16. Good idea? // Southwest Airlines takes away free checked bags, offers nuts, and activates the parents of kids with nut allergies
12pm - A typical Seattle Halloween: rainy! // Seattleites aren’t scared by haunted real estate // Jacob Lucas is a master chainsaw carver, and he also carves giant pumpkins — seasonally, of course. He teaches us how to level up our pumpkin carving game. Check out his work, or hire him for an art project at jacoblucascarving.com // City-sanctioned homeless encampments - a terrible idea
2pm - Charles Prestrud from the Washington Policy Center on why Washington can't afford to expand the light rail // Five more arrests in the Louvre heist // Your texts, and the winner
1pm - More money for light rail! Is light rail, as Sound Transit CEO Dow Constantine claims, the 'most dependable mode of transportation' if you need to be somewhere on time? // Forcing kids to listen to music for their own good - a rite of parenthood // Listeners text in! Music our parents played growing up, and what we've forced our kids to listen to




