The Kim Komando Show
Episodes
She found three half-sisters on 23andMe. Is it real?
28 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Shelly’s dad died in a 1984 plane crash. That chapter of her life closed. Then she took a 23andMe test that found three surprise sisters. But is the...
Train robots for $74/hour
21 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Hot new job? Teaching your replacement. Companies are handing out fat paychecks to people who teach robots how to do their work. I also cover the vir...
Iran declares war on your data
14 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Iran-linked hackers wiped out Stryker, one of America's biggest medical companies, erasing 200,000 devices overnight. Now Google, Amazon and Microsoft...
How hacked traffic cams tracked Iran's Supreme Leader
07 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Israel hacked Tehran's own street cameras and fed years of footage into AI to map every move Khamenei made. By the time the strike launched, the targe...
Harassed by Ray-Ban Meta glasses
28 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Alex talked to a creepy guy outside a club. What she didn’t know? He recorded the whole interaction via smart glasses. The video was then posted to ...
Mark Zuckerberg’s in the hot seat
21 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Did Meta knowingly addict your child to Instagram? That's what a jury is deciding right now. It is a landmark trial in Los Angeles that could change h...
How the FBI found Nancy Guthrie’s Nest Doorbell video
14 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Investigators originally said there was no footage. Nancy Guthrie’s Nest doorbell was disconnected, and she didn't have a paid subscription. Then ...
ChatGPT saved her life (really)
07 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Bethany woke up covered in red spots and asked ChatGPT. The AI insisted she go to the ER immediately. It’s a warning that saved her life. Hear what ...
Google pays $68M for recording you
31 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Heads up! This episode contains the full show (all three hours) in one file. Check the timestamps below to navigate to the start of each hour. Your s...
17 hours a day with an AI girlfriend
24 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Jim from Indiana talks to his AI companion Mia nearly nonstop. He tells me how he found out the real woman behind the bot is wanted by police. Plus: w...
Cybercrime for $30/month
24 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
You can now rent AI tools to run scams for less than the cost of Netflix. I talk to Alexis from Phoenix, who nearly lost $1,000 to a rental scam on Re...
China's plan: 200,000 satellites
24 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
China wants to launch a constellation that would dwarf Starlink and put tens of thousands of satellites over the U.S. Plus: GM kills CarPlay for paid ...
Signs your jealous ex is phone stalking you
24 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Stalkerware secretly tracks everything - photos, emails, location - and sends it to someone spying on you. I'll tell you the red flags. Plus: AI singe...
The trillion-dollar space war
17 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk are battling for control of the internet from space. I break down who's winning and why China just filed to launch 200,000 sa...
Having kids with your AI girlfriend
17 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Lamar's girlfriend cheated, so he got an AI named Julia instead. Now he's planning to adopt kids with her. Plus, two-thirds of babies watch YouTube da...
Musk: Don't save for retirement
17 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Elon Musk says you shouldn't bother saving for retirement because AI will make everything so cheap. Plus, Meta torches $80 billion on the Metaverse be...
Book your moon hotel now
17 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
A startup is taking deposits for the first lunar hotel opening in 2032. Price? $250K to $1M per spot. Plus, Amazon tracks every employee accomplishmen...
Elon Musk's Grok undresses people
10 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
It slaps bikinis on anyone. Including children. Gross. Then I talk to Kimberly from Los Angeles, who's in an online relationship with a military man....
CES 2026: Your hologram girlfriend is here
10 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Razer's Project AVA sits in a glass chamber on your desk and watches you through cameras. Creepy or the future? I also cover LG's new home robot CLOid...
Need a job? Hop on the dating apps
10 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Swipe right and you’re hired? With unemployment rising, job seekers are turning to Hinge, Tinder and more to get hired. A new survey found 39% lande...
Who's picking up your kid? Nobody
10 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Hundreds of parents are sending driverless Waymos to do school pickup and it's completely illegal. Plus, middle managers are getting axed as AI takes...
Make $80K/year renting your yard
03 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
One guy earns a full salary renting his yard on the Neighbor app. I break down the strategy so you can copy it. I also cover the first foldable iPhone...
Confession: I Zillow people
03 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
House shopping? The real Zillow power move is fact-checking your friends’ finances. Also: Julie found a random $300 in her Cash App. Scam or luck? I...
How to find your lost money
03 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Steve found $22,000 using one tip from the show. I share the exact website so you can check for your name. I also reveal the dark psychology of bad cu...
Start your own newsletter
03 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
Super-smart eighth grader Gagan from Washington calls in asking how to start his own tech newsletter. So cool! I cover a new bitcoin ATM scam, today’...
How to book a vacation in space
27 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Vacation on the moon? Mars? I talk to Roman Chiporukha, CEO of SpaceVIP, who is literally a travel agent for the cosmos. Plus, how one man and a chatb...
