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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This week we're keeping it real (with this bangin' bouquet)
Yeah, those flowers are amazing. But this week! Seattle city Councilmember Tim Burgess is proposing new regulation on short-term rentals that would...
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Could limiting Airbnb really create more affordable housing?
Bill Radke hosts a discussion between Rebecca Saldana, executive director of Puget Sound Sage, and Michelle Acquavella, owner of Sea to Sky Rentals,...
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Homeless count in Vancouver hits 10 year high
Bill Radke speaks with Vancouver Sun columnist Vaughn Palmer about the growing number of homeless people in Vancouver, B.C. and what the city is doing...
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Here's how we can make our shelter system better
Seattle’s homeless shelters don’t work for some people. They have curfews, you can’t stay with your partner, there’s nowhere for your stuff and most won...
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This June, go see art about dogs
Bill Radke gets recommendations of what art to see in Seattle this June from Jen Graves, art critic for The Stranger. She recommends seeing Time to Take...
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50 years on, what can we learn from Star Trek?
Fifty years ago, a new television series took us to space to touch on topics that were perhaps too challenging to discuss frankly back on Earth. Star...
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Has Seattle declared a war on cars?
Bill Radke speaks with Brier Dudley about his recent column in the Seattle Times about what he argues is Mayor Ed Murray's attack on single occupancy...
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Policies or personality? You might not like hearing how you vote
Bill Radke talks with Princeton University political science professor Christopher Achen about his research into how Americans make up their minds when...
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Behind the razor wire with a sexually violent predator on McNeil Island
Bill Radke speaks with Bethany Denton and Jeff Emtman about their story about the sexually violent predators who reside in the special commitment...
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'You can never really shut down the Jungle'
Bill Radke speaks with Jordan Royer about his experience managing the Jungle in the early 2000s. Royer was in charge of dealing with the homeless camp...