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
Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill Show
‘This is just who she is’: Jake questions whether Mayor Wilson can learn from repeated PR failures
Jake examines whether Mayor Wilson can learn from recent PR failures after she spoke about the violent Belltown shootings from a picket line.1 month ago
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
Charlie Harger
Harger: WA pays teachers top dollar for middling test scores. Maybe we’re grading the wrong thing
Top-tier pay. Record spending. Average results. Why Washington should offer families a real vocational track alongside the traditional college path.1 month ago
Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin Show
‘Why does every other airport look better than ours?’: Gee calls out SEA as TSA rolls out pre-9/11 gate access at select airports
KIRO host Gee Scott said the new program signals that airport security is about to get a lot faster.1 month ago
Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill Show
‘You’re driving these stupid little ducks around’: Jake pleads with Jeep owners to clear the dash during massive recall
Chrysler is recalling Jeep Grand Cherokees, and host Jake Skorheim said it's the perfect excuse for owners to finally deal with their rubber ducks.2 months ago
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.2 months ago
Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin Show
‘Put yourself in someone’s house’: Gee connects Washington’s 22% premium spike to rising homelessness
Health insurance premiums for Washingtonians are about to soar. The state insurance commissioner approved a 22.2% rate increase for individual health plans2 months ago
Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill Show
‘A decade of kids suffered for it’: Political consultant explains how Seattle Public Schools’ equity crusade went off the rails
Sandeep Kaushik spent months investigating how Seattle Public Schools dismantled its programs, and wound up making outcomes worse.2 months ago
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.2 months ago
Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin Show
‘They get bad grades and get deemed as the bad kid’: Gee calls school system archaic after Tacoma launches Maritime program
Tacoma just opened a first-of-its-kind maritime training program for high school students, and Gee Scott believes it's long overdue.2 months ago
Luke Duecy
The Spin: How Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson’s team communicates after gun violence
In this edition of “The Spin,” KIRO Newsradio reporter Luke Duecy looks at two recent examples and the PR strategies behind the messaging.2 months ago
Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill Show
‘Go directly past jail, there’s no room’: Jake and Spike reimagine Seattle Monopoly as new game in the works
A Seattle edition of Monopoly is in the works, and the game's creators are asking the public to suggest locations and landmarks for the board.2 months ago
Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill Show
‘I’m so proud of you, buddy’: Jake chokes up watching his son’s school honor 9/11
Jake Skorheim has been thinking about how to teach his kids about 9/11. On Thursday morning, his son's sixth-grade class did it for him.2 months ago
Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin Show
‘It’s not good branding, it’s great’: Gee, Luke break down the PR strategy behind Trump’s $5K dividend promise
Trump promised every U.S. adult $5,000 if Republicans win the midterms. Public relations expert Luke Duecy joins Gee Scott to break down why the branding works.2 months ago
Charlie Harger
Seattle couple filmed the Twin Towers from 50 yards away on 9/11. Their tape became key evidence in terror trials. Now they’re telling the full story
On the morning of September 11, 2001, Seattle radio host Tami Michaels and her husband Guy Rosbrook were asleep on the 35th floor of the Millennium Hilton in lower Manhattan, directly across Church Street from the World Trade Center.2 months ago
Charlie Harger
Harger: For a year, my balcony faced the twin towers. We moved home to Seattle 41 days before they fell
August 1, 2001. I awaken. I open my eyes. And I'm thinking: today I'm moving home. Back to Seattle.2 months ago
Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill Show
‘I hope we don’t get territorial’: KIRO hosts back Seattle council’s gun violence strategy, urge mayor not to stand in the way
The Seattle City Council's Public Safety Committee unanimously advanced a resolution calling for a new gun violence reduction strategy.2 months ago
Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin Show
‘This doesn’t smell right’: Gee analyzes the strip club visit that got Seattle’s civil rights director put on leave
Gee Scott reacts to Seattle's civil rights director being found to have sexually harassed an employee at a strip club on a work trip.2 months ago
Charlie Harger
Harger: Conservatives cheer when I call out state overspending. Will they keep that principle now that it’s Trump?
Washington doesn't have a revenue problem. It has a spending problem. We take money from the federal government, then make state taxpayers have to pick up.2 months ago
Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin Show
‘Miss me with all of these plans on paper’: Gee calls Seattle’s gun violence strategies ‘performative’
As Seattle Mayor Katie Wilson prepares to announce her own gun violence prevention strategy, KIRO host Gee Scott isn't sold.2 months ago
Gee Scott and Ursula Reutin Show
‘This is about greed’: Gee says AI companies are gambling with humanity for profit
The people building artificial intelligence are now openly admitting they do not yet have a plan to control what they're creating.2 months ago
Jake Skorheim and Spike O'Neill Show
‘If I have to lay off a few administrators to get kids potatoes, I’m there’: KIRO hosts spar over Seattle’s universal free school meals
Every student in Seattle Public Schools can now receive free school meals, and KIRO host Spike O'Neill said the investment is worth every penny.2 months ago
