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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I lived in my car in Ballard for three years
Robert Loomis had a good job and had just signed a mortgage on a new home then he started having chest pains. This is his story.
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A budget deal reached! But will it fully fund K-12 education?
Bill Radke talks to Olympia correspondent Austin Jenkins about the budget deal reached by lawmakers just in time to avoid a partial government shutdown.
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Seattle hasn't elected a woman mayor in 91 years. Here's why
Why hasn’t Seattle had a woman mayor since 1928, when Bertha K. Landes was in office? (Her slogan: Municipal Housecleaning.)
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What local chefs think about food appropriation
Bill Radke speaks with Edouardo Jordan and Rachel Yang, chefs and Seattle restaurant owners. In light of two Portland women shutting down a burrito cart...
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Debate: Will the GOP healthcare bill hurt or help Washington state?
Bill Radke talks with Aaron Katz, who teaches health policy the University of Washington School of Public Health, and retired physician Roger Stark, a...
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As Trump's travel ban partially takes effect, what does that mean for our state?
Bill Radke talks with KUOW immigration reporter Liz Jones about the U.S. Supreme Court's decision to hear arguments this fall on President Trump's...
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Debate: Is Seattle's minimum wage hike hurting workers?
Bill Radke speaks with Ben Casselman, chief economics writer at FiveThirtyEight.com , and Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant about the new minimum...
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Week in Review: Charleena Lyles, Seattle Mayor's Race, Subaru Road Rage
Seattle looks for answers after two SPD officers fatally shoot 30-year-old mother of four Charleena Lyles in her home, after officers say she threatened...
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Debate: Do landlords unfairly discriminate against those with criminal records?
Bill Radke speaks with Augustine Cita of the Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle and Sean Flynn, board president of the Rental Housing Association of...
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David Schmader: There was no 'out and happy' growing up gay in Texas
Bill Radke speaks with David Schmader about the essay he wrote for KUOW's Seattle Story Project titled, " My teacher abused me. I didn’t realize it...