Dori Monson
by KIRO Newsradio 97.3 FM
Before his passing in 2023, Dori Monson was a hard-hitting, side-splitting and (occasionally) gut-wrenching government watchdog. A Dori Monson Show feature had been honored with two national Edward R. Murrow awards. Dori was also a finalist for the National Association of Broadcasters Marconi Award’s Radio Large Market Host of the Year.
Episodes
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The Very Best of the Dori Monson Show, Day 4: Hour 1
The Very Best of the Dori Monson Show, Day 4: Hour 1
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The Very Best of the Dori Monson Show, Day 4: Hour 3
The Very Best of the Dori Monson Show, Day 4: Hour 3
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The Very Best of the Dori Monson Show, Day 4: Hour 2
The Very Best of the Dori Monson Show, Day 4: Hour 2
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The Very Best of the Dori Monson Show, Day 3: Hour 3
The Very Best of the Dori Monson Show, Day 3: Hour 3
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The Very Best of the Dori Monson Show, Day 3: Hour 2
The Very Best of the Dori Monson Show, Day 3: Hour 2
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The Very Best of the Dori Monson Show, Day 3: Hour 1
The Very Best of the Dori Monson Show, Day 3: Hour 1
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The Very Best of the Dori Monson Show, Day 2: Hour 3
The Very Best of the Dori Monson Show, Day 2: Hour 3
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The Very Best of the Dori Monson Show, Day 2: Hour 2
The Very Best of the Dori Monson Show, Day 2: Hour 2
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The Very Best of the Dori Monson Show, Day 2: Hour 1
The Very Best of the Dori Monson Show, Day 2: Hour 1
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The Very Best of the Dori Monson Show, Day 1: Hour 3
The Very Best of the Dori Monson Show, Day 1: Hour 3
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The Very Best of the Dori Monson Show, Day 1: Hour 2
The Very Best of the Dori Monson Show, Day 1: Hour 2
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The Very Best of the Dori Monson Show, Day 1: Hour 1
The Very Best of the Dori Monson Show, Day 1: Hour 1
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A Tribute to Dori Monson
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.
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Hour 3: Children’s medicine shortage
Big Lead @ 2pm // Curley stops by // Children’s medicine shortage // Awesome Audio
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Hour 2: Movie theaters made no money in 2022
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 2022
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Hour 1: Twitter leaves Seattle
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 scheme
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Hour 3: Recount in AZ has troublesome results
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 Audio
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Hour 2: Rainier HS basketball team stuck in Vegas
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 //...
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Hour 1: Marysville fed up with open drug use
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 public
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Hour 3: Whoopi reiterates Holocaust comments that she was suspended for
Big Lead @ 2pm // Power outages // Tulsi Gabbard with Santos // Whoopi reiterates Holocaust comments that she was suspended for // Awesome Audio
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Hour 2: Dave Wyman stops by
Fastest 15 // Southwest chaos // Dems in Wa want incarcerated folks to get min wage // Dave Wyman stops by
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Hour 1: Power outages and wind last night
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 airport
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Hour 3: CNN bans alcohol from NYE coverage
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 Audio
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Hour 2: 39 Hyundai's and Kia's stolen in Pierce Co on Christmas Eve
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’...
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Hour 1: Piroshky Piroshky reopens
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...
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Hour 3: Biden and the Border Crisis
Big Lead @ 2pm // Curley stops by to talk Biden funding UW AI that identifies microaggressions on social media // Biden and the Border Crisis // Awesome Audio
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Hour 2: What Joe Kent’s plans are
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…
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Hour 1: Lots of teen crime
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...
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Hour 3: Joe Kent concedes
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 Audio
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Hour 2: Elizabeth Warren picking fights with Musk
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...
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Hour 1: Serial jogger groper sought in Seattle
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...
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Hour 3: Should ‘Paddles and prayer' be brought back to the classroom?
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 Audio
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Hour 2: Pelosi scolds, refuses to answer question
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…
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Hour 1: Everett gun buy back hands out 241 gift cards
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 violence
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Hour 3: Children's Emmy Awards
Big Lead @ 2pm // John Curley stops by // Children's Emmy Awards // More Awesome Audio
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Hour 2: Available King County jobs
Fastest 15 // Available jobs with King Co // Some Awesome Audio // Brandi Kruse stops by
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Hour 1: WSP leaving vehicle theft task force
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 force
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Hour 2: Biden admin may cripple the boating industry
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,...
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Hour 1: The Troyer verdict
Big Lead @ Noon // The Troyer verdict // GUEST: Ed Troyer's reaction to a 'not guilty' verdict // Letter from a listener
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Hour 3: AM Radio and electric cars
Big Lead @ 2pm // AM Radio and electric cars // Kia attacked for St. Jude donation // Dori's Christmas Show appearance // Awesome Audio
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Hour 2: Dictionary.com announces its word of the year
Fastest 15 // Leno's first interview since his big fire // Dictionary.com announces word of the year - it's woman // Brock Huard stops by // John Kirby on Victor Bout - he would've been out in seven years
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Hour 1: The Pay-by-Mile push
Big Lead @ Noon // Show debate // Wa is the first state to give Obamacare to illegal immigrants // The Pay-by-Mile push // Troyer witch-hunt
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Hour 3: Teacher says parents are not professionals when it comes to their kids
Big Lead @ 2pm // 35th anniversary of Rich Marriott at KING-5 // Robert Griffin III uses a horrible slur for black people on MNF // Woman who wouldn't vote for straight man for school board has now resigned // Teacher says parents are not professionals when it comes to their kids // Awesome Audio
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Hour 2: Patty Murray officially third in line for President
Fastest 15 // Patty Murray officially third in line for Prez // 50 teachers in one Florida district have quit because kids are so horrible // More young adults than ever living with parents // NY Times call Fetterman one of the 93 most 'stylish people' // WaPo uses "conservative" as a slur and to...
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Hour 1: The best of Mike Leach
Big Lead @ Noon // Some of the best of Mike Leach // GUEST: Cory Klippsten, CEO of Swan.com and expert on crypto and bitcoin, shares more insight on the Bankman-fried story
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Hour 3: Grandma with the nose ring stepping down
Big Lead @ 2pm // Grandma with the nose ring stepping down // Sword swallower's sword slip // NCAA soccer girl can sue her coach for not participating in social protest // Awesome Audio
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Hour 2: Elon Musk's new pronouns
Fastest 15 // Nicole in Vegas // Three ass't principals in Whatcom County charged with failure to report a sexual assault // Buttigieg has taken 18 private jet trips // Trump says he turned down prisoner swap deal with Russia // GUEST: Mark Lindquist on the family of man who died while medics…
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About this show
Before his passing in 2023, Dori Monson was a hard-hitting, side-splitting and (occasionally) gut-wrenching government watchdog. A Dori Monson Show feature had been honored with two national Edward R. Murrow awards. Dori was also a finalist for the National Association of Broadcasters Marconi Award’s Radio Large Market Host of the Year.
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