The Jake Skorheim & Spike O'Neill Show

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

12pm - We launch our pumpkin carving contest // Mayor Bruce Harrell wants to ban masks for law enforcement officers // KIRO Newsradio Senior Traffic Reporter Chris Sullivan on more cops being out for toll enforcement, a spooky HOV violator and the I-90 overpass damage outside Cle Elum // We're carving pumpkins during the show today. Let's look up some overly ambitious inspo

2pm - Bill Gates shifts tone on climate, criticizes "doomsday view," drawing mixed reaction // Yellowstone creator gets MASSIVE deal at NBC // Your texts!

1pm - Air traffic controllers at SEA are now working without pay // WA, 25 other states sue Trump Administration over SNAP suspension // Patty Murray blames Trump…but who’s to blame? // I Tried the Robot That’s Coming to Live With You. It’s Still Part Human // FOX 13's Aaron Levine wins back-to-back Jeopardy! Episodes

12pm - FIRST THINGS FIRST: Seattle Mayor Bruce Harrell defends record, says ‘people will see the distinction’ ahead of election showdown // Wildfires are big polluters. Should the state use Climate Commitment Act money to fight them? // GUEST: Rantz on his Harrell interview // Listeners write in with candy corn recommendations

2pm - Seattle Police Chief Shon Barnes joins the show to answer our questions about officer recruitment, AI and drones, the CARE bears, school engagement/resource officers and the upcoming mayoral race // Jake's voice of reason may have made it across the airwaves to the coach of his son's football team // Dodgers World Series Game 3 goes 18 innings - until MIDNIGHT. Is Brad Paisley to blame? // Your texts!

1pm - State Representative Travis Couture joins the show. Why are local politicians trying to cover up their connections to the media company of a convicted child rapist in Auburn? // WA legislators, members of the public debate new 'school choice' bill. Rep. Couture is behind it, and here's how he's made it less of a threat to public schools // State 'equity' program became a fund for personal enrichment. Brandi Kruse joins the show to share her conversation with a whistleblower // Flaming Seattle man saved by police

12pm - Amazon lays off 14,000 workers. Is AI to blame? Plus, Spike scared a coworker on accident // Arrest made in local million-dollar jewel heist // A scary Uber scam at SeaTac // Seattle forecast for Halloween: Dreary, scary, stormy, tempestuous. How do you plan a costume for kids?

2pm - Redmond Police Chief Darrell Lowe on how his department is using AI // Nobody Wants This and casting for ages in movies // Female spies are waging ‘sex warfare’ to steal Silicon Valley secrets // Your texts!

1pm - Laura finally watched The Sixth Sense. Did it end how she thought? The creepiest Halloween soundtracks, and can you stand to watch horror movies? // We found one! KIRO Newsradio Anchor Aaron Granillo loves horror movies // Jake is watching his son's football coach ruin his team

12pm - Happy Halloween! // Did anyone lose power this weekend? // Suspects arrested in Louvre heist. Was it an inside job? // Things getting worse for Auburn politicians after Charlie Harger's story about many local campaigns hiring a child rapist // Spike’s wife wanted to make an untraceable weapon for her birthday

2pm - Port Townsend resident Melvin Swagerty was stabbed after stopping to help a family he thought needed a ride. His daughter, Christina Brown, joins the show to share his story // FRIDAY FAVORITES! The strikeout of all strikeouts, the scandal of all scandals and the heist of all heists // Your texts!

1pm - Misa Avila and Sergio Garcia from the Pacific Northwest Association of Restaurants and Food Trucks on the mafia of unlicensed street food in Seattle // John Curley interviewed Katie Wilson — and he's endorsing her. He tells us why! // Laura is the only one of us who gets to vote for Seattle's next mayor. Should it be for Bruce Harrell or Katie Wilson? You decide

12pm - The Seattle arsonist is back at it, and the fire department wants the public’s help solving the case. We’re on it! // Reagan Dunn proposes “Stupid Motorist Law” after recent bridge strikes // Jason Rantz from AM 770's Seattle Red reports that King County Jail admits it illegally hired 38 non-citizens and refuses to terminate them // The Snohomish River Watershed now has legal rights, like a person

2pm - NBA stars and mafia among more than 30 arrested in illegal gambling crackdown // An unlicensed food vendor mafia outside Seattle stadiums gets busted // Seattle Public Schools is about to get a new superintendent. Should parents be worried that it's all behind closed doors? // Chris Sullivan, Senior Traffic Reporter, says there's snow expected in the passes this weekend. Is Laura's car ready for winter driving? // Your texts!

1pm - Auburn's mayor knew a local pastor admitted to child rape. She asked the court for no jail time anyway. Charlie Harger, co-host of Seattle's Morning News, joins us with the details of his investigative reporting // ‘Can’t tell the difference’: Suzanne Somers’ widower Alan Hamel created AI clone wife // Spike gets cut off by a speeding truck. Will it impact him doing business with the company? 

12pm - FBI cracks an illegal, crime family-run gambling ring, and the head coach of the Portland Trail Blazers is arrested // Spike is seeing the yard signs to vote for kids and parks, but Edmonds has 2 choices. Tighten the financial belt, or raise taxes // Data shows kids these days are smoking and eating a lot of weed

2pm - Trump's ballroom addition // Jason Rantz from Seattle Red's AM 770, on Katie Wilson's October surprises. She has a record - and gets help from her parents. Will it hurt her campaign? // White progressive lectures Latina conservative on diversity // Everett City Council delays vote on extending their 'No Sit, No Lie' ban // Your texts!

1pm - Small town treasurer who embezzled almost a million dollars from city coffers gets no jail time // Governor Ferguson proud of AG Nick Brown for fighting against federal troop deployment …in Chicago? // Demolition of the East Wing starts for Trump's ballroom addition to The White House // Robots could replace a lot of jobs at Amazon // Toilet camera analyzes your waste for health

12pm - Katie Wilson has a record. Will this hurt her campaign, or turbocharge it? // Katie Wilson is still getting checks from her parents in NY? // Local Chris King-Sidney is running the World's Deepest Marathon — in a Swedish mine // Would we want a lower BAC limit?

2pm - A check in on Aaron Granillo after the Mariners loss // Man beaten, possibly stabbed in neck after offering ride to family with 7 kids // Another detail on the Louvre Thieves story // Your texts!

1pm - Want a job at UW? First swear allegiance to this // Cuomo talks about war inside democrat party as he fights for his political life. Is it also true here in Seattle? // ‘I get to do whatever I want in the moment’: why more people are going to gigs, festivals and clubs alone // Judge says nude beach can stay open for now

12pm - FIRST THINGS FIRST: 'South Hill Rapist' Kevin Coe moves back to Federal Way after community pushback in Auburn // The Mariners lose // GUEST: Sully on where to exchange info after an accident // The latest on the Louvre thieves

2pm - Live in the moment, no screens // Supreme Court will consider whether people who regularly smoke pot can legally own guns // Greta Niehaus, daughter of legendary Mariners commentator Dave Nieuhaus, joins the show // Your texts!