The Ari Hoffman Show

It has been one year since Kirby moved to afternoons on KVI and we are celebrating with giveaways, stories of the day and his guest is Katie Daviscourt, a young woman attending South Seattle College-and she shares another story about being harassed on campus because she is a conservative.

This hour is all over the map-topic wise- everything from real estate in Texas, to the guy who thinks we need to get rid of all lawnmowers and the resurgence of diseases that are appearing in homeless camps.

We continue celebrating Kirby's work anniversary-one year since moving to afternoons and when the issue of Initiative 1639 comes up-our phones light up. Plus special guest John Holschen the owner of West Coast Armory North.

Kirby talks to author Clay Risen about his new book: The Crowded Hour: Theodore Roosevelt, the Rough Riders, and the Dawn of the American Century

Kirby wishes John Carlson a very Happy milestone Birthday, then talks about what happened with the Virginia Beach shooting and the blowback regarding guns plus the recurring awful traffic makes him ask if Tama just runs the same recording over and over. Kirby shares a new favorite TV show, John Hickenlooper gets booed offstage after talking about Socialism, "This Day in History" plus our guests are Mariya Frost and Time Eyeman. One of the news stories of the day makes Kirby incensed-and that gets the phones ringing with many different thoughts and ideas from callers.

Kirby's guest this hour is Dan Edmonson-from Union Gospel Mission, callers talk student loans and we get a call from a listener who needs help-she is about to be homeless and Kirby provides what help he can for her. Kirby interviews Dan Gabriel about his film-Mosul, we get an update on the shooting event in Virginia Beach, callers want to talk about Obama and our feature-"This Day in History”. Kirby's guest this hour is Ari Hoffman-who is running for a City Council seat, plus we talk charter schools, the National Spelling Bee and hear about a crazy bail/protection order story.

Kirby asks listeners about what they think of the 'covering up' of the vessel US McCain during the President's recent visit to Japan, in 'Real Science with Dr B" he tackles the Everett controversy and the 'socialist countries' and minimum wage. Kirby talks about how homeless people just walk into stores and take things-employees are told not to do anything about it, we learn about the smallest baby ever born and Meryl Streep weighs in on 'toxic masculinity’. This is a fun hour-as Kirby's friend Benny Johnson, CCO of Turning Point, joins us live in studio. His experiences with President Trump, students and more.

Kirby's guest this hour is Nate Nehring he is the Snohomish County Council District 1 representative and he talks about some of the methods they are using to help with the drug, crime and homeless issues near Marysville and Arlington. Plus stories of average Americans using their 2nd Amendment rights to protect themselves and their families.

Kirby's guest this hour is Con Apostolopoulos-owner of Ellenos yogurt-that everyone loves- and he tells us about their situation with Sound Transit wanted to take their land to create the site for a 30-acre light rail maintenance yard. Our other guest is Kylla Lanier-Deputy Director of Truckers Against Trafficking.

Kirby's guest this hour is Ralph Peters and they talk Foreign Policy, comments on the Mueller report and Americans that protect themselves and their families by using their 2nd Amendment rights.

Kirby talks with KOMO Radio reporter Jeff Pohjola about Mayor Durkan's press conference on city safety that was held earlier today, the craziness going on at the summit of Mt Everest and Dr Alex Berezow makes an in studio visit for today's edition of "Real Science".

We hear from a listener that has mountain climbing knowledge and he and Kirby talk about the race to the summit for a 'selfie', the CIA and Iran, a caller asks about Trump and Putin, and "This Day in History".

Kirby's friend and writer Nicholas Kerr joins us to talk about his latest article for National Review "The Incredible Whiteness of Washington State’s ‘Progressive’ Policies" and we have Dr B visit us in studio.

Kirby tells a heartfelt story about a Marine, a stupid criminal story, Tacoma is the nation's hottest housing market and an excerpt from Kirby's interview with James Fenelon about "4 Hours of Fury: The Untold Story of World War II's Largest Airborne Invasion and the Final Push into Nazi Germany."

We hear the inspiring story from Mark-a survivor that is succeeding in putting his life back together through the Union Gospel Mission, callers talk about the homeless and Kelly Sutherland from the Olympic Conference is Kirby's guest this hour.

Kirby talks with Senator Tom Cotton about his book-Sacred Duty: An extraordinary journey behind the scenes of Arlington National Cemetery, Senator Tom Cotton’s Sacred Duty offers an intimate and inspiring portrait of “The Old Guard,” the revered U.S. Army unit whose mission is to honor our country’s fallen heroes on the most hallowed ground in America.

The story around Michael Avenatti and Stormy Daniels just gets weirder and are Millennials really the most 'depressed'? In Real Science-Dr. Alex Berezow tells us about natural killer cells in our bodies. Kirby's guest this hour is Marvin Charles with Dads-Divine Alternatives for Dads Services, our guest is Ashley Varner-VP of Communications and Federal Affairs from the Freedom Foundation and a caller wants to talk about Julian Assange. Callers talk gas tax, Kirby's guest is Glen Morgan MC of the Olympic Conference-The Olympic Conference has been developed in response to the growing awareness among many people of the value for preserving the rights and freedoms protected by the Constitution both locally and nationally. This upsurge in interest and concern is expressed in a diverse cross-section of people and organizations. The Olympic Conference is dedicated to informing, connecting, and uniting people and groups into coalitions for liberty.