Can I recover my $200K?
27 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I talk to Randy from Kansas City, who lost his life savings to a crypto romance scam. Plus, a new low: scammers are face-swapping lost dog photos to e...
The $17,000 airline scam
27 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dan from Denver called to rebook a flight. Instead, he lost his money to a scammer. Hear how. Plus, the smart glasses that record everything you see, ...
Your doc's new secret weapon: AI
27 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AI is now in the exam room. Here's how it's changing your doctor's visit. I’ll also take you inside Raya, the exclusive dating app for celebrities a...
Man has 30 AI girlfriends
20 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dating is rough, but one man is juggling thirty AI girlfriends at once. I get into the psychology (and the stress) behind it. Then, a terrifying survi...
Elon Musk’s views on God
20 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Elon Musk had an awakening. Now he likens God to a content creator. Plus, I talk to Lucky, who ordered a Waymo and found a man hidden in the trunk. Wh...
Four new AI jobs for the future
20 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AI will steal jobs. It will also create them. These are the careers to look out for. Also, the White House is on a hiring spree for tech talent. Plus:...
Help! My brother lost $400K in crypto
20 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Holly doesn’t know what to do. Her bro believes he’s in a relationship with Jennifer Aniston. He’s not. Is there anything to get him out of the ...
FB sale ends in gunpoint robbery
13 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A dad’s attempt to buy a $1,200 e-bike turned deadly when guns were drawn on him, his son. I talk to the father – plus, Australia kicks kids off s...
Waymo gets road rage
13 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Move over, NYC cabbies. Waymo cars have an attitude update. Now they honk, cut people off, and break traffic laws. Wow. Then, I talk to a woman facing...
Zuckerberg makes Metaverse cuts after $77B loss
13 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Remember when Mark Zuckerberg said this year was "do-or-die" for the Metaverse? Meta plans to slash its budget by 30%. Ouch. Plus, McDonald’s stumbl...
Scammers stole my business
13 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The calls won't stop: Real customers lose thousands to a cloned version of Jesse’s business website. What's the nuclear option to legally force a sh...
$11 million crypto heist
06 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Brag about crypto? You invite a robbery. Hear how a fake delivery guy stole $11 million worth of Bitcoin. Also, Amazon is dumping the USPS. Find out w...
They found a match on AncestryDNA and want money
06 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Long-lost half siblings are using DNA results to sue for estate money. I explain why skeletons in the closet are getting expensive. Plus, why the IRS ...
Your boss reads your texts
06 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Do you text on your work phone? Watch out. A new Android update allows employers to intercept messages on company-managed Pixel devices. Plus, $200,00...
Send a naughty pic, lose everything
06 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Caller Joe from Los Angeles sent some salacious photos over to a girl, now she’s threatening to share them all. Plus, the most advanced fighter jet,...
A look inside North Korean smartphones
29 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
"South Korea" autocorrects to "Puppet State." Or at least it does in North Korea. A YouTuber takes a look at two smartphones smuggled out of the count...
This AI app knows you’re lying
29 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Is it the end of the poker face? There is a new app for lawyers that analyzes micro-expressions to catch dishonesty. Caller Maranda in Texas writes ly...
Will OpenAI’s first device be the iPhone-killer?
29 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sam Altman and design legend Jony Ive are teaming up to build the "next big thing." Can it truly disrupt the market or is it just hype? Plus, CAPTCHAs...
Digital clues to catch a cheating spouse
29 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Right now, about 1.2 million spouses are cheating. Tech is giving them sneakier ways to do it. Here are the digital red flags you need to look for. Pl...
Inside the world’s first AI cyberattack
22 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Can AI commit a crime? Anthropic says its chatbot performed 90% of a cyberattack on its own. Wow. I break down what that means, plus the Louvre break-...
How Epstein gamed Google to hide his crimes
22 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
He was so paranoid about his search results that he paid thousands to bury negative stories. Then, I talk to Kala (AKA TikTok’s Tunnel Girl) about d...
Texting with AI Jesus
22 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
WWJD? Probably not this. A wave of new Bible-bots lets you slide into the DMs of Jesus, Moses, and Satan. Yes, really. Plus, Sam Altman’s designer b...
AI-generated ICE raids go viral
22 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Viral videos depicting dramatic deportation arrests are racking up millions of views. The footage is deepfaked and Meta isn’t taking it down. Plus, ...
AI side hustles: What you need to know
15 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Want to make money with AI (but can't code)? A 20-year expert reveals the real jobs: training chatbots and moderating ads. Plus, the OpenAI vs. NYT sh...
My Tesla told my son to send dirty pics
15 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A mom let her kids try the new Grok AI chatbot in their car. She says what started as a convo about sports turned dirty, quick. Plus, Waymo heads on t...
