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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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...
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Seattle's first-in-time rental law has been struck down. Who wins, who loses?
If you’ve rented a new apartment in Seattle in the last year, chances are that you ran into the first-in-time law. It required landlords to rent to the...
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Can Facebook really sway an election?
Have you deleted your Facebook yet? Last week alarm bells were ringing as we learned about the data Facebook has on us and what they can do with it. We...
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Gardyloo! The lovable, hateable, fascinating English language
"Moist." Did you get a little grossed out reading that? If so, you're not alone. Moist is one of the most hated words in the American English language....
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See the silver screen in the friendly skies
"When this movie's over, the audience will be halfway across the country." This is not because they'll have fled the scene. Instead, it's an...
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Why the State Department closed the Russian consulate in Seattle
Bill Radke talks to Don Hellmann, professor emeritus at the University of Washington's Jackson School of International Studies about the U.S. State...