KFI Featured Segments

 A massive winter storm is set to slam millions with heavy snow and catastrophic ice—so what does it mean for LAX, your travel plans, and loved ones bracing for impact? Lou Penrose takes your talkbacks, revisits a wild snowstorm episode of Little House on the Prairie, and explores how people actually survive brutal minus-40° weather in Minnesota. Plus, a tasty turn: Pasade...

 The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame turns 40, and Lou Penrose celebrates The First Class legends that defined a generation. A pop quiz sparks a debate on the greatest hits album ever—just as the Eagles’ Greatest Hits goes quadruple diamond, officially America’s bestselling album of all time. Lou fires back at your talkbacks, breaks down why some classic songs wo...

We’re stuck in that awkward stretch between the holidays and Valentine’s Day—and Lou Penrose leans into it. From single women searching for a real gentleman on social media to Lou revisiting his rules for single women, the conversation gets honest and spicy. As birthrates continue to fall, Lou breaks down why even progressives say the left needs real solutions—while th...

IT’S FOODIE FRIDAY! Food enthusiast and host of ‘The Fork Report’ on KFI Neil Saavedra joins Bill to talk about Walmart frozen pizza, Pasadena Burger Week, and the best way to reheat leftovers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Songwriters Hall of Fame list drops—and Lou Penrose isn’t holding back. He weighs in on the legends, the head-scratchers, and the very bad songs, then shares a hilarious family argument sparked by a BLONDIE track and reminisces about the pre-Google days of wildly misheard lyrics. Lou also checks in on the ice storm hammering multiple states with power...

The Blizzard of 2026 slams the brakes on travel out of LAX and sends shoppers into a full-on grocery grab. Lou Penrose digs into listener talkbacks on why a 48-hour storm triggers stockpiling madness, tracks an ice storm stretching from Texas to Virginia, and asks the big survival question: how long could you really last on what’s in your kitchen? Plus, a lighter turn as the Songwr...

Research says cell phones might be hurting your brain—so Lou Penrose says go speaker or grab the headphones. He digs into the FCC taking aim at talk radio in the fight over “equal time” for politicians, then jumps into the heated debate over setting an age limit for members of Congress. Plus, a cross with George Noory, listener talkbacks, and—believe it or not&mda...

Goodbye, ATLAS: #StrangeScience looks at the final farewell to the 3I/ATLAS interstellar visitor as it disappears from our solar system forever today. The Location of Heaven:  A physicist claims that Hubble data and the "Cosmic Horizon" point to a physical location for the afterlife. Is it science or just high-altitude speculation? The Phallic Fossil:  A 26-foot "woody" giant from the pr...

Is Google’s Gemini AI reading your personal emails? Marc breaks down the trade-off between productivity and privacy. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom takes heat on the world stage while Trump lays down the law in Western Europe—teasing a Greenland deal and rattling NATO with tariff talk. Plus, Lou Penrose reflects on his Political Science roots and digs deeper into Trump’s Greenland gambit. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Immigration raids sweep Anaheim and across Orange County as a viral confrontation between ICE and an immigration attorney ignites debate. Lou Penrose breaks it all down, reacts to listener talkbacks, and explains why he says there’s “no such thing” as an immigration attorney. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lou Penrose dives into a wild mix of politics and pop culture—from a quirky payphone project linking San Francisco and Texas to bridge America’s partisan divide, to Lou’s own stories from the campaign trail as a young intern. The show also covers Second Lady Usha Vance announcing she’s pregnant with her fourth child, the renewed push to make daylight sav...

Dr. Jim Keany, Chief Medical Officer at Dignity Health St. Mary Medical Center in Long Beach, joins The Bill Handel Show for 'Medical News'! Dr. Keany talks with Bill about  food borne bacteria causing urinary infections, Shingles vaccine reducing the risk of heart attack, and wildfire smore exposure in pregnancy linked to Autism. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

KFI Tech Reporter Rich DeMuro joins Wake Up Call for ‘Wired Wednesday’! Rich talks about Sony & TCL teaming up, ads coming to ChatGPT, Netflix working on an interactive feature, and mirrors that can scan your body and deliver health information. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The College Football Championships saw Indiana trounce Miami, with Hoosiers quarterback Fernando Mendoza gave “all the glory and thanks to God.” His mom has multiple sclerosis, and God must be Catholic. It seems every 10 years we have a spiritual revival of some kind. There's been a cheese recall due to listeria fears.  Is it due to deregulation?...

It’s been exactly one year since Trump was sworn in as US president. And in that time, he has made a lot of “unpresidential” statements, which his supporters love and his detractors loathe. Lou recalls Trump tariffs on Canada that would have potentially devastated the Canadian economy. Amid the threats, former PM Justin Trudeau hotfooted it down to Mar-A-Lago to negotia...

Ellen DeGeneres is in the news for her Instagram post regarding anti-ICE protests in Minneapolis. And she is receiving backlash over the post, in which she said she was proud of the protesters who are being peaceful and feels for the ones who have been hurt by law enforcement. Meanwhile, other protesters are targeting Target as part of a reverse boycott, in which they buy salt...

Amy talks with the host of ‘How to Money’ Joel Larsgaard talking about young people ditching credit cards, Ozempic reducing grocery bills, and store brands costing less. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Amy speaks with Dr. Dana Varble about what pet owners need to know to keep their animals healthier, longer. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With the exodus of California billionaires due to the potential wealth tax, how will this shake out for the rest of us Golden State taxpayers? Despite Gov. Gavin Newsom’s tax incentives, film and TV productions are also exiting the state, as evidenced by Radford Studio Lot potentially declaring bankruptcy. Also, a historic 1920s West Hollywood house facing demolition was physically...

Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day in celebration of the civil rights leader who fought racial segregation. There was a big earthquake today registering 4.6 east of Palm Springs in San Bernardino. The battle for Greenland is on! President Donald Trump says we need the land mass for strategy such as shipping routes and protecting it from incursions from the likes of China and Russia. It&...

There’s big trouble in the Beckham family, with eldest offspring Brooklyn Beckham going nuclear on his parents Victoria and David and stating he does not wish to reconcile. Tonight's special guest on the phone with Mark is famed Hollywood fixer Brad Herman. He talks about the publicly reviled California DMV, but Herman says the staff there really do care, from top to bottom. T...

SoCal Edison sues L.A. County and multiple agencies over responsibility for the Eaton Fire. Rick Caruso shuts down rumors of a run for governor or mayor. A brutal Beverly Hills attack leaves one man dead. Plus, Merrill dives into Gary Hoffman’s sports league and KFI teams—and why Elon Musk’s X is pulling back on explicit AI-generated images with Grok.  See omnystudio.com/lis...

Trump announces tariffs against European countries opposing his Greenland takeover plan as thousands march in Greenland to defend the Arctic island. A new high shows 45% of Americans now identify as political independents. Plus, mounting evidence that smartphones before age 13 may cause lifelong mental health harm—and a groundbreaking new law banning Americans from more than one hour of phon...

Streaming costs explode far beyond inflation in 2025. Billy Bob Thornton says rumors about Landman are fake and AI-made. Merrill dives into the future of ChatGPT ads influenced by user conversations—and the surprisingly popular idea of an “airport divorce” to save relationships.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.