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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Week in Review: City tax, taco trucks, President Oprah?
Who should pay for solving Seattle's homelessness emergency? Can a new income tax make Seattle "Trump-proof"? Are taco trucks the answer to our traffic...
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This is what King County's 'Safe Spaces' could look like
Bill Radke talks with Dennis Morrow, executive director of Janus Youth Programs, about Portland's Juvenile Reception Centers. King County proposed opening two similar centers for youth accused of low level offenses.
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'Gathering storm' for Attorney General Jeff Sessions
Bill Radke speaks with Washington Post reporter Dave Weigel about the "gathering storm" around President Trump's attorney general. The Post broke the...
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Black Diamond's development story tells us 'everything about ourselves'
Bill Radke speaks with Dennis Box, editor of the Enumclaw Courier-Herald, about what he's learned in his years covering the struggle over development in...
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Parts of the Internet took a 'digital snow day' due to Amazon crash
Bill Radke talks to Todd Bishop, co-founder of the technology news site Geekwire , about the crash that slowed and stopped websites using Amazon's Web...
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What to do if a loved one is thinking about suicide
What should you do if a loved one is contemplating killing themselves? It’s a scary thought — and one most people aren’t prepared to answer.
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Seattle police will soon have body cameras, and the ACLU is not happy about it
Bill Radke speaks with Crosscut city reporter David Kroman about the recent move by the City Council to equip Seattle's officers with body cameras by...
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In this town, the coal company used to be boss — and landlord, doctor and grocer, too
Bill Radke speaks with Leonard Garfield, executive director of the Museum of History and Industry, about what it was like to live in Black Diamond,...
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How does a person end up in Nickelsville?
Bill Radke speaks with filmmaker Derek McNeill about his new documentary "The Road to Nickelsville." Radke also speaks with Colin McCredie, a man who...
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What we’re really talking about when we talk about genetic testing
Science writer Bonnie Rochman says she likes as much information as she can get — she finds it empowering. But she knows not everyone feels the same way.