Bill Radke
Host
About
Bill hosts The Record and Week In Review.
After starting with KUOW as a University of Washington student in 1985, Bill was KUOW's morning host in the '90s and the creator of the past show Rewind, a news-satire show heard on KUOW and nationwide on NPR.
Bill moved away to Southern California to host American Public Media's Weekend America and Marketplace Morning Report. He returned to KUOW in 2012.
To see more of Bill's past KUOW work, visit our archive site.
Podcasts
Stories
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The Record
December 17th | This author wants to make you a beaver believer
Beavers: they’re just like us! (Only more effective.) Is the Affordable Care Act on its way out? Brightly colored edibles might be, in an effort to make it less attractive to kids. And further holiday film controversy: is Diehard a Christmas movie?
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Week In Review
This week, we consider your taxes
Bill Radke reviews the week’s news with Chris Vance, co-chair of the Washington Independents, Erica C. Barnett, writer at "The C is For Crank," and Joni Balter, host of Civic Cocktail on the Seattle Channel.
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The Record
Is it OK to ask your employee, 'How was your weekend?'
Should we be asking about co-workers' personal lives at work? Should employees just say 'fine' and be done with it?
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The Record
December 13th | Who gets to live in Seattle?
Randy Shaw, Director of the Tenderloin Housing Clinic in San Francisco, says single-family homeowners are at least partially to blame for an increasingly unaffordable city. Also, poet and educator Quenton Baker gives us a preview of his first installation at the Frye Museum. And we get advice on how to answer your boss, when she or he asks you, "How was your weekend?"
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The Record
December 12th | Runaway robots
Do we still have control of our technology? A new initiative attempts to take greater control of our health. How will Jay Inslee’s proposal for mental health services help those in need? What can New York learn about Amazon from us? And in a week and a half, EMTs might go on strike.
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The Record
Why separating age groups is a 'grievous wound' for our society
Author Marc Freedman says our culture divides the age groups in ways that are detrimental to everyone.
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The Record
New York City councilors grill Amazon execs, state official on expansion deal
Bill Radke speaks to Monica Nickelsburg, civic editor at Geekwire, about what officials were hoping to learn from Amazon's behavior in Seattle.
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The Record
Allen Institute opens new division focused on immunology
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The Record
December 11th | Hey, Seattle: Bill Gates wants you to push the clouds away
Will 10 minutes of daily meditation change your life? We talk you through Jay Inslee’s climate proposals, and through the drama at today’s White House meeting over border wall funding. The XFL is coming to town, and some local schools are not getting passing grades when it comes to cafeteria inspections.
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The Record
December 10th | When voter fraud comes to call
The voter fraud in North Carolina came not at the ballot box, but at the front door. As a vote by mail state, are we vulnerable too? When is online harassment free speech, and when does it cross the line? Is there a way to connect our young people with their elders? And should you watch Hallmark Christmas movies, or try to resist the schmaltzy tractor beam?