The Ari Hoffman Show

Kirby talks about the shooting in Philadelphia and how people get their hands on guns, rich people like the Waltons from Wal-mart and more about vaccinations.

Kirby talks about the interview that KOMO's Carleen Johnson did with Seattle Police guild VP Mike Solan and you don't want to miss what he has to say, plus stories of Americans that protect themselves by using their 2nd Amendment rights.

A crazy story of theft that hurt veterans and Kirby wonders why nothing was done by the Attorney General, the collaboration between Michael Jackson and Paul McCartney and the tanking of the stock market-does that mean we are headed for a recession?

Stories from Colorado and Virginia that show a "Good Guy with a Gun" can save your families lives, a discussion about how Seattle Police are treated by the City Council and otherwise disrespected and more stories of the day from Kirby.

Kirby shares the story of a woman in Ballard attacked by a man with a pitch fork just after he was released from jail, we hear from author Benjamin Powell about why "Socialism Sucks!" and Dr. Alex Berezow discusses the science of mass shootings. We learn about the original "Hound Dog“ song done by Big Mama Thornton, Mickey Mantle was a switch hitter and what is going on in Hong Kong? Kirby spells out what is happening in Hong Kong and why we should care, the budget deficit is ballooning out of control and the makings of a migraine from our "Real Science" segment with Dr. Alex Berezow.

Kirby gives the latest update on the Epstein suicide and callers weigh in on what they think really happened, a 13-year-old gets arrested for using spray paint instead of sidewalk chalk in front of City Hall and the ruckus raised by a movie called "The Hunt".

Elizabeth Warren tweets about Michael Brown on the 5th anniversary of his death in Ferguson, MO, we learn about George Lucas's first film in This Day in History and our in-studio guest is Todd Myers from the Washington Policy Center.

This hour is all about what Kirby is calling "The Epstein Theories" callers have thoughts and ideas about what really happened and who might be responsible for his death.

More details emerge about the shootings this past weekend and that brings up gun control, and listeners share their thoughts-plus Kirby talks sports-specifically UW Husky football with Bill Swartz. Kirby talks local election results, we learn about This Day in History and our guest is Dan Gabriel, former CIA Officer and now director of the new documentary film, "Mosul". The movie is the story of Iraqi journalist Ali Maula, who follows 100,000 Iraqi soldiers and militiamen into the heart of darkness, where they fight to reclaim the city of Mosul from the evil grip of ISIS. Kirby shares the story of a pilot from Vietnam that finally comes home and his son flies him back, we learn about one of the latest scams from hacker pretending to be Comcast and we talk traffic congestion.

Kirby shares the writings and diary of one of the mass shooters from this past weekend, the story of the lady we are calling 'octopus gal' after she put an octopus on her face and was surprised when it bit her and injected venom in her face and "Real Science" with Dr. Alex Berezow. Kirby shares stories of the day and then talks about the underground market where people 'rent' RV's to homeless people, an anniversary involving Richard Nixon and Kasey Pipes- the author of the new book about Nixon-called "After the Fall: The Remarkable Comeback of Richard Nixon" is Kirby's guest. Vegans that become butchers-a story Kirby never thought he would read-more details on the shooters, callers want to comment on 'octopus lady' and Dr. Alex Berezow talks about the prescription drug Humira.

Kirby runs down the list of what we know so far about election results-the good and the bad, Steve Moore on the economy and the Trump Tariffs, plus ordinary Americans defending their 2nd Amendment rights.

What we are learning about the shooters and their motivations-Kirby breaks it down for us, KOMO Reporter Matt Markovich stops by to talk election results and we learn what happened on this day year ago in "This Day in History".

Kirby talks about the election and what we can expect, more about the shootings plus Peter Brookes from the Heritage Foundation joins us to talk about China, the tariffs and the economy.

Kirby discusses the case of the young man that was shot by a Kent police officer early this morning after a traffic stop, a caller makes the case against the Democrats response to the recent mass shootings and we hear from Dr. Alex Berezow in our 'Real Science" segment.

Today is Election Day and Kirby briefly talks about some of the candidates, cities with the biggest rat problem and our guests this hour are Kaitlynn Ohler and Julia Neil from Safe Streets.

A candidate in today's election makes a last-minute bid, then a caller wants to make a correction but winds up learning something and why we shouldn't go to Mars-according to Dr. B in today's "Real Science".

Kirby talks about the shootings over the weekend and his guest this hour is Pam Lewison-she is the Director for the Washington Policy Center Initiative on Agriculture and is based in the Tri-Cities office. She farms in Eastern Washington and is a tireless advocate for agriculture both in Washington state and around the country-today she talks about the impact on Washington’s economy/farmers/and markets, and why these disputes will have long-standing impact on Washington farmers, and the relief efforts on the federal level to deal with some of this impact. Kirby's guest this hour is Ann Davison Sattler-she is running for the Seattle City Council-5th District and that leads to a conversation about the election and candidates, plus This Day in History and callers want to talk about the weekend shootings and guns. This hour Kirby shares his thoughts on candidates for the election, plus listeners want to talk about the shootings and gun control and also about the election.

Kirby was someone who reacted to Gillette razor's "toxic masculinity" ads in a negative way and he was not the only one-the company has revealed that they lost over 5 billion dollars with the campaign, the link between hamburgers and communism and more discourse on the Democrats and the debate.

We get a special visit from a young local musician who is fed up with the Seattle City Council and writes a parody song-which Kirby loves, This Day in History and more on the upcoming election and the candidates.

A teen violence spree is in the news, Kirby shares stories of the day, callers talk about foreign aid and our national debt plus our guest is Jack Carr talking about his new book called "True Believers".