The Jake Skorheim & Spike O'Neill Show

2pm - A Mariners ALDS Game 4 update, and remembering the 1995 Playoffs // Our politicians give themselves a raise // Is gentle parenting actually monstrous? // Your texts!

1pm - Seattle voters are financially stressed about federal policies. What about local ones? // Some depressing numbers on the local homeless crisis. It’s worse than we thought // Starbucks launches a Hello Kitty Collection? // Mexican restaurant coalition demands crackdown on illegal taco stands

12pm - Spike will have to keep eating dirt for the Mariners // Politicians in our state are giving themselves a raise! // Seattle City Council president Sara Nelson responds to Mayor Harrell's viral comment about repeat offenders // Lyle Goldstein from the Marine Layer podcast joins us to talk ALDS baseball // Spike eats dirt (again) but this time, Dumpuccino style

2pm - The Mariners game is still delayed. But Spike feels increasingly powered up // Is the key to getting homeless people off the street the extra bedroom in your home? // Costco now sells Ozempic and Wegovy // Rain delay keeps us waiting. Jake, Spike and Aaron Granillo, KIRO Newsradio Anchor, reflect on great sports memories, and commiseration // Your texts!

1pm - A Walmart employee rips up signature sheets. Jason Rantz from AM 770 Seattle Red joins the show // The US Supreme Court declines to hear challenge to Washington's Climate Commitment Act // Ten Taco Bells, 30 miles in Denver as runners face ‘physical and gastrointestinal obstacles’ in race

12pm - How Laura got her hands on T-Mobile ballpark dirt // Cal talks about feeling ground shake from fans // Suspect accused of burning flags at Washington state Capitol has been released // Kyle and Courtney, who ate dirt from T-Mobile Park before the Mariners went on to win Game 2 of the ALDS series, join the show to give Spike their tips for Mojo and mixer ideas to help it go down smoothly // Spike, the smart one, drinks genuine Mariners field dirt out of a champagne flute with milk

2pm - Mariners will host a ballpark watch party for the ALDS games in Detroit // Laura is disappointed by the Taylor Swift album release party // Ayesha Curry goes on Call Her Daddy // After Travis Decker's body was found, Chelan County Sheriff Mike Morrisonjoins us to share details of the summer-long manhunt // Your texts!

1pm - Starbucks workers plan protest at Seattle HQ after mass store closures, layoffs // Washington State Capitol vandalized, flags burned inside // Ex-Jets QB Mark Sanchez faces serious charges over fight that left him stabbed, truck driver hospitalized // Federal court permanently dismisses Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ album cover lawsuit // Mariners fans rock out to Nirvana after Game 2 win

12pm - How anxious were we over this sports weekend?! Aaron Granillo, KIRO Newsradio Anchor and Mariners Superfan, joins the show. What are your superstitions to hope they win? Would you eat dirt? // Gronk tries and fails to say a local football player’s name… // More on the fallout from Mayor Harrell's comments during a debate on repeat offenders. Why is no one else covering this? // Road rage ends in a car crash with kids inside 

2pm - Mariners fever is taking over Washington! KIRO Newsradio's Senior Traffic Reporter Chris Sullivan joins us with some really sneaky parking tips near the Stadium district //Ticket prices are astronomical // New foods debut for our home ALDS games, including ... caviar?! // FRIDAY FAVORITES! It's a great pumpkin, a great local startup and a not-so-great debate // Your texts!

1pm - A new housing-first project from Plymouth is across the street from luxury housing and a daycare in Redmond. Residents were kept out of the groundbreaking // CARE responders say they're being undermined by the Seattle Police Department // Guy tries to start 2 local sex shops on fire // Portland schedules an emergency naked bike ride

12pm - Mariners' Announcer Tom Hutyler joins the show with a surprise show open and baseball fever. How is he preparing for a very exciting PA career moment? // We recap the second mayoral debate! Mayor Bruce Harrell made a big mistake on his answer about repeat offenders. Jason Rantz from AM 770's Seattle Red joins the show // Seattle schools compromise on lunch protest

2pm - Bruce Harrell will face off against Katie Wilson live on KIRO Newsradio tonight! // Sweeping sales tax expansion hits service-based businesses in Washington // Wildfire smoke exposure may affect fertility, study finds // Seattle fertility rates 2nd lowest in nation, with Portland being last // South Hill rapist due to be released // Your texts!

