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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He helped deport thousands. Now he shelters immigrants in his church
Father Antonio Illas was a federal immigration agent for 25 years before he turned his life to God.
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The expensive mystique of Basquiat is coming to Seattle
What does it feel like to be in the room with $100 million? You can find out soon. The most expensive piece of American artwork ever sold at auction — a...
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Does the publishing world have a Sherman Alexie problem?
Sherman Alexie is a beloved native writer, filmmaker and poet. He also stands accused of sexual harassment by three women on the record and many more...
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Parents: Be gardeners, not carpenters
Bill Radke sits down with child psychologist Alison Gopnik, author of the new book "The Gardener and the Carpenter." Gopnik explains her problems with...
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Food, body image, and self worth with a nutrition doctor
Bill Radke speaks with Anne McTiernan about her new memior called, "Starved: A Nutrition Doctor's Journey from Empty to Full ." McTiernan is a research...
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Cosplay and comics: Why does Seattle love geek culture so much?
Bill Radke spoke with Dyer Oxley, co-host of the NW Nerd podcast, and TyTy, a Northwest cosplayer and the creator of Lead by Example Apparel, about what...
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A room of one's own? Not if your smart home has a say
In "1984," surveillance devices were installed in homes by the government. In 2018, we pay corporations to install the surveillance ourselves. Kashmir...
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The trauma and triumph of carob: How hippie food changed the way we eat
Carob. Some see it as a heroic stand-in for chocolate. Others, like one Twitter wag, see it as "chalky nonsense." Whatever your thoughts, it's a food...
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How does being exempt from public disclosure help WA lawmakers do their jobs?
How much right does the public have to pull back the curtain and see the communications of their state lawmakers? Washington state has had a Public...
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Professional millennial Shaun Scott: We're not that different from you
Filmmaker, author and professional millennial Shaun Scott has a bone to pick about participation trophies. They're just one of many broad brushes with...