Bill Radke
Host
About
Bill hosts Week In Review.
Before that, he created and hosted the NPR humor show Rewind and hosted the Marketplace Morning Report, covering the day's national/international business news.
He's been a KUOW reporter, news director, and interview host; also, a stand-up comedian and Seattle P-I newspaper columnist.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English
Pronouns: he/him
Podcasts
Stories
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Embattled state Rep. Manweller faces fresh pressure to stand down
Republican Rep. Matt Manweller is seeking re-election this Fall. But state party leaders want him to resign, amid allegations of an underage sexual relationship back in 1997. And now a new political action committee campaign plans to unseat him.
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This week we're tearing down walls — including the gum ones
Bill Radke reviews all the week’s imbroglios with Erica Barnett, writer for the C is for Crank, Mike McGinn the former mayor of Seattle and Chris Vance the co-chair of Washington Independents.
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DeRay McKesson will meet you On the Other Side of Freedom
The noted activist's new book makes the case for hope.
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Should the world's future be in the hands of the few?
How wise is it to trust the world's richest individuals to redistribute their wealth in a way that might challenge their own billions?
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Wealthy philanthropists want to disrupt everything - except their own wealth
Like a precocious child, Jeff Bezos recently announced his very first act of philanthropy. Unlike a precocious child, that gift will be two billion dollars to education and homelessness nonprofits.
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Seattle's new school superintendent on late buses and racial equity
Superintendent Denise Juneau takes listener questions about transportation problems, poor schools in the district, and how well Seattle compares with other school districts across the country.
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This weekend, the story of John Okada comes back to life
During his life, the Seattle author was unsung. A new biography aims to put his story in fresh context.
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This novelist asks: what are the limits of freedom?
Away from Barbados in a hot air balloon, a protagonist learns that he can't outrun himself forever.
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Should you feel guilty for eating Chinook salmon?
Given the starving orca population in the Puget Sound, we look at whether or not humans should stop eating Chinook salmon.
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Good fences don't always make good neighbors
Robert Frost’s famous poem dealt with adjoining fields. Had he lived in the suburbs, it might have gone a bit differently.