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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What to do about guns? We asked gun owners
The mass shooting in Las Vegas has us asking – yet again – what we should do about gun violence. The polarizing refrain “now is not the time to talk...
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When it comes to race and idealism 'good intentions are not enough'
Celeste Ng’s sophomore novel, "Little Fires Everywhere," is set in her hometown of Shaker Heights, Ohio. But she sees more than a few commonalities...
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Evergreen college sanctions 80 students after last spring's protests
Bill Radke talks to Chris Quintana, reporter for The Chronicle of Higher Education , about protests on college campuses like the ones at Evergreen State...
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I'd rather not talk about Trump. I just want to make an impact on Puerto Rico
Bill Radke speaks with Fernmarie Rodriguez about the impact of Hurricane Maria on her home island of Puerto Rico. Nearly two weeks after the hurricane...
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Week in Review: NFL takes a knee, Washington takes on Big Pharma
Some NFL players took a knee or sat during the national anthem. The Seahawks stayed in their locker room. Other players stood and locked arms. What does...
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Terrified of a future where machines rule? Here’s a more optimistic view
Tesla CEO Elon Musk made headlines when he urged leaders to intervene in the quest for artificial intelligence , saying the technology “is a fundamental...
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Washington state sues Purdue Pharma over opioid crisis
Bill Radke speaks with author and journalist Sam Quinones about why Washington state and the city of Seattle have filed lawsuits against Purdue Pharma...
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Seattle rabbi: 'We can't let marginalized outsiders skew our sense of reality'
Bill Radke talks with Rabbi Daniel Weiner of Seattle's Temple De Hirsch Sinai about how to confront the recent flare-up of antisemitism in America.
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Another Obamacare repeal bill failed. Now what?
Bill Radke talks to Mary Agnes Carey , senior correspondent covering health reform and federal health policy for Kaiser Health News, about how...
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College campuses can now respond to sexual assault their own way, on their own time
Sexual assault has been “a scourge on American (college) campuses” for generations, according to Vanessa Grigoriadis, the author of "Blurred Lines:...