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 big is Tacoma's lead problem? They don't really know
People in Tacoma, Washington still don't know how bad their lead problem is. The city says 1,700 Tacoma households and small businesses could be at risk...
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This week in currency and current events
Should Seattle create designated drinking zones? Also, Bellevue High School football wins – but who loses if the recruitment is called into question?...
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Marijuana tip no. 1: Skip the cookie, smoke the joint
When writer David Schmader was approached to write a book about marijuana, he laid down these rules: No cartoon pot leaves, no stoner puns and no...
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Harriet Tubman on $20 bill ignores larger racial issues
Bill Radke speaks with Ijeoma Oluo about her article in The Guardian in which she argues against placing Harriet Tubman on the $20 bill. She also shares...
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Can we develop the U-District without losing its soul?
Bill Radke speaks with Margaret O'Mara and Taso Lagos about what development in the University District, and Seattle as a whole, should look like. O...
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State Auditor Troy Kelley's fate in the hands of federal jury
Bill Radke talks with Olympia correspondent Austin Jenkins about the federal trial of State Auditor Troy Kelley. He's charged with 15 counts, including...
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Bellevue parent says football investigation was racially biased
Supporters of the Bellevue High School football team are hitting back after an independent investigation found facts about the program breaking...
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Public drunkenness is a perk of privilege. Seattle would like to extend it to the poor
Bill Radke speaks with Lisa Daugaard, member of Seattle's Community Police Commission, about the civilian review board's recommendation that the city...
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Right to die law faces pushback in Canada
Bill Radke speaks with Vancouver Sun columnist Vaughn Palmer about the controversy surrounding a right-to-die law in Canada. They also talk about the...
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You played outside unsupervised until dark. Why can't you let your kids?
When Lenore Skenazy’s son was 9, she left him in Bloomingdale’s in New York City. She gave him a Metro card and a $20 bill and said they’d meet at home.