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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"I believe Judge Kavanaugh." One woman's defense of Supreme Court nominee, as sexual misconduct allegations mount.
As a third woman comes forward with allegations of sexual misconduct by Brett Kavanaugh, Heritage Foundation legal fellow Elizabeth Slattery explains why #IStandWithBrett.
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How good people become great leaders
A presidential historian reminds us that the country has passed through rocky times before.
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Mayor Durkan explains her first budget
Bill Radke spoke to Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan about her proposed budget and what it says about her priorities for next year.
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Does the city's new budget put its money where its mouth is?
With the new budget out, what will the city of Seattle be funding – or cutting – in the next year?
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Sometimes, #WhyIDidntReport is because of what happens to those who do
This weekend, Twitter lit up with the hashtag #WhyIDidn’tReport. That was in response to the president’s assertion that if the sexual assault Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is accused of was “as bad as she says,” charges would have been immediately filed by either Blasey Ford "or her loving parents."
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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.