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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Could a new tax on Seattle businesses help the city's homeless?
Bill Radke talks to Seattle City Councilmember Mike O'Brien about a proposed head tax that would require high earning businesses in Seattle to pay $100...
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Mapping the streets of Seattle in poetry
Seattle is a city that’s been shaped by technology, from Boeing to Microsoft to Amazon. But there’s a new digital presence influencing how we see the...
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Is it fair to pay taxes on every mile you drive?
Bill Radke talks with Mark Hallenbeck about a pay-by-mile approach to funding roads and bridges in Washington. The state is rolling out a pilot program...
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Wanted: A good listener who can fix Seattle's image problem
The ad against state Senate candidate Manka Dhingra might be funny if it wasn’t so telling. “Hey, Eastside. It’s Seattle. We don’t have enough liberal...
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'They fester in darkness:' Seattle journalist explores the alt-right in the Trump era
In the late 1970’s, David Neiwert was just getting his journalism career started. He worked at a small daily newspaper in Sand Point, Idaho, about 20...
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Week in Review: Amazon HQ2, #MeToo, Boy Scouts
This week, some Seattle-area leaders told Amazon they'd like to hit the refresh button on their relationship with the company. Is Seattle going...
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Will Amazon HQ2 be worth it? Here's what Seattleites think
Bill Radke talks with KUOW reporters Joshua McNichols and Carolyn Adolph about the implications for cities hoping to land Amazon's second headquarters....
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Are 'good Seattleites' failing the city's Native people?
Many Native people who are homeless in Seattle say they feel invisible. “We are a city that’s named after a great chief of Suquamish-Duwamish descent,...
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Snakes on an overpass: I-90 installs wildlife crossing near Snoqualmie
Bill Radke speaks with Charlie Raines, director of the I-90 Wildlife Bridges Coalition, about the wildlife overpass that is being built east of...
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How a star collision could unlock the biggest mysteries of the universe
Bill Radke talks with astrophysicist Michael Landry about an historic collision of two neutron stars, known as a kilonova. It's the first time...