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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How Seattle businesses are reacting to the head tax
Bill Radke talks about what the compromise head tax means for Seattle with KUOW reporter Carolyn Adolph. We also talk to Todd Biesold, owner and CFO of...
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A compromise on Seattle's head tax, but how will the money be spent?
A compromise has been struck over the controversial proposed Head Tax by the Seattle City Council. Over the weekend Councilmember Lorena Gonzalez worked...
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The Record: Monday, May 14, 2018
At this hour, we’re waiting to hear how the city council will break on the controversial head tax. Crosscut’s David Kroman was at City Hall for a...
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Weekend recap: Are liberals too smug? What's wrong with Mother's Day?
Bill Radke talks to our panel about a New York Times opinion piece that argues liberals aren't as smart as they think. We also look at the state's...
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The Record: Thursday, May 10, 2018
The Record went live from City Hall to talk through listener questions on the head tax. How do companies feel? How do politicians feel? Most importantly...
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When wearing fragrance at work, use common scents
Several weeks ago at KUOW, one of our colleagues placed anonymous notes in our work mailboxes. We used to have a scent-free policy, this person wrote....
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Finding humor in hard times, from Soviet Russia to today
We've heard the jokes on late night about President Donald Trump taking on dictator-like qualities. But what is comedy really like under an...
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What would it look like if the Cascades volcanoes erupted?
Have you been watching the videos from Hawaii — molten lava eating up telephone poles and cars — and then turning towards that big range of volcanoes we...
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Is a head tax a good idea for Seattle?
Would a tax credit that encourages businesses to donate to social services be more effective in solving the city's affordability and homelessness crisis...
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Primer: Trump's withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal
Bill Radke talks to Resat Kasaba, head of the Jackson School of International Studies at the University of Washington, about President Trump's decision...