Featured Stories

landlord...
John Curley Show

‘Where’s the emergency for the landlord?’: Curley questions Spokane’s new rent ordinance after fire

KIRO host John Curley had a question after the Spokane City Council passed a new tenant protection ordinance. What about the landlords?
24 days ago
wa teacher student pronouns...
John Curley Show

‘I will lie for you’: WA teacher details how schools are offering to hide students’ pronouns from parents

A WA teacher discusses how schools hide students' pronouns from parents to protect their identity in a revealing interview on "The John Curley Show."
24 days ago
income tax I-645...
John Curley Show

‘They seem to think they know better’: WA Policy Center blasts Supreme Court for tossing voter-approved natural gas initiative

Washington voters approved I-2066 to protect access to natural gas. The state Supreme Court threw it out.
26 days ago
macklemore (1)...
John Curley Show

‘This is all about Macklemore’s bottom line, baby’: Comedian rips rapper’s Palestine speech as a career play

New York-based comedian Eitan Levine had a sharp take on Macklemore's removal from Ed Sheeran's Loop Tour.
27 days ago
Ocean Shores shark...
John Curley Show

‘The head’s missing, we’ll have no idea’: Curley has questions after decapitated shark washes up near Ocean Shores

A thresher shark washed ashore near Ocean Shores last week.
27 days ago
Nirvana WA lawmaker...
John Curley Show

‘The money’s gone’: Nirvana’s Novoselic says a WA lawmaker steered $500K to her own employer and Olympia shrugged

Krist Novoselic reacts to a WA lawmaker steering funds to her employer, highlighting concerns in Washington politics on "The John Curley Show."
27 days ago
Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson...
John Curley Show

‘Reality hits you like a brick to the face’: Political consultant says Katie Wilson’s rocky start is more than growing pains

Political consultant Sandeep Kaushik says Seattle mayor Katie Wilson's office is still sorting out a basic question: who's actually in charge?
28 days ago
tacoma (1)...
John Curley Show

‘The facts don’t matter when you get the mob all worked up’: Curley defends Tacoma restaurant owners caught in boycott

Two Tacoma brothers who donated $1,250 to oppose Washington's income tax are watching their businesses get torched by a boycott built on what John Curley called a false premise.
28 days ago
millionaires' tax...
John Curley Show

‘Why did they need to open up that account?’: Curley, I-645 sponsor question why WA income tax strips pension protections

Washington's new income tax didn't just create a 9.9% bracket for millionaires. Lawmakers quietly stripped pension protections.
29 days ago
Seattle mayor Katie Wilson police chief...
John Curley Show

‘This is where it falls apart’: Curley argues Mayor Wilson’s governing philosophy can’t survive human nature

John Curley has a theory about why Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson governs the way she does. It starts with her father's bookshelf.
29 days ago
Tacoma...
John Curley Show

‘That’s not protection, that’s displacement’: RHAWA director warns Tacoma’s tenant measure will gut mom-and-pop landlords

The Tacoma DSA are back with a new ballot measure, and Government Affairs Director for RHAWA said it will make the city's housing crisis worse.
30 days ago
King County judge...
John Curley Show

‘Lobbing political grenades is a distraction’: King County judge fires back after opponent demands he disavow GOP support

Sixty-two judges across Washington signed a letter this week defending King County Superior Court Judge Sean Patrick O'Donnell.
1 month ago
burien camping ban crime...
John Curley Show

‘You can’t fight crazy with crazy’: Burien’s camping ban worked, and the councilmember behind it is done fighting

Burien's camping ban led to a significant crime reduction, showing effective governance in addressing public safety concerns.
1 month ago
Seattle mayor Katie Wilson police chief...
John Curley Show

‘He can taste it’: Curley suggests Bob Kettle is using Katie Wilson’s public safety struggles to position for mayor

Curley suggests Bob Kettle is using Katie Wilson's public safety issues to build his mayoral campaign among Seattle business leaders.
1 month ago
downtown seattle (2)...
John Curley Show

‘We are the Cape Canaveral of launching task forces’: KIRO hosts reacts as study exposes Seattle’s big tech dependency

A new independent economic assessment of Seattle's finances arrived this week, and the city's response drew immediate ridicule from Mike Lewis.
1 month ago
washington tariffs...
John Curley Show

‘Fighting with the Canadians about dumb stuff’: KIRO host says trade war has already cost WA $7.1 billion

As Washington bars brace for a ban on Canadian alcohol, Mike Lewis delivered a blunt assessment of the spiraling U.S.-Canada trade war.
1 month ago
income tax I-645...
John Curley Show

‘It’s coming for everybody’: Curley urges YES on I-645 after Supreme Court deadlock keeps disputed ballot language

The Washington Supreme Court split 4-4 on a petition to remove a statement from ballots for I-645, the measure to repeal the state's % income tax.
1 month ago
Beth's cafe...
John Curley Show

‘Our governor was able to destroy so many businesses’: Curley celebrates Beth’s Cafe coming back to life

Beth's Cafe is open 24 hours a day again. For Curley, host of "The John Curley Show," the comeback is as much an indictment as a celebration.
1 month ago
Follow @https://twitter.com/jcurleyshow...
John Curley Show

‘We went from attending a play to being transphobic’: KIRO host’s Harry Potter post sparks cancel culture debate

Jim Dever posted on social media that he attended a Harry Potter play, but was accused of being a transphobe for supporting anything tied to J.K. Rowling.
1 month ago
tumwater athlete girls sports...
John Curley Show

‘There was a man in my locker room’: Tumwater athlete vows to keep fighting for girls sports

Tumwater High School senior Frances Staudt sat out her final sophomore basketball game in 2024 rather than compete against a team with a transgender player.
1 month ago
Sound Transit at westlake station fare gate...
John Curley Show

‘They fail, or they move the goalpost’: Curley questions Sound Transit’s $87M fare gate math

John Curley questions Sound Transit's $87M fare gate initiative to reduce fare evasion at light rail stations.
1 month ago
leavenworth hallmark tourism movie...
John Curley Show

‘At Christmas time it is gorgeous’: Curley makes the case for Leavenworth in Hallmark’s Christmas town contest

John Curley makes the case for why Leavenworth deserves to win Hallmark's contest for the Merriest Christmas Town this holiday season.
1 month ago
college football finance rivalry...
John Curley Show

‘It just seems broken to me’: Curley says finances killed rivalries as WSU marching band sits out of Apple Cup

Curley discusses how college football finances are harming rivalries, highlighting WSU's band absence at the Apple Cup.
1 month ago
wa income tax idaho business...
John Curley Show

‘Self-inflicted, avoidable wound’: Architect losing work over WA income tax heads to Idaho for new business

A Seattle architect explores new opportunities in Idaho as WA's income tax impacts his business ahead of its 2028 implementation.
1 month ago
John Curley on KIRO Newsradio 97.3 FM
  • listen to tom and curleyTune in to KIRO Newsradio weekdays at 3pm for The John Curley Show.

John Curley