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
-
What Should We Do With The Jungle?
A new report from city officials looks at conditions in the Jungle - a large area south of downtown Seattle that is home to an unauthorized homeless...
-
Canadian Serial Killer's Book Taken Off Amazon
Bill Radke speaks with Vancouver Sun columnist Vaughn Palmer about a book reportedly written by Canadian serial killer Robert Pickton. The book was...
-
Researcher: Heroin Users In Washington Want Help With Addiction
Bill Radke speaks with Caleb Banta-Green about a state-wide survey of needle exchange programs and the drug users they serve in Washington. Banta-Green...
-
When You Flush, You’re Drugging Salmon In Puget Sound
Bill Radke speaks with Joel Baker, science director of the Center for Urban Waters at the University of Washington Tacoma, about a recent study that...
-
Why The Nextdoor Site Is Causing Controversy In Seattle
Bill Radke talks with journalist Erica C. Barnett about the city of Seattle's partnership with social media site Nextdoor. Barnett's Nextdoor account...
-
Warming Oceans Linked To Increased Sea Star Deaths
Bill Radke speaks with University of Puget Sound biologist Joel Elliot about his recent study that links a virus known as sea star wasting syndrome that...
-
Can Improving Public Infrastructure Be Racist?
Bill Radke speaks with KUOW growth and development reporter Joshua McNichols about Mayor Ed Murray's plan to offer $650,000 to businesses along 23rd...
-
Documentary Spotlights Seattle's Heroin Problem, And Solutions
Bill Radke talks with filmmaker Marcela Gaviria about her Frontline documentary "Chasing Heroin," which focuses on the Puget Sound region. King County...
-
Can A Cup Of Coffee And A Conversation Change A Mind?
Bill Radke talks with Jade Gee, a trans woman who invited anybody to come have coffee with "a real, live trans person" in Tacoma over the weekend and...
-
See A Used Heroin Needle? Seattle Residents Learn To Pick Them Up Safely
Seattle is experiencing a heroin epidemic. North Seattle residents say they find proof of that epidemic in parks and on sidewalks in the form of used,...