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Seattle’s watchdog Dori Monson holds government accountable, lampoons the “Seattle Process”, and keeps tabs on how your tax dollars get spent. Increasingly rare on Seattle radio, you’ll also hear exclusive long-form interviews with Northwest icons like Pete Carroll, Duff McKagan, and John Nordstrom. Tune in weekdays noon to 3pm on KIRO Radio 97.3 FM.

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    • Jan 6, 2023 LATEST EPISODE
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    The Very Best of the Dori Monson Show, Day 4: Hour 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2023 38:56


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    The Very Best of the Dori Monson Show, Day 4: Hour 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2023 39:04


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    The Very Best of the Dori Monson Show, Day 4: Hour 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 6, 2023 38:32


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    The Very Best of the Dori Monson Show, Day 3: Hour 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2023 36:35


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    The Very Best of the Dori Monson Show, Day 3: Hour 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2023 36:33


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    The Very Best of the Dori Monson Show, Day 3: Hour 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2023 35:43


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    The Very Best of the Dori Monson Show, Day 2: Hour 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2023 35:20


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    The Very Best of the Dori Monson Show, Day 2: Hour 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2023 34:50


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    The Very Best of the Dori Monson Show, Day 2: Hour 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2023 38:49


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    The Very Best of the Dori Monson Show, Day 1: Hour 3

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2023 34:36


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    The Very Best of the Dori Monson Show, Day 1: Hour 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2023 36:03


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    The Very Best of the Dori Monson Show, Day 1: Hour 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 4, 2023 34:49


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    A Tribute to Dori Monson

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2023 335:16


    Dori Monson died on New Years Eve 2022 at 8:00pm. He was 61 years old. On January 2, 2023, John Curley hosted a tribute, which aired on KIRO Newsradio from 9:00am to 6:00pm.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Hour 3: Children's medicine shortage

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2022 36:38


    Big Lead @ 2pm // Curley stops by // Children's medicine shortage // Awesome AudioSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Hour 2: Movie theaters made no money in 2022

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2022 43:59


    Fastest 15 // LIVE: Moscow press conference on the arrest of a suspect in the Idaho student murders // Diaz with his plan to decrease violence in Seattle in 2023 // Movie theaters made no money in 2022See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Hour 1: Twitter leaves Seattle

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2022 38:12


    Big Lead @ Noon // Shooting deaths in Seattle increased by 23 percent in 2022 // Squatters cause dangerous fire in Northgate backyard // Latest on Katie Porter berating an employee for giving her COVID // Twitter leaves Seattle // Former Zulily employee pulls off “Office Space” inspired schemeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Hour 3: Recount in AZ has troublesome results

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2022 35:55


    Big Lead @ 2pm // Dems still silent on Clyde Shavers // Recount in AZ has troublesome results // I'm actually surprised this doesn't happen more often - Man refuses to surrender in stand off with cops until he smokes and then finishes his hot pocket // Awesome AudioSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Hour 2: Rainier HS basketball team stuck in Vegas

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2022 34:18


    Fastest 15 // Rainier HS basketball team stuck in Vegas for days trying to get home thanks to Southwest // Flight cancellations cost this dad a new heart // Military can't recruit so they're allowing folks with behavioral challenges // The Cannabis Social Equity applications opening next week // Time Mag calls exercise racist - of course // Katie Porter fires employee that gave her COVIDSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Hour 1: Marysville fed up with open drug use

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2022 36:54


    Big Lead @ Noon // Marysville fed up with open drug use // Displaying salary ranges in posting the law after NYE // GUEST: Jon Nehring, Mayor of Marysville, on enforcing laws regarding doing drugs in publicSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Hour 3: Whoopi reiterates Holocaust comments that she was suspended for

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2022 35:18


    Big Lead @ 2pm // Power outages // Tulsi Gabbard with Santos // Whoopi reiterates Holocaust comments that she was suspended for // Awesome AudioSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Hour 2: Dave Wyman stops by

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2022 36:16


    Fastest 15 // Southwest chaos // Dems in Wa want incarcerated folks to get min wage // Dave Wyman stops bySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Hour 1: Power outages and wind last night

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2022 34:19


    Big Lead @ Noon // Power outages and wind last night // Woman hit over the head with a rock waiting for a bus near Piroshky, Piroshky // GUEST:  News Nation Correspondent Ali Bradley on the border crisis after migrants tells her they're Ubering to the border from the Tijuana airportSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Hour 3: CNN bans alcohol from NYE coverage

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2022 36:07


    Big Lead @ 2pm // Title 49 stays put via SCOTUS // Major drug bust over the holidays, silence still from Inslee // CNN bans alcohol from NYE coverage // Awesome AudioSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Hour 2: 39 Hyundai's and Kia's stolen in Pierce Co on Christmas Eve

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2022 37:47


    Fastest 15 // Russell drama on Christmas // 39 Hyundai's and Kia's stolen in Pierce Co on Christmas Eve // Lying politician apologizes, says it's no big deal // Brandi with Senators Mark Mullett and Lynda Wilson on their bi-partisan attempt to limit the governor's emergency powers // NY Times' sympathetic towards Bankman-FriedSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Hour 1: Piroshky Piroshky reopens

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 28, 2022 34:34


    Big Lead @ Noon // Brandi Kruse in for Dori this week // Power Substation attacks // Piroshky Piroshky reopens // Airport chaos on Christmas continues // GUEST: Olga Sagan, owner of Piroshky, Piroshky, on re-opening this week after being closed for almost a year because she felt it was unsafe for her employees and customers to be downtown Seattle // Migrants dropped off at Kamala's house Christmas EveSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Hour 3: Biden and the Border Crisis

