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- David Jr. Ballestrasse - What Should Wildfire Victims Do With a Fire-Damaged Safe?
David Jr. Ballestrasse, Vice President of Northwest Safe, joins Lars to explain what wildfire victims should do if their safe was damaged in the Spokane-area fires and why acting quickly could help protect what’s still inside. Northwest Safe is also offering free safe openings to those affected by the fires.
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8 min - Daniel Mitchell - What's the Latest on the Spokane Freedom Restoration Project?
Daniel Mitchell, owner of Sporting Systems and Minuteman Ammunition in Vancouver, Washington, joins Lars with an update on the Spokane Freedom Restoration Project and the effort to help the community recover following the devastating Spokane-area fires.
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9 min - Bryant Walker Smith - Who's Really at Fault When a Self-Driving Car Crashes?
Bryant Walker Smith, a University of South Carolina law professor and engineer, joins Lars to discuss growing concerns over Tesla’s self-driving technology after a record month of reported crashes. When a vehicle is operating on Autopilot or Full Self-Driving, who ultimately bears responsibility when something goes wrong?
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9 min - Brian Heywood - Is Washington's Ballot Court Rigged Against Initiatives?
Brian Heywood, founder of Let’s Go Washington, joins Lars to discuss the legal fight over Initiative 645 and its effort to repeal Washington’s new income tax on high earners. Did a judge lock in the state’s ballot warning before Heywood’s campaign ever got the chance to make its case?
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9 min - Andrew Lamb - Should Companies Pay for Weight-Loss Drugs?
Andrew Lamb, CEO and Managing Partner of Buy and Build Advisors, joins Lars to discuss the growing trend of employers covering GLP-1 weight-loss drugs as an employee benefit. With Bank of America reportedly spending $250 million or more each year on the medications, are drugs like Ozempic becoming the next must-have workplace perk, and is the investment actually worth it?
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9 min - Adam Ely – Is artificial intelligence already slipping out of human control?
An AI model reportedly escaped a cybersecurity test, reached the live internet and hacked a real third-party service. Other AI agents have created fake identities and tried to manipulate humans into approving malicious code. Are we losing control of the technology? Adam Ely, General Manager of AI Security at Check Point Software Technologies, joins the show to discuss what happened, the growing security risks, and whether safeguards can keep up with increasingly powerful AI.
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9 min - Andrew Paxton – Should a serial arsonist who destroyed hundreds of homes face life in prison?
A Spokane man is accused of deliberately timing wildfires for days with dangerous winds, including a blaze that helped destroy hundreds of structures. How should someone accused of intentionally causing that level of destruction be punished? Andrew Paxton, Regional Editor for The Center Square, joins the show to discuss the charges, what investigators say the suspect confessed to, and the devastation left behind.
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9 min - Daniel Mitchell – What should wildfire victims do if their safe survived the fire?
A house may be gone, but valuables inside a fire-damaged safe could still be saved. The problem is heat, moisture and corrosive smoke can keep damaging the contents long after the flames are out. Daniel Mitchell, owner of Sporting Systems and Minuteman Ammunition, joins the show to discuss Northwest Safe’s free offer to help wildfire victims recover and open their safes and what families should do before it’s too late.
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8 min - Jeremy Nighohossian – Should mRNA become the new standard for vaccines?
The FDA has approved the first mRNA flu vaccine for adults 50 and older, bringing technology used during COVID into the annual flu shot. Is this the future of medicine or will Americans remain skeptical? Jeremy Nighohossian, Senior Fellow and economist at the Competitive Enterprise Institute, joins the show to discuss the new vaccine, the potential of mRNA technology, and why patient choice still matters.
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9 min - Kevin Dahlgren – Are multiple arsonists behind Spokane’s devastating fires?
Hundreds of homes have burned in Spokane, one suspected arsonist is in custody, and reports from the community suggest he may not be the only person intentionally starting fires. How widespread is the problem? Independent journalist Kevin Dahlgren joins the show from Spokane to discuss what he’s seeing on the ground, what residents are telling him, and the investigation into the fires.
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About The Lars Larson Show Interviews
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Lars Larson has been asking the hard questions for decades and he's not stopping now. Every weekday, Lars hosts two of the most listened-to talk radio programs in the…
country.
From noon to 3pm PT, he anchors a Northwest-focused program heard across more than 100 affiliates in Washington and Oregon, covering the stories and policies hitting closest to home.
Then, from 3 to 6 pm PT, he takes it national with a syndicated program reaching listeners from coast to coast.
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