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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Could Ballard be home to Amazon's new drive-through grocery store?
Bill Radke talks to Todd Bishop of Geekwire about this mysterious "Project X" in Ballard and why he thinks it's the home of a new drive-through grocery...
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Finding beauty along Seattle's toxic scar
Bill Radke speaks with photographer Tom Reese and journalist Eric Wagner about their book, "Once and Future River: Reclaiming the Duwamish." The three...
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This week we are talking about getting stuff done
Seattle Mayor Ed Murray has plans for a new North Seattle police precinct. At $149 million, the building would be one of the most expensive police...
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Look out! A T-Rex (skull) is coming to Seattle
There's a Tyrannosaurus rex in Seattle. A team from the Burke Museum and University of Washington dug up the skull and other bones in Montana last month...
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Seattle Center's fountain splashes to this DJ's tunes
Bill Radke speaks with Seattle DJ James Whetzel about his fifteen years as the mix master for Seattle Center's International Fountain, how he adjusts...
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New building or bunker? How proposed North Precinct became a symbol of race issues in Seattle
Bill Radke speaks with Seattle Weekly reporter Casey Jaywork about the new police station planned in North Seattle and how it became a symbol of race...
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Why Bill Bryant took so long to condemn Trump and other tense moments at 'chippy' debate
The first Washington gubernatorial debate of the season happened yesterday. Incumbent Gov. Jay Inslee – a Democrat – faced off against former Seattle...
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Birth tourism on the rise in British Columbia
Bill Radke speaks with Vancouver Sun columnist Vaughn Palmer about a rise in birth tourism in Canada. Anyone born in Canada is automatically a citizen....
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New Upstream Festival aims to help local musicians
Bill Radke speaks with Jeff Vetting, executive director of the Upstream Festival, about why billionaire Paul Allen is investing in this new music...
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What conservation lessons can we learn from Washington's caribou?
Bill Radke speaks with biologist and conservationist David Moskowitz about the dwindling herd of mountain caribou in Washington state and what that...