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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How one former Seattle top cop would fix America's policing problems
Bill Radke talks with former Seattle police chief Norm Stamper about his new book, "To Protect And Serve: How To Fix America's Police."
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Tensions flare over proposed rules to protect homeless camps
Bill Radke speaks with Josh Feit, politics editor at Seattle Met and editor of the Met's politics blog Publicola, about proposed legislation that would...
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How refugees make it to Washington state
Bill Radke speaks with Sarah Peterson, Chief of the Office of Refugee and Immigrant Assistance at the Department of Social and Health Services, about...
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Seattle writer: 'I don't recommend near-death experiences'
Bill Radke speaks with Seattle writer and comedian Ken Boynton about his two near-death experiences, and why he struggled with writing his book, "Blip."
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Canadian battle begins over public vs. private health care
Bill Radke speaks with Vancouver Sun columnist Vaughn Palmer about a court case in Vancouver, B.C. looking at how the public health care system in...
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Is your canvas grocery tote bad for the environment?
Bill Radke speaks with Noah Dillon, author of a recent Atlantic article about the perils of owning (and not using) canvas grocery totes.
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How a Central Washington farmer became the Bigfoot seer
Bill Radke speaks with Leah Sottile about her article in Outside magazine profiling Bob Gimlin, one of the men behind the famous footage of Bigfoot from...
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This week we're asking how do we move forward?
Donald Trump visited Washington, Mexico and Arizona this week where he delivered a speech on immigration. What effect does his anti-immigration, anti...
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Reservations to see the total solar eclipse are going fast – and it's still a year away
Bill Radke talks with Geekwire's Alan Boyle about North American eclipse of the sun expected August 2017. It's first of its kind in almost a hundred...
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Welcome to first grade! Please bring two reams of copy paper with you
Bill Radke speaks with KUOW education reporter Ann Dornfeld about why Washington asks its students to help supply their schools. Washington requires...