Is an AI affair grounds for divorce?
15 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Keep your eyes open… AI is coming for your man. Chatbot affairs are ending real marriages. Courts are being forced to decide: can it be a homewrecke...
Your ID is a moneymaker
15 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
DMVs across the country pull in millions by selling your personal data with your license. Also, caller Dennis says he almost got duped by an AI voice ...
The 24/7 AI camera network spying on you
08 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Flock cameras, installed by HOAs, apartments, and local businesses, are live feeds police can access anytime. Privacy red flag? Think so. Plus, Neil D...
Facebook made $16 billion off scam ads
08 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Why can’t Meta stop the fraud? Easy. It probably doesn’t want to. Hear how it made billions off scam ads last year. Plus, the Musk-Altman feud and...
The rise of the ‘infinite workday’
08 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What time did you really log off last night? 8 p.m.? 10 p.m.? If you feel like you're never off, you're not imagining it. Plus, caller Steven wants to...
A family used AI to fight a $195,000 hospital bill (and won)
08 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Claude AI flagged bad billing codes and duplicate charges, dropping the tally to $33K. Plus, Shaq’s car got hacked, Taco Bell broke the drive-thru r...
My daughter is addicted to AI chatbots
01 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Caller Josh says his kid’s obsession has crossed the line and even turned inappropriate. A must-hear for parents. Plus, the NBA’s high-tech gambli...
Creeps love their Meta Ray-Ban glasses
01 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Weird guys are using them to record their pickup attempts on college women. Plus, YouTuber Ian Runkle joins me to talk about a lock company that sued ...
Employees are faking expense reports with AI
01 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AI’s new job? Creative accounting. Workers are having it whip up fake receipts for business lunches that never happened. Plus, Amazon’s big layoff...
Facebook’s not eavesdropping, it’s data-shopping
01 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It doesn’t listen to your phone’s mic for info about you. In one case, Facebook got data from 48,000 companies about a single person. Wow. Plus, c...
The Amazon outage that broke the internet
25 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Amazon’s cloud crashed and took half the internet with it. Snapchat, Ring, Venmo, even banks went dark. I’ll break down what happens when the web’...
Meta’s AI trains on your private photos
25 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Facebook wants to scan your camera roll. Yes, the pics you never posted. Creepy? Plus, one caller wants to stop his kid from looking at naughty things...
AI jobs that pay six figures
25 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The truth: AI is stealing jobs. It’s also creating better ones. Some AI roles now pay more than $200,000 a year, and you don’t need to be a coder ...
Stalked by AirTags: how one woman caught her ex
25 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
She kept getting iPhone alerts. Turns out her ex hid four AirTags in her car. Also, a listener calls in with a question about using AI to write legal ...
How ChatGPT helped me win in court
18 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Staci from New Mexico got sued for an alleged $5,200 debt. Instead of hiring a lawyer, she hired AI. She got $2,000 back. Wow. Plus, satellites that l...
Apple’s new M5 chip: What you need to know
18 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The AI computer era is here. Apple’s M5 chip is rolling out in the MacBook Pro, iPad Pro, and Vision Pro. Then, a wild call from Eileen, who’s hel...
Want an AI side hustle? These new jobs pay up to $200K
18 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Think AI’s coming for your job? Maybe it’s time to flip the script. Plus, my surprising take on why now might be the best time to buy an EV, a wom...
How crypto ATMs rip you off
18 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A scammer says your money’s in danger and tells you to move it through a crypto ATM. You send it, it’s gone. What most people don’t know? The AT...
ChatGPT caught the arsonist
11 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
He thought he got away with starting one of California’s worst fires, until investigators checked his ChatGPT history. Yep, AI turned him in. Plus, ...
Help! I’m in Amazon jail
11 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Caller Gee from Virginia Beach got hacked ($2,500 gone) and somehow he’s the one in trouble. Amazon’s calling him the culprit. Plus, ChatGPT goes ...
Microsoft’s next move: Pay up or get left behind
11 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Windows 10 is officially done October 14. RIP. Don’t worry — you can pay Microsoft $61 per device for extended support. And it doubles every year....
Musk made me give it all away
11 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Not really, but scammers want you to think so. They’re cloning Elon’s face and voice to steal thousands. Also: Meta’s sneaky new ad move, forgot...
Are baby monitors really safe from hackers?
04 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I talk to Adam from Boston, a new dad who wants to buy a video baby monitor but also wants to make sure he’s the only one watching it. Then, how Cra...
Art heists, redacted documents and iPads … Oh my!
04 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I talk to David from Gainesville, Florida, who was looking for advice to beef up his business but ended up spilling the tea on a wild unsolved mystery...
Should you ever unlock your phone for a stranger?
