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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Love it or hate it, you should be thankful for Bumbershoot
Bill Radke speaks with music journalist Charles Cross about the newly released lineup for Bumbershoot 2016. Whether you love or hate this year's lineup,...
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Why It Might Take 25 Years To See Light Rail Reach Everett
Bill Radke talks to The Seattle Times transportation reporter Mike Lindblom about the mass transit proposal Sound Transit 3 and how the plan will reach...
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High levels of lead found in the drinking water of four more Tacoma schools
Bill Radke talks with (Tacoma) News Tribune reporter Debbie Cafazzo about the presence of lead in the drinking water at six schools in the Tacoma School...
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Is it a problem when white chefs cook other people’s food?
When you go to a restaurant that touts itself as Korean, French, Mexican or Italian—it’s hard to know exactly what that means. And you might...
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Former sportscaster Ventrella wants money out of politics, Reichert out of Congress
Bill Radke talks with longtime Seattle sports anchor Tony Ventrella about his campaign to unseat six-term Republican Congressman Dave Reichert.
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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...