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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Bowhead whales probably sing better than you do
Bill Radke talks to Dr. Kate Stafford, University of Washington Oceanographer, about her latest study on the songs bowhead whales sing and why they are...
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How Martin Luther King Jr.'s legacy lives on in King County
Fifty years ago today, the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was murdered on a balcony in Memphis, Tennessee. Decades later, a motion passed in the King...
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A very public radio conversation with Sarah Vowell
Bill Radke talks to historian, author and former This American Life contributor Sarah Vowell about America's troubled history and how it can better help...
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Is the Sinclair Media anchor script 'extremely dangerous to our democracy'?
Seattle’s KOMO and other local affiliates were swept up in controversy after they were required to read a script written by the conservative Sinclair...
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Washington's involuntary commitment law for addiction goes into effect
If someone you love wants to hurt themselves, what can you do? If the underlying cause is mental illness, one option is to have them involuntarily...
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When Russian spies lived on Seattle's Capitol Hill
In the early 2000s ten Russian nationals were living normal lives in the United States. They went to school, got jobs, and tried to infiltrate the inner...
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Tara Westover, author of 'Educated, A Memoir' on being raised by religious radicals
Tara Westover grew up in Idaho in a family that practiced a radical form of Mormonism. She never went to school, never saw a doctor, and studied her way into Brigham Young University at 17.
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Is Amazon really skirting antitrust law?
In 1890, the Sherman Act was passed. Its purpose was to preserve a competitive marketplace against potential consumer abuses. But the law isn't supposed...
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What we can expect from the Roseanne reboot
Bill Radke talks to Melanie McFarland, TV critic at Salon about the new reboot of Roseanne and what it says about America today.
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What's the 'Philly cheesesteak' of Seattle?
Bill Radke talks to Naomi Tomky, Seattle food writer about a dish that she thinks is a strong contender to be Seattle's 'signature dish.' Hint: there is...