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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Cascadia Unite! Says Justin Trudeau and Bill Gates
Bill Radke speaks with Todd Bishop, co-founder and editor of the technology news site GeekWire, about why some business and political leaders are...
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What if we could do Seattle over again?
Bill Radke sits down with Crosscut's Knute Berger to discuss Seattle's many massive engineering projects that it has undertaken over the years. Berger...
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Labor shows muscle in Seattle with vote on secure scheduling
Bill Radke speaks with Josh Feit about the behind the scenes politics of the City Council vote on a new secure scheduling law. Feit is the politics...
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This week we ponder the power of protest
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray has announced that the plans for the new North Precinct building will be put on hold. He says the city needs to consider the...
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The juicy history of apples in Washington state
Bill Radke speaks with food anthropologist Julia Harrison about how Washington state became the king of apple production in America.
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A new, colorful game of hide and seek is rocking out on Mercer Island
Bill Radke talks with Richard Ronald about the game his family started playing on Mercer Island beaches: collecting and painting rocks and then hiding...
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Colson Whitehead discusses historical novel 'The Underground Railroad'
Bill Radke sits down with author Colson Whitehead to talk about his new novel, "The Underground Railroad." His book explores slavery in the American...
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Driverless cars are coming to Seattle (but not just yet)
Bill Radke speaks with Mark Hallenbeck, director of the Washington State Transportation Center, about when and how self-driving cars might be a part of...
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Seattle University adjunct professor: 'I seem to be an afterthought'
Bill Radke sits down with Seattle University professor Nancy Burkhalter to talk about her experience as an adjunct, or part-time professor, at the...
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What's the deal with Washington state's charter schools?
Bill Radke sits down with KUOW education reporter Ann Dornfeld to talk about the state of Washington's charter schools. They’re growing in enrollment,...