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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Sexual harassment is all over the news. Here’s how Seattle’s new mayor is thinking about it
It’s the first day of her new job. Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan reads her name on the door of her office at City Hall. What’s going through her head? “It...
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Microsoft doubles down on the suburbs
Bill Radke talks to Geekwire's Todd Bishop about Microsoft's planned remodel of their building and what it says about the company's future in the region.
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How a virtual snowball fight can ease your pain
Bill Radke talks to Dr. Sam Sharar, professor in the Department of Anesthesiology at the University of Washington, about how doctors are using virtual...
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How predators use ignorance to justify their behavior
Bill Radke talks with Lili Loofbourow, culture critic for The Week about The Myth of the Male Bumbler .
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Report: Seattle's homeless crisis isn't for lack of money
Last week, Seattle’s leaders rejected a proposed head tax on big business, with the money going to pay for homeless services. But an investigation by...
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This week we're counting down the days to a new mayor
Seattle mayor-elect Jenny Durkan assembles her transition team, and the City Council rejects a head tax on big Seattle businesses – for now. We'll cover...
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What does it mean for a university to offer sanctuary?
The University of Washington is facing a test of what it means to be a so-called sanctuary campus. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement has detained a...
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Where did all of the escaped Atlantic salmon go?
Bill Radke talks to Lynda Mapes, environment reporter for The Seattle Times , about where all of the nearly 100,000 escaped Atlantic salmon went and...
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5 things astronaut Scott Kelly wants you to know (and one thing he doesn't want to talk about)
Astronaut Scott Kelly has been in orbit longer than any other person in history: more than 500 days in total. During that time, he stockpiled lots of...
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What do our superheroes tell us about ourselves?
There’s one thing you can depend on every summer: Superhero movies will shoot straight to the top of the box office. The top three grossed $2.6 billion...