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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This Seattle startup will help you buy a house — but you'll have to share it with a stranger
Bill Radke speaks with Geekwire writer Monica Nickelsburg about a new Seattle based startup called Loftium which will help you buy a house — if you...
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Week in Review: Ed Murray resigns, Amazon HQ2
Seattle mayor Ed Murray resigns after one of the mayor’s cousins becomes the fifth man accusing him of sexual abuse in the past. Meanwhile the two...
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These housing advocates disagree about everything — except this one thing
Bill Radke speaks with John Fox, of the Seattle Displacement Coalition , and Roger Valdez, of Smart Growth Seattle, about their (very different) ideas...
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Why we need to talk about childhood sexual abuse
There is a crisis that many of us would rather not face — childhood sexual abuse. According to Janice Palm, who works with adult survivors of sexual...
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Nordstrom Local: Less clothing, more wine
Bill Radke talks to Coral Garnick, retail reporter for the Puget Sound Business Journal , about the latest move Nordstrom is making in retail and what...
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Should Seattle apologize to Amazon?
Bill Radke speaks with Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant, Washington State GOP chair Susan Hutchison, and Geekwire editor and co-founder Todd...
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Bikini barista: Everett's new ordinance violates my freedom of expression
Bill Radke talks to Amelia Powell, a barista in Everett who works at Hillbilly Hotties, about the lawsuit she and fellow baristas are filing against the...
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3 driving tips to make Seattle traffic slightly less awful
Three years ago, we ran a story about a little-known traffic tip known as the "zipper merge." In short: Drivers should use all lanes leading up to a...
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Week in Review: Amazon headquarters, Dreamers, Dave Reichert
Amazon tells Seattle it wants to see other cities and announces plans for a second headquarters in another North American metropolis. The only...
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How to talk about sex, according to 'grey-haired' dads
KUOW’s Bill Radke sat down with Sherman Alexie and Daniel Handler to talk about how adolescence has gone from treehouses in the woods to porn on phones.