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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Immigrant arrested by ICE after talking to Seattle Times
Last month, Seattle Times reporter Nina Shapiro wrote a story about how immigrant neighbors were disappearing from Long Beach, a town in southwest...
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We asked our listeners about racial microaggressions. The responses proved the point
On the night of Dr. Roberto Montenegro’s dissertation defense celebration, he went out to dinner at a fancy restaurant with his wife and colleagues. He...
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Dan Rather: ‘Mr. President, of what are you afraid?’
Dan Rather knows exactly what question he’d ask President Donald Trump in an interview: What are you so afraid of? Rather told Bill Radke he’d start...
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Shel Silverstein inspires us to make less holiday trash
This holiday season, let's all try to avoid being like Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout. Remember her? The famed profligate from the Shel Silverstein poem who...
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Seattle's new police chief needs to 'build trust' and 'communicate'
Bill Radke talks to state Representative Morgan Irwin and Michele Storms, Deputy Director of the ACLU of Washington about what they hope to see in the...
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Is voter engagement going the way of bowling leagues?
The election results were just certified -- and voter turnout was a historically low 37.1%. That shatters the previous low... of 38.5%, in the 2015...
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Bridging the gap between students and teachers with two simple questions
Bill Radke talks with Kristin Leong and Christina Joo about finding common ground between students and teachers. Leong is a former middle school teacher...
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What to look for in a new Seattle Police Chief
Bill Radke talks to Kirsten Harris-Talley, former Seattle City Councilmember about what she hopes to see in the next police chief of the Seattle Police...
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‘Yes, I’m taking care of you right now. It’s exhausting.’ How microaggressions affect health
On the night of Dr. Roberto Montenegro’s dissertation defense celebration, he was at a fancy restaurant and feeling on top of the world — until a woman...
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A man who harasses women at work also 'probably won't promote them'
Bill Radke talks to the New York Times' Gender Editor Jessica Bennett about the fact that so many of the high-profile men who have been accused of...