The Jake Skorheim & Spike O'Neill Show

FRIDAY FAVORITES! Jaw-dropping company credit card spending by a 9-year-old, a Seattle City Council member speaking very plainly about Mayor Wilson's new 'safety plan,' and another big voice speaks out against the AI doomsday panic // Toys 'R Us is coming back! Our memories of that magical store // Last Call 

The 1 O'clock Rundown: 1. An unbelievable interview with a Portland City Council Member who hates law enforcement. 2. Clancy holdout juror reveals why he held out // So strange that Patrick Clancy and new wife doing interviews about how they met. 3. Big Short investor says AI crisis is nonsense // QUESTION OF THE DAY: A 28-year-old who can't afford to live in Seattle is profiled in The Seattle Times. Our listeners give their advice for how he can fix his budget. // Feeding Time: Trump bans CNN, Politico and MS Now from the White House // Costco brings back the churro!

The Seattle Times profiles a young man trying to afford to live in Seattle. Can we fix his budget with your advice? // Governor Ferguson says I-001, the Parents' Bill of Rights, takes AWAY parents' rights? // Robert Kraft responds to Macklemore’s donation challenge

Cruise ship hits and kills whale on the way to Alaska // Can someone step up and take responsibility for Seattle? // A rise in single, lonely young men // Seattle Convention Center paints itself into a transportation mess on 9th Ave, blocking access to the I-5 Express Lanes. Chris Sullivan, KIRO Newsradio Senior Traffic Reporter, is pretty steamed about it. //  Last Call 

The 1 O'clock Rundown: 1. Data center ratepayer protection act passes almost unanimously. Who voted against? // Democrats are now more worried than Republicans about AI and its impact on jobs. 2. Youngest mayor elected is now also the youngest impeached // QUESTION OF THE DAY: Audience wildlife encounter and survival stories! // Feeding Time: Golf club Karen

Reporter Luke Duecy is back from his surgery for a brain tumor, and helping us cover the released text messages from SPD on the day of the Bite of Seattle shooting // Mayor Wilson announces a new executive order on emergency coordination // Bear 'encounter' in Lake Whatcom send dad and child to the hospital // Fees are being reduced for affordable housing developers. Why are the fees there to begin with? // Seattle bans discrimination against polyamory. Jake has questions

Jason Rantz from Seattle Red joins the show. He comments on Mayor Katie Wilson's latest response to a question about public cameras, and the city council members vying for her job // Rantz exclusively obtained video of a local candidate's DUI arrest, right after she won her primary. Let's watch it! // The latest update on the Sonics // Senate will vote on whether to regulate college sports money // Last Call

The 1 O'clock Rundown: 1. News chopper in Los Angeles crashes while covering the scene of a bus crash. 2. Bill Gates calls for international regulation of AI // QUESTION OF THE DAY: There's some in-fighting in Seattle leadership. What // Feeding Time: Paramount is leaving California

Seattle City Council Member Debora Juarez doesn’t sound thrilled about Mayor Wilson's public safety plan: 'What plan?' // Should Mayor Wilson turn the safety cameras on? A clip of the mayor and Assistant SPD Chief is going viral // Lawmakers give a press conference about taxes in Washington state, and it's wild, for many reasons. // Kid spends 100k on YouTube ads promoting his page using dads company credit card

Macklemore's "Free Palestine" speech put Ed Sheeran between a rock and a hard place // Microsoft says “people more important than AI” as the doomsday predictions take over the news cycle // U.S. Air Force officer shot down in Iran says he prayed while "free-falling" to the ground behind enemy lines // Last Call 

The 1 O'clock Rundown: 1. There's a federal bill to shorten your work week, and Rep. Pramila Jayapal is on board. 2. Minneapolis wants to pass a rule that driverless cars must have a human operator standing by on board. 3. A sweet tribute to Catherine O’Hara at the Emmy's, from her on screen kids // QUESTION OF THE DAY: Jake and Greg share their own nerdy interests // What's the nerdiest thing you’re into? We read audience texts!

Jake's kids are fundraising at elementary school - and he has some complaints // Fatal beating in Westlake believed to be unprovoked attack. Why was the suspect even out on the streets? // Mayor Wilson cuts her homeless shelter promises in half. Renton has bravely delayed vote on camping ban. Washington is the third nerdiest state. QUESTION OF THE DAY: What's the nerdiest thing you’re into? // Students are not speaking up in civics class // Jake and Spike reflect on their experiences as conservatives in their own high school civics classes

Our Washington state lands commissioner says fires are due to climate change. Jake explains why they're not // Quincy, Washington is loving their new data center // Macklemore gets kicked off Ed Sheeran's tour after Free Palestine speech // Last Call

The 1 O'clock Rundown: Should we regulate AI? // QUESTION OF THE DAY: What would you do to improve Seattle? // Feeding Time:  Car drives across I-90 bridge on the bike trail. Why are there no bollards? 

SPD says they need more time before releasing internal texts about Bite of Seattle gang shooting // The Seattle Times says crime in downtown Seattle has plummeted - right before a stabbing on the light rail // Amazon sheds more office space, and Seattle ranks 2nd in home searches that are outside the city // Charlie Harger from Seattle's Morning News on the failure of schools to prepare kids for a future career. // Sam Darnold likely out for week 2. Are we worried about the Hawks heading the same direction as the Mariners did?

FRIDAY FAVORITES! Wild Waves closes, and Laura goes for one last waterslide ride // Mayor Katie Wilson's latest PR fumble // The lone holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy trial was a black man // A young woman in an Oprah discussion on the trial voices a dissenting opinion // Last Call 

The 1 O'clock Rundown: 1. Massive brawl breaks out at Seahawks game, ends with Patriots fan in cuffs. 2. AI whistleblower quits Anthropic over concerns about a mass extinction event. Will it inspire regulation? // QUESTION OF THE DAY: What should be on the Seattle Monopoly board? // Feeding Time: 49er Mike Evans shocked to hear Rams arrived only 25 hours before game

9/11 was 25 years ago today. Jake talks to his son about that day. Spike was on air with The Bob Rivers Show // The story of The Man With The Red Bandana // What should be included in a Seattle edition of Monopoly?

Sandeep Kaushik on The Decade of Decline in Seattle Public Schools // John Curley joins us live from the Republican Midterm Convention in Dallas // Last Call 

The 1 O'clock Rundown: 1. Trump is offering every American $5,000 if Republicans win the midterms. 2. Jimmy Kimmel says he can’t interview Texas candidate James Talarico because of threats from the FCC. 3. Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy trial speak about the lone holdout // QUESTION OF THE DAY: What do you think Mayor Katie Wilson can do to keep businesses in Seattle? // Feeding Time: Jurors in the Lindsay Clancy trial are speaking out about the lone holdout

How about that game? // Mayor Wilson starts task force to figure how to keep businesses in Seattle // Mike Salk on the Seahawks season-opening win over the Patriots, and an update on Sam Darnold's injury // Lots of jeeps being recalled