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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The Record: Wednesday, May 23, 2018
Earlier today, a decision about social justice and the right to free speech came down from on high. Not from the Supreme Court, or from the White House....
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Congressman Rick Larsen on why he voted to roll back Dodd-Frank regulations
Bill Radke talks to Congressman Rick Larsen, who broke with fellow Democrats yesterday to vote for a partial rollback of Dodd-Frank banking regulations....
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Amazon Rekognition makes leaving your house an invitation to surveillance
So you're walking down the street - probably not making eye contact with anyone, if you're from Seattle. But with Amazon's help, even if you're not...
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The Record: Tuesday, May 22, 2018
What's the worst thing that ever happened to you for a teenage peccadillo? Maybe grounding, or detention - but it's unlikely that you were ever slapped...
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Is Seattle obsessed with the 'glory days' of the 1990s?
Pearl Jam is coming to Safeco Field this summer. Ichiro is back with the Mariners. Sea-Tac Airport plays a message from Sir Mix-A-Lot. Is it fair to say...
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'We live in a jewel of a place that comes with wild risks'
Two Seattle residents were biking near the Cascade foothills this weekend when a cougar attacked them.
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Today's Supreme Court decision: a 'license to break the law'?
The Notorious RBG was likely wearing her dissent collar this morning, as she issued a scathing rebuttal to the majority decision in today's case. At...
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Mini-episode: Two small doses of good news
Fatal cougar attacks are rare - the last one in Washington state was years before the Great Depression. One cyclist was killed, and another badly...
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Weekend recap: A royal wedding and a rare cougar attack
Bill Radke recaps the biggest stories of the weekend, including the wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, the cougar attack in Washington, and why...
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Your immigration status could soon be in the high-tech eye of the beholder
Assumptions about which passport line you belong in, the president's so-called Muslim ban, "random" screening that seems to target certain populations - airports are increasingly a frontier of ethnic and religious bias. Could we bypass some of those problems by taking the human element out of screening?