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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Time To Get Past Seattle's Outdated Moody Grunge Image
Bill Radke speaks with Seattle legendary DJ Marco Collins about three local bands that go beyond the city's image of grunge music.
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This Week: What's The Best Way To Help People In Trouble?
How do you help someone in a way that’s actually helpful: Zero tolerance? Public housing? Tiny housing? A new smart phone app? Also, millennial voters:...
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Does Fear Stop Us From Acting On Climate Change?
Bill Radke speaks with Seattle psychologist Dr. Laura Brown about how we should deal with the trauma of climate change and how fear shuts us down.
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This Candidate For McDermott's Seat Wants To Bring Back Unions
Bill Radke speaks with Jeff Stilwell about his bid to replace 14-term U.S. Congressman Jim McDermott. McDermott has represented the 7th Congressional...
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South Seattle To Get City's Third Tent City
Bill Radke talks with Sharon Lee, executive director of Low Income Housing Institute, about what Seattle's third city-sanctioned tent encampment will lo...
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They Found This Latrine In Seattle’s Notorious 'Jungle'
Bill Radke speaks with KUOW law and politics reporter Amy Radil about what the city found after an examination of the homeless encampment known as the...
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Could An App Help Seattle’s Homeless More Than Cash?
Entrepreneur Jonathan Kumar was walking through Chicago when he encountered a homeless person. Kumar didn’t stop but thought later that he would have...
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Twists And Turns In The Jian Gomeshi Trial
Bill Radke speaks with Vancouver Sun columnist Vaughn Palmer about the sexual assault trial of Canadian radio host Jian Gomeshi.
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A Missionary’s Position On Whitman College Mascot Debate
“Missionaries, missionaries, we’re on top!” That’s a chant the kids yell at sporting events at Whitman College, a liberal arts school in Walla Walla,...
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Driving Mr. Scalia Across Washington State
Bill Radke speaks with attorney David Newman about the time that as a law student at Gonzaga University he gave the late U.S. Supreme Court Justice...