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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'North Korea knows better than to start a war'
Bill Radke, along with Livewire's Luke Burbank, speaks with author and journalist Blaine Harden about the recent war of words between President Donald...
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Seahawks, NFL locker rooms respond to President Trump
Bill Radke talks with sportswriters Percy Allen and Michael-Shawn Dugar about the protests that rippled across the entire NFL schedule after President...
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Hey, remember that time Sub Pop's CEO pranked The New York Times?
The year was 1992. Nirvana and Pearl Jam were all over MTV, and everyone was sweating in flannel. Seattle’s grunge scene had ballooned into a global...
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Week in Review: Friday, September 22, 2017
Bill apologizes to listeners for our interview with the man from this week's viral Seattle-Nazi-gets-punched video, and we look for the lessons. (see...
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Bill Radke: 'I have some big regrets about that interview'
This week, we chose to air an interview I did with a man who got punched unconscious in downtown Seattle, while wearing a swastika armband. He said he's...
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Embracing risk and suppressing fear in the mountains
“I love hearing a lawyer embracing risk.” Those affirmative words came from professional climbing guide Dallas Glass, speaking with climber Darrell...
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'We need more options.' Two sides on safe consumption sites
Bill Radke talks to Turina James who supports safe consumption sites and Corri Durrant who opposes them about how drug abuse has affected their lives...
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Seattle is in the eye of the housing affordability storm
The rising cost of housing in America's most desirable "creative" cities troubles Richard Florida, urbanist thinker and author. In those cities, the...
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For children of refugees, re-examining the Vietnam War is painful — and necessary
Bill Radke talks with Thanh Tan and James Hong about the lasting impact of the Vietnam War on the children of Vietnamese refugees. Tan is host of KUOW's...
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Surprise! Was this the Seattle you expected?
Bill Radke and Monica Guzman talk to newcomers about the things that surprised them when they moved to the Seattle area. Guzman is the co-founder of The...