The Ari Hoffman Show

Kirby lays out what he is expecting to happen to taxes and more after this latest legislative session and his guest this hour is Todd Myers from the Washington Policy Center and he shares what passed and which bills did not pass. Kirby's guest is Linda Yang, she and her husband, Wenjie Shi, are part of a grassroots organization called Washington Asians For Equality that is against repealing I-1000. We also talk to Representative Drew MacEwen about the legislative session. Drew is an American politician of the Republican Party. He is a member of the Washington House of Representatives, representing the 35th district.

Kirby's guests this hour are Dana Bieber from the Washington State Liability Coalition talking about NB 5971 and Mark Harmsworth talking about rising tolls and where that money is going, plus a completely delusional listener.

Callers talk about the upcoming gun show and refer to the issue with California and the NRA, the sad story about the 3 year old boy accidentally killed in a parking lot in Kirkland and some thoughts about Lincoln's assassination from a listener.

Kirby shares the story about visiting the graduates of the program at Union Gospel Mission-success stories of people that have turned their lives around, callers want to talk about healthcare and the NRA.

Kirby guests this hour include Jamie Lund from the Freedom Foundation on why the Washington Education Association's financial credibility. Callers want to talk about Trump and react to an earlier guest’s comments on climate and energy. Guest Chris Rufo joins us to talk Judge McKenna and then later KOMO Reporter Matt Markovich has more to add to the story and we hear "This Day in History."

Kirby has in studio guests: Jimmy Meek from Sheepdogseminars.com and former officer Greg Stevens and they share stories, plus former police officer Steve Stachan talks about the street vagrants, the homeless and the mentally ill on the streets of Seattle.

Kirby shares the recent New York Times article that claims the Mueller report will renew interest in the Steele Dossier and listeners respond, we get the latest "Good Guy with a Gun stories" and John Carlson calls in with the latest scoop on I-1000. This hour we talk about the Census and whether or not the Dems are manipulating it for their benefit, plus "sheepdog seminar" trainer Jimmy Meeks joins us. More talk this hour about the Steele Dossier-since there is renewed interest due to the Mueller report and the recent New York Times article, plus a quick history lesson about Jesus, the Palestinians and the Arabs.

Kirby talks with a listener about the victim of the Ballard rape by a person that lives in "Nickelsville". Cybersecurity experts are in town for a conference and we learn more about the latest security measures and artificial intelligence.

The story of the Bartell's pharmacist that gets attacked by a street person, we share Shakespeare quotes after "This Day in History" and a surprise phone call from John Carlson.

Kirby unpacks what happened in Sri Lanka, and Jamie Dimon releases this quote “Socialism inevitably produces stagnation, corruption and often worse – such as authoritarian government officials who often have an increasing ability to interfere with both the economy and individual lives – which they frequently do to maintain power. This would be as much a disaster for our country as it has been in the other places it’s been tried."