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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Seahawks' Marshawn Lynch Retires In True Beastmode Form
Bill Radke talks with Mike Pesca of Slate's "The Gist" podcast about Seattle Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch's unusual retirement announcement on...
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Debate: Do Feminists Have To Vote For Hillary?
Bill Radke speaks with local journalist Erica C. Barnett and Jess Spear of Socialist Alternative about who a feminist should support in the 2016...
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Mother Worries Washington Bathroom Bill Will Put Her 8-Year-Old Transgender Daughter At Risk
Bill Radke talks with Betsy White about why she's opposed to a bill that would prevent people from using bathrooms and lockers rooms that are consistent...
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What Super Bowl Commercials Mean For Local Companies
Bill Radke speaks with GeekWire's Todd Bishop about Amazon and T-Mobile's star-studded Super Bowl ads, and what they reveal about the ambitions of those...
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This Week: Iowa And New Hampshire? What About Us?!
How come America isn’t mocking Washington state as unrepresentative and irrelevant? Also, why do people of color favor Hillary Clinton? A pilotless car...
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After Fair Wage Fight, Local Workers Seek Fair Workweek
Bill Radke speaks with Darrion Sjoquist, a Starbucks barista and member of the labor group Working Washington, about why he and other workers are callin...
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Washington Schools Are Segregated And That's Not OK
Bill Radke speaks with Tacoma teacher Nate Gibbs-Bowling about segregation in Washington state schools and how he wants to address this issue. Gibbs-Bow...
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Meet Washington's Exclusive New Apple Variety
Bill Radke speaks with Washington State University apple researcher Kate Evans about Cosmic Crisp, a new variety of apple she helped develop that will b...
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Creating Africatown In Seattle's Central District
Bill Radke speaks with Wyking Garrett about his vision to create an Africatown -- akin to a Chinatown or International District -- in Seattle. Garrett...
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Could A Modest Pay Raise Help Washington's Teacher Shortage Crisis?
Bill Radke talks to Governor Jay Inslee about his proposal to raise teacher salaries in Washington state as a way of dealing with the teacher shortage.