1pm - Jason Rantz from AM 770's Seattle Red joins the show to talk about how hard Washington state is on businesses — Microsoft being one of them // Sweeping sales tax expansion hits Washington nonprofits // Would-be carjacker thwarted when the victim throws car keys in a bush, but not before he was stabbed // Why Lionel Richie fans upset after event they thought it was a concert was actually just to talk about his book

12pm - Judge grants state request, releases South Hill Rapist Kevin Coe // We read listener texts that raise more questions about the release of the South Hill Rapist // The Seahawks are having a garage sale

2pm - Our government is shutdown. What are the changes we're going to see? // Pete Hegseth calls a meeting of all military leaders. Was it 'weird?' He calls the generals fat // Tina Turner's statue in her hometown is hilariously bad // Your texts!

1pm - Kshama Sawant’s husband is arrested for assaulting Adam Smith’s 22 year old staffer // Bus drivers are striking in Everett // Mother and daughter accidentally drive through a lamp store in Lynnwood. Jake's wife has been made fun of for years for driving into a Baskin Robbins. And Spike learned to drive in one night // Times determined for ALDS Mariners games in Seattle

12pm - It's the holiday season! // Seattle Times says new sales tax will haunt legislators. Hopefully at the ballot box // Here’s how much minimum wage will increase in WA, Seattle // Is that a steak in your pocket? // Nicole Kidman and Keith Urban split after nearly 20 years of marriage

2pm - Walmart is closing one of their stores in Federal Way // New sales tax on services in WA takes effect this week // Plenty of traffic cones this summer, but how much roadwork actually got done? Chris Sullivan, KIRO Newsradio Senior Traffic Reporter, joins us to issue his official letter grade to WSDOT // Your texts!

1pm - Local teens found with a stockpile of guns — and a geometry book // Bartell Drugs is officially dead // Students have low math scores in our state. Should we throw more money at the problem? // A high school football game ends with a score of 100 to 0. Did this coach do the right thing?

12pm - FIRST THINGS FIRST: Washington schools find dangerous lead levels in water, one source 970 times legal limit // Oregon Governor Tina Kotek walks Portland, and releases texts she had with Trump // When will the Mariners play? Well, the Seahawks are happy to move their game time to make room for the M's, but can't by much

2pm - It’s National Coffee Day! To celebrate, Starbucks is closing 28 stores in Washington // Why vacant rooms in houses go unrented in Seattle // Seattle startup reinvents the landline for kids // Government shutdown looms // Your texts!

1pm - Jason Rantz from 770 Seattle Red joins the show to weigh in on federal troops in Portland, Oregon // Geoff Gould, president of the Pacific Northwest Giant Pumpkin Growers, joins the show to talk about record-setting gourds and where you can see great pumpkin weigh offs around the region! // Washington is among least religious and least spiritual states, survey finds

12pm - Mayor Bruce Harrell and Washington Attorney General Nick Brown held a press conference this morning to talk about federal troops in Portland, and how Seattle plans to respond // A look at what's going on in Portland outside an ICE Detention Facility // Shaun Alexander and his wife are expecting their 14th child // Is Cal Raleigh a "gimmick?" Can he clinch MVP? Aaron Granillo, KIRO Newsradio Anchor, weighs in

2pm - FRIDAY FAVORITES: A demonic cat, a bad joke and a historic home run // Jason Moore with Westland Distillery on how 12,000 bottles of their acclaimed WA whiskey disappeared // Your texts!