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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Should we continue to segregate the sexes in scouts and sports?
Sex segregation is the default in sports, but why? Nancy Leong advocates against sex segregation, saying it doesn't make sense. Take T-ball leagues for...
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Week in Review: Harvey Weinstein, Amazon HQ2 and upcoming elections
This week rape and sexual harassment got a very public face when we learned that Hollywood mogul Harvey Weinstein is accused of raping several women. He...
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When you buy cheap, someone pays
Seattle (or Amazon-town, if you prefer) is ground zero for cheap things. Amazon has built a world-altering business out of discounting products online....
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How the American taxpayer is helping Amazon grow
Bill Radke talks to Casey Coombs, reporter at the Puget Sound Business Journal , about Amazon's rapid growth over the last decade and what the company's...
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Series of cascading failures push U.S. men's soccer out of World Cup
Bill Radke speaks with Steven Agen, Seattle editor of Prost Amerika and host of the podcast Radio Cascadia , about the causes and fall out of the U.S....
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The disturbing news about Washington's salmon population
Bill Radke talks to Lynda Mapes, The Seattle Times environment reporter, about Washington's disappearing salmon population and what it says about the...
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Day hikers, you're probably packing too light
You need a to pack a lot more than a granola bar when you head out on a day hike. Bill Radke talked with Taylor Brugh, vice president of Seattle...
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Week in Review: Gun laws, electing leaders and food hype
This week one man killed 58 and wounded hundreds of people in Las Vegas using legal weapons — semiautomatic rifles modified with devises that make them...
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Sometimes social activism has a 'dark underbelly'
Frances Lee recently asked to be excommunicated from the church of social justice. Lee, who is queer, trans and Chinese-American, was trying to point...
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Tech companies can’t (or won’t) erase hate. It’s on us
Zoë Quinn is an avid gamer, developer, and artist. In her capacity as author and advocate, she’s launched an online crisis network and spoken before the...