The Bill Handel Show

The Bill Handel Show

Bill Handel is heard live Monday-Friday from 6-9am on KFI AM 640. His syndicated show, Handel on the Law, airs every Saturday from 8-11 a.m.

Episodes

May 8, 2025 20 mins
(May 08, 2025)
Neil Saavedra fills in for Bill on this Thursday Morning. The host of ‘How to Money’ Joel Larsgaard joins the show to talk about Americans claiming social security early out of fear, buying a new car before tariff prices hit is causing another problem, and taking a more minimalist approach in life. Dr. Jim Keany, Chief Medical Officer at Dignity Health St. Mary Medical Center in Long Beach, joins The Bill Handel Show ...
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(May 08, 2025)
The mayor’s budget cuts could make our streets even worse. Air traffic controllers warned of ‘incredibly dangerous’ safety incidents months before the latest Newark system failure. This parenting tradition is dying with Gen Z and it’s harming their kids. After an Arizona man was shot, an AI video of him addresses his killer in court.
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May 8, 2025 24 mins
(May 08, 2025)
Heather Brooker joins Neil Saavedra who is filling in for Bill for Handel on the News. Black Smoke: No election after morning of first full day of Conclave. Police remove Pro-Palestine demonstrators occupying Columbia Library. 3 former Memphis police officers acquitted in death of Tyre Nichols. Russia hosts world leaders for the 80th anniversary of its defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II.
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(May 07, 2025)
Implementing Real ID. In a bid to blunt gentrification after Los Angeles wildfires, nonprofits look to buy burned lots. Why are young people so unhappy? They spend hours decorating their fridge shelves… then someone messes with them.
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(May 07, 2025)
California lawmakers strike deal on solicitation of minors. Businesses have sound strange but legal ways to avoid tariffs. Cardinals from around the world gather today in Vatican City to elect pope. Travelers with no Ral ID can fly for now.
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May 7, 2025 27 mins
(May 07, 2025)
Heather Brooker and Neil Saavedra join Bill for Handel on the News. Smokey Robinson sued for sexual assault by 4 ex-employees. US, Chinese officials to hold ice-breaker meeting in Geneva on Saturday. Indina and Pakistan are on the brink of wider conflict. Here’s what we know. Trump says ‘we just want to be friends’ as Canada PM torpedoes 51st state idea. International arrivals in California plummet by 11% in March.
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(May 06,2025)
KTLA & KFI tech reporter Rich DeMuro joins the show for ‘Tech Tuesday.’ Today, Rich talks about Microsoft making a major push to go passwordless, Roku users starting to see ads when they pause content, Google’s new AI Mode in Search, and Samsung just launched a feature that lets users transfer money. Los Angeles area sees more dengue fever in people bitten by local mosquitoes
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(May 06,2025)
Trump is offering to pay immigrants who deport themselves. Newark Airport Meltdown: Inside the multiday travel disruption. Venice is sinking. Now there’s a radical plan to lift the entre city above rising waters. Why are people snacking less?? Sales of chips and other munchies are dropping.
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May 6, 2025 28 mins
(May 06,2025)
Heather and Neil Saavedra join Bill for Handel on the News. LAFD union president Freddy Escobar suspended, accused of ‘’financial malpractice.’ Trump administration to pay $1,000 to self-deporting undocumented immigrants. Hepatitis-A outbreak declared in L.A. County. What you need to know. President Trump to meet with Canadian PM Mark Carney over trade dispute. Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs: First day of jury selection concludes....
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(May 05,2025)
Florida and other states are moving to eviscerate child labor protections. A man who injected himself with deadly venom helps create snakebite treatment. AI executives promise cancer cures… here’s the reality. Can $1,000 a month get more students into nursing? L.A effort says yes.
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(May 05,2025)
Does a president need to uphold the Constitution? Trump says 'I don't know' to provisional circumstances. Why there will be another Warren Buffett. Costco’s Kirkland brand is bigger than Nike. Corporate America is leaving more jobs unfilled.
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May 5, 2025 23 mins
(May 05,2025)
Heather Brooker and Neil Saavedra join Bill for Handel on the News. President Trump rules out running for a third term. Brazilian police arrest 2 people over alleged plot targeting Lady Gaga concert in Rio. Catholic leaders criticize Trump for posting apparent AI photo of himself as the Pope. Warren Buffett shocks shareholders by announcing intention to retire at the end of the year. Russia’s Putin says he hopes there ...
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(Friday 05/02/25)
The hour opens with ‘Ask Handel Anything’ followed by… FOODIE FRIDAY! Food enthusiast and host of ‘The Fork Report’ on KFI Neil Saavedra joins Bill to talk about the best potato chips according to Food & Wine Magazine, the viral Dubai pistachio dessert has come to Costco with a bit of a twist, Americans changing how they shop for groceries, and can you copywrite a recipe?
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(Friday 05/02/25)
Los Angeles is trying to figure out how to close the $1BIL budget gap. Layoffs are coming to the LAPD. 7 million people have Alzheimer’s. The end of the ‘generic’ grocery store brand.
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May 2, 2025 31 mins
(Friday 05/02/25)
Amy King and Neil Saavedra Bill for Handel on the News. Mike Waltz out as national security advisor, but Trump says he’ll be ambassador to U.N. President Trump orders Corporation for Public Broadcasting to end federal funding for NPR and PBS. Aid ship bound for Gaza catches fire after alleged drone attack off Malta. The first driverless semis have started running regular long-haul routes.
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(May 01, 2025)
Host of ‘How to Money’ Joel Larsgaard joins the show to discuss FIRE folks retiring but not loving the retirement life, Americans paying more for groceries, and subscriptions potentially increasing. Supreme Court may allow church-run, publicly funded charter schools across the nation. 
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(May 01, 2025)
Kamala Harris gives first key speech after losing to Trump. Mayor Bass says L.A. animal shelters won’t close under the proposed budget. ‘Success from Scratch’ is back where Bill highlights small businesses from how they started to where they are today. Today, Bill talks with Howard Makler the founder and CEO of Innovation Refunds. How the fun police came for your holiday.
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May 1, 2025 26 mins
(May 01, 2025)
Amy King and Neil Saavedra join Bill for Handel on the News. Kamala Harris is back on the national stage after losing to Trump. US and Ukraine sign critical minerals deal. A bipartisan measure to undo Trump’s global tariffs fails in the Senate. 500 firearms are recovered from Palisades fire zone. Trump puts market struggles on Biden as economy shrinks.  As electric vehicle use grows in California, the state rethinks t...
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(April 30, 2025)
Why making an All-American product is so hard. How the fun police came for your holiday. 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 the 17 ways to cut your risk of depression, dementia, and stroke, how Parkinsons disease may soon outpace dementia, and smart insoles could diagnose health p...
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(April 30, 2025)
L.A. County approves largest sex abuse settlement in U.S history. The NATO country with no military gets serious about defense. The 4AM wake up call is not for superman CEOs anymore. Meta’s ‘digital companions’ will talk sex with users…. Even children.
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