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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Lindy West: 'I'm reclaiming the term witch hunt'
Lindy West knows what she wants men to do next. And it doesn’t involve making shameful public confessions or warning about possible “witch hunts”...
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Week in Review: Tolling, Seattle sterotypes and a head tax
Seattle City Councilmember Mike O'Brien is one of the lawmakers proposing to study the idea of tolling -- not just 520 or Highway 99, but Seattle...
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'If you can follow a knitting pattern, you can code'
Thinking of making a career switch? Maybe you should consider coding. No, really — it’s not as hard as you probably think. That’s according to Cheri...
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Would you give Amazon a key to your house?
Bill Radke talks with Washington Post opinion columnist Christine Emba about Amazon Key , a new delivery service from Amazon that drops off packages...
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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...