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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Best and worst case scenarios for the Rattlesnake Ridge landslide
Bill Radke talks to David Montgomery, professor of geology at the University of Washington, about the crack in Rattlesnake Ridge and what geologist and...
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Are you worried a robot will take your job?
Bill Radke talks to Peter Goodman, the European economics correspondent for The New York Times, about why workers in Sweden are not worried about robots...
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David Sedaris, trash vigilante, thinks Seattle could do better
David Sedaris was angry. He was angry because he had to sign his name on 8,000 blank sheets of paper. He was angry because he already signs his name at...
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Seattle to Portland in 15 minutes? Logistics slow us down
Bill Radke talks to Mitchell Frimodt, University of Washington junior and director of the UWashington Hyperloop team about the Hyperloop pod the team...
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Why Bob Packwood's accuser has come out of the shadows
A powerful senator and public champion of women is accused of sexual harassment. As the number of accusers mounts, his fellow senators urge him to step...
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Why Seattle will pay $150,000 to settle the Ed Murray lawsuit
Bill Radke talks to Seattle Times reporter Lewis Kamb about how the city of Seattle came to settle the lawsuit filed against former mayor Ed Murray and...
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Resolutions of the old year: Did you succeed?
'Tis the season to think about New Year's resolutions. But we're less interested in the one you made on Monday than the ones that you made for 2017. Did...
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'Concerned but not panicked' over President Trump's nuclear 'button talk'
Bill Radke talks to Elizabeth Saunders, an associate professor of political science at George Washington University, about the exchanges between...
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The surprising Husky football call that Bob Rondeau got wrong
Bob Rondeau, the voice of the Huskies, is retiring Saturday after 37 years in the press box. Bill Radke caught up with him in Arizona, where he’ll be...
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Could higher tolls make the I-405 express lanes move faster?
Bill Radke talks to Ed Barry, the Toll Division Director with the Washington State Department of Transportation, about a new report (PDF) that...