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2022 33:33


    Big Lead @ 2pm // Curley stops by to talk Biden funding UW AI that identifies microaggressions on social media // Biden and the Border Crisis // Awesome AudioSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Hour 2: What Joe Kent's plans are

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2022 31:53


    Fastest 15 // Iowa sportscaster gets assigned weather coverage // We have an update on what Joe Kent's plans are // Marine Corps might stop using “sir” and “ma'am” - you know why // Now indigenous groups are going after Avatar because they represent a “white man's fantasy” // Hugh Jackman calls for ‘gender neutral awards” category for acting // GUEST: Greg Bakke, Forgotten Children's Fund, short on bikes this year // Study says exercise decreases your severe COVID risk - hmm, guess shutting down gyms was a dumb ideaSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Hour 1: Lots of teen crime

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2022 34:42


    Big Lead @ Noon // Chris Sullivan live on airport delays, I-90 closures and ice // Cantwell says she's secured light rail funding and it will be funded “ahead of schedule” // Feds give grant to the Monorail …that nobody rides // Lots of teen crime // Teen arrested after firing shots from a stolen gun in S. Lake Union // Local teen and 21 year old linked to over 30 robberies // Inspired by TikTok teens rob USPS carrier // Idaho 14 year old pleads guilty to attempted murder after friends' step dad said they could go to the park // The eight teens in Canada who killed a homeless man for his alcohol // Florida teen beat mom for telling him to clean his room // Pot sales are down!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Hour 3: Joe Kent concedes

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2022 33:25


    Big Lead @ 2pm // Joe Kent concedes // Don Lemon defending CNN “there's nothing fake” about it // If you bought lotto tix and the recipient won over 100K, could you be happy? Would you expect a cut? // Awesome AudioSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Hour 2: Elizabeth Warren picking fights with Musk

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2022 33:49


    Fastest 15 // Terrifying story about Bellingham woman eaten by a shark in Hawaii // Musk says he'll step down when he finds someone “foolish” enough to take over // Trump praises Elon // Elizabeth Warren picking fights with Musk, his response is she's harmed the US // GUEST: Marty Hartman, Mary's Place, on their need for help this year, especially for these snowy days // Actor Tim Robbins regrets turning on the unvaxxed and unmaskedSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Hour 1: Serial jogger groper sought in Seattle

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2022 33:58


    Big Lead @ Noon // Serial jogger groper sought in Seattle // WA transfers child-rapist who ‘sometimes identifies as a woman” to women's prison // GUEST: Bill Cahill, owner of Beacon Plumbing and Electrical on the Seattle he misses and encourages folks to fight for // Film critic makes Twitter private after she criticizes Avatar for using white people to portray blue peopleSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Hour 3: Insane salary hikes for Pierce Co employees

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2022 30:13


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    Hour 2: Dave Wyman

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2022 29:18


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    Hour 1: Legislators will try again to limit executive power

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2022 31:46


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    Hour 3: Should ‘Paddles and prayer' be brought back to the classroom?

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2022 33:38


    Big Lead @ 2pm // Curley joins Brandi to talk Inslee and guns // Should ‘Paddles and prayer' be brought back to the classroom? // The NYTimes crossword puzzle shaped like a swastika on the first day of Hanukkah // Downtown Art biz hit 6 times in 17 months // Awesome AudioSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Hour 2: Pelosi scolds, refuses to answer question

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2022 33:18


    Fastest 15 // Cornell makes letter grades optional because of ‘diversity' // Meanwhile student sin NYC demand refunds and ‘A' grades after protesting // Students of color allowed to have “safe space” from white males at Pomona College // Study from U of Toronto says “Unvaccinated are most likely to get in a fender-bender” // Pelosi scolds, refuses to answer question about serving out her term // Biden with Drew Barrymore in fluff interview // Biden says he's been to Iraq and Afghanistan as President twice - he hasn't // Biden advisor suggests Biden won't visit the border bc his motorcade would cause a traffic jam // Twitter drama // Whiny kids at Starbucks striking for 3 days nowSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Hour 1: Everett gun buy back hands out 241 gift cards

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2022 33:38


    Big Lead @ Noon // Brandi Kruse in for Dori // Inslee on homelessness // Inslee and Fergie bills to combat gun violence // Everett gun buy back hands out 241 gift cards // Inslee and Fergie bills to combat gun violenceSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Hour 3: Children's Emmy Awards

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2022 34:26


    Big Lead @ 2pm // John Curley stops by // Children's Emmy Awards // More Awesome AudioSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Hour 2: Available King County jobs

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2022 33:30


    Fastest 15 // Available jobs with King Co // Some Awesome Audio // Brandi Kruse stops bySee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Hour 1: WSP leaving vehicle theft task force

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 17, 2022 33:31


    Big Lead @ Noon // GUEST: Sheriff Ed Troyer on politicians targeting him and the media turning on him // More COVID vax data // WSP leaving vehicle theft task forceSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Hour 2: Biden admin may cripple the boating industry

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2022 32:15


    Fastest 15 // Inslee housing budget proposal // Hotel bought to house homeless in Edmonds closes due to "Drug manufacturing or storage" // Biden admin may cripple the boating industry // GUEST:  Snohomish Councilmember Nate Nehring on the Edmonds hotel purchased by the County for homeless housing, shut down within four months because of drug use // 2022 version of It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like SeattleSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

    Hour 1: The Troyer verdict

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2022 31:55


    Big Lead @ Noon // The Troyer verdict // GUEST:  Ed Troyer's reaction to a 'not guilty' verdict // Letter from a listenerSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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