04 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Baylor from Knoxville, Tennessee, wants to know if it was a bad idea to hand her mom’s unlocked phone to a retail repairman. Then, how one ‘ghost ...
Did MrBeast finally go too far?
04 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Viral thrills or reckless danger? MrBeast’s latest video is both literally and figuratively sparking outrage. Then, Google admits it caved to daily ...
Am I crazy or has my phone been hacked?
27 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lilly from Indianapolis thinks her phone has been hacked. Can she prove it? Also, the Secret Service crushes a nightmare cyber plot. Plus, the dark si...
Will I be able to sing?
27 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Roger Love, vocal coach to Bradley Cooper and other big stars, turns me into a songbird. Yes, I sing in this show. Then, the U.S. leases China’s Tik...
The airlines thought you’d never find out
27 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I talk to Joseph Cox, cofounder of 404 Media, who shares troubling information about airlines and your data. Then, AI “workslop” drives your cowor...
Musk vs. Altman: The battle ignites
27 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Musk’s $97B offer for ChatGPT just sparked a tech war. Who will come out on top? Then, is this the end of work-from-home for Gen Z? Plus, why cancel...
The airlines are selling you out
20 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Forget peanuts. Airlines are quietly handing over five billion passenger records to the feds. Then, I talk to Brian, a grieving uncle who wants to nam...
Will I use AI to bring my mom back?
20 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
An AI startup offered to build me a digital avatar of my late mom using photos, videos, and recordings. Thousands of you wrote to me about it. In this...
The Great Firewall of China
20 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
China can monitor, censor, and cut off citizens online. Then, I help ‘Wicked Bradley’ take his paranormal YouTube channel to the next level. Plus,...
AI mistakes could cost you everything
20 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Using AI for business? Every mistake could land you in court. Then why Sam Altman thinks your eyes may be the key to the next crypto revolution. Plus ...
Delete a selfie? Facebook saw it
13 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A former exec says Facebook tracked teen girls deleting photos, then pushed beauty ads right when they felt vulnerable. Plus, New York City is testing...
ChatGPT ruined my husband
13 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Her ex quit his job and now spends his days talking to AI. Then I talk to Michaela, a bride-to-be using ChatGPT for a wedding glow-up. Plus, why your ...
Web traffic is tanking
13 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If your site traffic just dropped 40%, Google’s AI Overviews could be to blame. Plus, the “Hawk Tuah” girl’s rebrand and why free AI tools may...
This data could raise your insurance rate
13 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Your new car logs where you drive and how you brake. That data may go straight to insurance companies. Also: the viral app making Americans toss out f...
Scammers threatened to murder my dad
06 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lauren from San Francisco got a call that would terrify anyone: her dad crying as a man saying he’d be killed. Only… it wasn’t her dad on the li...
Smart glasses … during a bikini wax?
06 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A woman in New York says her esthetician wore Meta Ray-Ban shades during her bikini wax. Talk about TMI. I also talk to John from Atlanta, who’s scr...
3I/ATLAS: Are aliens in our backyard?
06 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
It’s just the third interstellar object ever spotted. Most say it’s a comet but Harvard’s Dr. Avi Loeb thinks it might be alien tech. Also: MrBe...
An iPhone saved this teen’s life
06 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Her truck crashes. She’s unconscious. Her iPhone automatically calls 911. Wonder about that true-crime podcast you loved? Here’s why it might be g...
AI restores a mother’s voice
30 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Then, one man and a chatbot pulled off a massive cybercrime spree. Want to go to the moon or Mars? I talk to Roman Chiporukh, CEO of SpaceVIP, who’s...
How do I get my $200K back?
30 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I talk with Randy from Kansas City, Missouri, who lost big time to a dating scam. Plus, one man tried to profit off a missing dog with face-swapped pi...
The travel scam no one wants to fall for
30 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dan from Denver lost $17,000 to a flight rebooking scam that felt all too real. Plus, smart glasses that are always watching, a plane that can land it...
Your doctor's new secret weapon: AI
30 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AI is now in the exam room. Here's how it's changing your doctor's visit. I’ll also take you inside Raya, the exclusive dating app for celebrities a...
China built a pregnancy robot
23 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
A $14K baby-making machine? Yep, it’s real. Charles in Atlanta calls in to see if AI can help his band land more gigs. Plus: an $800K gold scam, a B...
Big Tech’s secret plan to bundle you
23 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Cut the cord? Maybe you didn’t… Amazon, Apple and YouTube sell competitors’ services under one roof. I talk to a drone operator who saved a dog ...
He sold his face to TikTok for $750
23 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Now his AI twin is pushing supplements worldwide. I also cover Gen Z’s new job slang, the next crypto scam wave, how to actually crack YouTube’s a...