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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The Record
April 24th | The movies that haunt Us
How to survive a horror movie. The nuance Seattle is Dying may have missed. And when does political tolerance become political silencing?
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The Record
'If justice is what you want, then you may often be right, but you will rarely be happy'
The dangers of hard borders around identity. WA takes the lead as the cleanest state in the nation. A look behind the scenes of Nirvana. And a new city counselor – for now.
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The Record
April 22nd | Boeing’s safety headache spreads to include the 787 Dreamliner
Not such a dreamy ride in the skies. One retailer results in more criminal charges for shoplifting than any other – and it’s not who you might think. Could we geoengineer our way to a cooler planet? And Ruth Reichl asks us to save her the plums.
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Week In Review
An unredacted week in review
Bill Radke reviews the week’s news with Erica Barnett from The C is for Crank, Geekwire civic editor Monica Nickelsburg and Crosscut reporter David Kroman.
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The Record
April 18th | It’s Mueller time
The report is out: what does it tell us, and what doesn’t it say? What are we truly grieving when we mourn Notre Dame? Should we really be approaching mental health one day at a time? And a conversation about upzoning in Eastlake.
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The Record
April 17th | The last stargazers
The stories behind the telescopes. How is youth mental health changing? We also chat with the man behind “Seattle is Dying” and a woman behind an attempted Seattle dating renaissance.
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The Record
'Like a good Catholic girl, I didn’t want to upset anybody.' Abby Wambach finds her power
"This book is my attempt to try and build a bridge for women and men to work together. The only way we can start that process is through education."
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The Record
April 16th | Dig into your biases – not with guilt, but with curiosity
We all have them. And you might be able to learn more about yours if you take shame out of the equation. What would happen if buses of asylum seekers arrived in Seattle? Why is the 1040 so extra? And speaking to a megaphone of revolution.
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The Record
April 15th | Leader of the Wolfpack
Abby Wambach wants you to step into your own power. There are so many dumb birds in North America that this author had to write a book. And learning how to be a good father from other dads.
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The Record
April 4th | How to handle prolific offenders on the streets of Seattle
There are a few Seattleites who commit a big proportion of the city’s crime. Why is that the case, and what’s being done? Also, a look at the souls of coders.