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.
Podcasts
Stories
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Week In Review
Looking back on the year in review
Bill Radke reviews some of our favorite stories of the year with Seattle writer and author of Like a Mother, Angela Garbes, host of Too Beautiful to Live and Live Wire, Luke Burbank, and senior editor at APM Podcasts, Phyllis Fletcher.
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The Record
December 11th | What's up with Expedia?
The travel giant undergoes a shakeup. Would (will??) Washington state politicians vote to impeach? And mental health responders alongside police.
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The Record
December 10th | Would you rather pay per gallon or pay per mile?
If you could swap the gas tax for a road use tax: would you? Fire preparedness in a warming west. From pediatric patient to head physician at Harborview’s children’s clinic. And how to be the biggest carbon loser.
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Week In Review
Eating apples and talking politics this week
Bill Radke reviews the week's news with David Kroman of Crosscut, Paige Cornwell of the Seattle Times, and Karen Weise of the New York Times.
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The Record
December 5th | Nordstrom wants to offer you bygone glamour alongside modern convenience
How the hometown retailer wants you to feel about your shopping experience. The conversion of a prominent young white supremacist. And why one Washington lawmaker says the NCAA’s rule on allowing college athletes to earn money doesn’t go far enough.
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The Record
December 3rd | Meet the Seattleites building a moon rover
How to build a rover for the moon. Why your vote doesn't represent you as well as you might think it does. And the UW Huskies get a new coach.
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The Record
December 2nd | How to master the awkward hug
Just in time for the holidays: how to have an awkward hug. A surcharge to help Washington state fight fires. The history of black software. And how Billie Holiday inspired a poet.
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Week In Review
Gubernatorial races, city budgets, and more on this Week in Review
Bill Radke reviews the week's news with Caitlin Moran of The Evergrey, writer Charle
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The Record
November 20th | How is climate change affecting cities’ credit scores?
When your credit drops as sea levels rise. Governor Inslee on current presidential goings-on. And a historian offering Native stories the opposite of tragedy: complexity.
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The Record
November 18th | Washington congressmember Denny Heck with a look at this week’s impeachment hearings
We hear from a voice inside the impeachment hearings. The showy truth of Colin Kaepernick’s NFL workout. The trouble (and bias) in diagnosing mental illness. And how to cope with SAD.