The Jake Skorheim & Spike O'Neill Show

2pm - FRIDAY FAVORITES! Incentives to vote // Will this shocking admission cost Katie Wilson the job of Seattle mayor? // Spike changes his mind on publicly shaming your teenagers // Jake threatens to embarrass his kid with a viral trend // A cult documentary that Spike must watch // Your texts!

1pm - Lynette Brower is the Director of the Northwest Career & Technical Academy, and she was formerly the president of the Washington State Skill Center Association , which runs program from Seattle to Spokane. Will skilled labor become the most valuable jobs out there thanks to AI? // Bad life decisions and the turning of tides: Nancy Pelosi is retiring. Should we have term limits in Congress? // The AP says your pets carbon paw print is a problem // Bill Gates says doesn’t regret recent climate memo

12pm - Luke Duecy, KIRO Newsradio Reporter, joins us to drop two big stories for us to chew on // Flight cancellations start today thanks to the government shutdown // Still over 100k votes left to count from the recent election. Katie Wilson could still catch Bruce Harrell, but she'll need every vote // Ballots dropped at USPS that weren't postmarked in time get tossed // Do we need the US Post Office? // Starbucks Bearista cup goes viral, and is selling big on eBay

2pm - Tom Brady cloned his dog. Would you? // Elections update! A new drop comes out in an hour and a half. We're looking at the latest results for Seattle mayor and Seattle city attorney // Do you think you had a better teen experience without a screen than the youths do today? // Your texts!

1pm - How do we get voter turnout up? Jake and Spike have some ideas // Seattle voters approve education levy to double subsidized childcare // Administrative costs are bloated in new Seattle education levy // The time Spike drove a movie prop across the country, and he might have to again up the coast

12pm - Election reactions! Will Katie Wilson chase Bruce Harrell's lead? // Seattle City Council president Sara Nelson is out // Washington’s 2025 voter turnout tracks among lowest on record // Education levy and business taxes pass overwhelmingly in Seattle // Chris Sullivan, KIRO Newsradio Senior Traffic Reporter, made a huge mistake on his ballot in Snohomish County. And he's not alone! // Winter driving conditions are back // “The Mummy” is getting a reboot with the original cast

2pm - Andrea Suarez from We Heart Seattle is in favor of sanctioned homeless camps. But they need to be run a very particular way to actually work // Everett Mayor Cassie Franklin joins the show to explain the Fred Meyer debacle and make her case for why she should keep her job! // Your texts!

1pm - Jake and Spike talk to Scott Murphy, the former city councilmember who is running as a challenger for mayor of Everett. It's a tight race! We talk about the Fred Meyer closure, homelessness and light rail // A dad walks his teens back into CVS to apologize for stealing // Laura's life of crime

12pm - Daylight saving/savings over the weekend // Luke Duecy, KIRO Newsradio Reporter, on a violent weekend in Seattle's Pioneer Square — including a Tesla that helped solve a crime // 24-year-old stabbed leaving Pioneer Square nightclub in Seattle // The World Series was pretty amazing. Blue Jays fans double lost when Subway was closed after a long game // Toronto slammed for not extending transit service after the extra innings // Seahawks shine on Sunday night // Lay off the refs, these kids are only nine!

2pm - FRIDAY FAVORITES! Drone police that we actually like, a new idea for Sound Transit's budget, and a revelation from Bill Gates // Are decorations getting too scary? Chris Sullivan, KIRO Newsradio's Senior Traffic Reporter, has a pretty terrifying Halloween display that he's ready to defend // Your texts!

1pm - Should Democrats end the shutdown by signing the continuing resolution? // Governor Bob Ferguson promotes food banks // Kamala Harris suggests lowering the voting age to 16. Good idea? // Southwest Airlines takes away free checked bags, offers nuts, and activates the parents of kids with nut allergies

12pm - A typical Seattle Halloween: rainy! // Seattleites aren’t scared by haunted real estate // Jacob Lucas is a master chainsaw carver, and he also carves giant pumpkins — seasonally, of course. He teaches us how to level up our pumpkin carving game. Check out his work, or hire him for an art project at jacoblucascarving.com // City-sanctioned homeless encampments - a terrible idea

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!