The Andrew Walsh Show

FIRST THINGS FIRST: The government shutdown looms, but why is it happening? The parties actually agree on the bill that is holding things up. // Andrew marvels at the inefficiency of what is increasingly a three-party system in Congress. // Some government agencies are spending like mad to use up all of their yearly budget, otherwise they would get cut for not using all of it. // The Seahawks came back in spectacular fashion to beat the Houston Texans so heartbreakingly that fans were burning Houston's quarterback's jersey in the parking lot after the game. What would a Seattle athlete have to do to have fans burn their jersey? // We give away Bon Jovi tickets to a lucky quiz winner and true fan.

The former NFL player's whose house was trashed by a flash party is getting law enforcement involved now that few of the offenders even came forward, despite the evidence. We also now know that the teen who instigated the party has a relationship with the homeowner, Brian Holloway. UM, THAT SOUNDS LIKE A BAD IDEA: Andrew and the gang round up headlines that sound like bad ideas, but might not be, including trained police rats, a Batman TV show with no Batman, TomTatos, and an overly complicated new way to finally get your favorite author to sign your e-book. NIGHTCAP.

Burger King and McDonald's are trying to present healthier options for customers, but Andrew and Nick are unimpressed. 710 ESPN's Tom Wassell joins the show to preview the Seahawks' showdown with the Houston Texans on Sunday. TASTE BUDS: Rachel Belle and Andrew break down the week's food news, including a writer making 300 sandwiches before her boyfriend will propose to her and a restaurant that will let you check your phone when you walk in.

Mariners Manager Eric Wedge will not return next year. Was it really his call? Should we be excited for next year or not? Brandi Kruse reports that Mayor McGinn is considering putting a penny-per-ounce sugary drink tax on Seattle in order to pay for the city's parks. Most schools will do away with teaching cursive writing soon. What would kids really be missing out on? Andrew explains. The FAA is getting closer to letting you use your electronics during takeoff. That's a good thing, right? Andrew isn't so sure.

NFLer Eric Berry was intensely afraid of horses, which was unfortunate since his team has one as a mascot. NFL Films followed the process Berry took to overcome his fear. -EA Sports settled to pay out an undisclosed amount of money to over 100,000 college athletes that they used the likeness of in their video games. This could be one step closer to finally paying some athletes to play in college. -Kanye West went crazy on Twitter today over a Jimmy Kimmel skit lambasting his appearance on the BBC. -NIGHTCAP

Richard Wolffe chronicles the dysfunction within the Obama campaign for his second term. He says they won despite the team Obama had around him. He joins the show live. -Andrew argues that analytics and big data are what saved Obama's campaign. -The President looked to be back in top form today while taking shots are opponents of Obamacare by turning their own crazy quotes against them. -We're launching a new segment with Sean DeTore, but it doesn't have a name yet. The listeners help out.

FIRST THINGS FIRST: Looks like we're facing a grocery workers strike, but Andrew cautions people to avoid saying the strikers are asking for handouts. The wage gap in America between the richest and everybody else is at a historic level. -If you're on the run from the police in Oregon, duck into a bathroom. A court just ruled that that is a private area that police can't immediately follow you into. -Seattle is grappling with what to do with ride sharing services. UberX is one of those services, but it's not to be confused with Uber proper. Uber Seattle General Manager Brooke Steger joins the show to explain how they work. -DO THE RIGHT THING: A Utah high school football coach suspended the whole team for moral reasons.

Bono did a spot on Bill Clinton impression that made Andrew reconsider his long-standing dislike Bono. -A new survey seems to have finally figured out Nick's generation and it terrifies him. Andrew rubs it in. -Kurt Cobain's childhood house in Aberdeen is for sale. Andrew hopes it sells and preserves a little rock history, even though the asking price is much higher than the property is actually worth. -NIGHTCAP

Andrew admits that he voted for himself in an online competition, then ups the ante by sharing an even darker secret. -A California youth football league is introducing stiff penalties for running up the score. Andrew and Nick grapple with how to solve the problem. -Samuel L. Jackson is upset that President Obama doesn't always take like someone with a first class education. Jackson then undermines his own point by calling Republicans bleeped names, but Andrew considers the point anyway. Are presidents pandering with their folksy language? Should they be? -Jimmy Fallon and Justin Timberlake have struck gold again with a video going viral today skewering the hashtagization of American communication.

FIRST THINGS FIRST: Sen. Ted Cruz filibustered for 21 hours, but it was all in vain and really confusing because he actually agreed with the bill he was stopping, his party didn't want him to do this, and he only seems to be promoting himself, not any real solution or plan. -The ads against I-522 seem really misleading and Andrew points out why and explains why you shouldn't worry about your grocery bill going up. -SPORT! Mariners Manager Eric Wedge doesn't know if he has a job next year and sounds really frustrated about it. Jessamyn McIntyre of 710 ESPN joins the show live. -Brandi Kruse looks at the gang crimes in Tacoma and how things have changed.

Brian Heater, Director of Media for Engadget, breaks some news live in studio. Amazon is set to release a new version of their Kindle Fire. -Andrew helps Brian pitch his podcast, RiYL. -ASK THE HEATER: Andrew and Nick ask Brian Heater of Engadget all the tech questions that they were too embarrassed to ask other people, like "What is a Bitcoin and what do I do with it?" -People were misled by a real-looking graphic that went viral claiming that their iPhones were now waterproof thanks to the software update. -NIGHTCAP

Disneyland is making it harder for disabled people to cut lines for rides and attractions because liars and rich people ruined the system for the people who really need it. -Luke Burbank joins the show to talk about how he cut lines when he went to Disneyland. -SPORT! The NBA is considering letting some players put nicknames on the back of their jerseys for one game this season. At first it seemed like a bad idea, but Nick convinces Andrew and Luke of the opposite. -AS A WOMAN Listener Vanessa, a young mother of two, helps Andrew makes sense of his outrage over Wal-Mart selling "naughty" Halloween costumes for toddler girls. -Andrew is inspired. Andrew is inspired by a rousing flag football huddle speech that we're certain will light up the internet.

FIRST THINGS FIRST: Brock & Danny say Seahawks fans need to stop worrying so much and take on some this team's swagger. Andrew vehemently disagrees. -A Seattle woman has racked up almost 150 unpaid parking tickets. Andrew is a paranoid parker and is floored by how people are using loopholes to avoid getting the boot on their cars. -California passed a law to help teens delete things that they regret putting on the internet, but there's just one glaring problem: It is practically impossible to remove anything from the internet. -Some kids playing with air soft guns in their neighborhood got suspended by their school thanks to a zero tolerance policy.

Andrew had no idea you could make music on your game boy, find out how in the show's final hour.

Andrew discusses the future of privacy settings on your cell phone which could include fingerprint recognition.