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
Live from the Mount Baker Theatre, it's Week in Review!
Bill Radke reviews the week's news in Bellingham, at the Mount Baker Theatre, with Luke Burbank of Live Wire, Joni Balter of Civic Cocktail, and author Antonio García Martínez.
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The Record
Gender X may soon grace Washington state licenses. But why is gender tracked at all?
Take a look at your Washington state driver’s license. There are several numbered fields – and soon, one of them might change.
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The Record
August 14th | “I consider it a newspaper for the mundane”: dispatches from Seattle Walk Report
Taking a walk on the overlooked side with the viral Instagram project. Washington’s former state transportation head says that when it comes to pedestrian deaths, enough is enough. Gender markers on driver’s licenses: more options, more problems? And, should Narcan be in schools?
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The Record
August 13th | “I think loving is never enabling”: one man’s response to homelessness in Seattle
Cleaning up after camps. Fiction that gets at the truth. And comics anti-heroes.
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The Record
August 12th | It’s wine o’clock somewhere, amirite? A look inside “wine mom” culture
Mother’s little helper now comes in a glass rather than a pill bottle. How likely is it that we can stop opiate addiction on the streets? What it felt like to fly into a thunderstorm created by a wildfire. And a new science fiction improv podcast.
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Week In Review
Analyzing the primary results this week
Bill Radke reviews the week's news with Erica C. Barnett of the C is for Crank, David Kroman of Crosscut, and freelance writer Hanna Brooks Olsen.
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The Record
August 8th | The wild wild West of vehicle ranching
Is this nothing more than AirBnB for the unsheltered? How community preference policy might allow longtime residents to stay in their homes. Luscious versus hearty: how much does marketing shape your gender ideas? And would it keep you from recycling? Lastly: signing away sovereignty to the medical establishment, and what that costs.
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The Record
August 7th | How to mourn a legend? Read the work.
Two poets say goodbye to Toni Morrison. What's the AG doing about the income tax ban? A recap of last night's primary elections, and an investigation of whether it works to shame people into voting.
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The Record
August 6th | 8chan comes to Bellevue, and many aren’t happy about it
Who gives extremist sites shelter? Examining your mother through a different lens once you join her as a parent. Helping a sibling get away with murder. And: don’t get SIM swapped (bad news: there is almost nothing you can do to keep this from happening).
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The Record
August 5th | Raising a red flag on potential mass shooters
If you see something and say something: what happens next? Sub Pop’s rise to greatness. Mass extinction on the horizon. And Seattle waves farewell to a noted chef.