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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Taking Back A Racial Slur Through A Trademark Fight
In 2007 Portland bassist Simon Tam wanted to start a band that celebrates his Asian heritage, and he wanted a name that captured that pride and at the ...
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New Book Studies A Horrific Crime In Seattle, And What It Says About Us
Bill Radke speaks with Eli Sanders, Pulitzer-prize winning author of "While The City Slept," about the attack on a hot summer night that changed three S...
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Here's What A 2016 Recession Could Mean For Seattle
Bill Radke speaks with Seattle Times economics columnist Jon Talton about why some people see a recession coming our way and what that could mean for th...
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Exhausted And Afraid, Young Homeless Woman Tells Herself 'Everything’s OK'
We meet Lisa Sawyer on the corner of 4th and Union in downtown Seattle. That’s where she sells the Real Change street paper every day. Sawyer wears a Se...
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This Week's Pressing Question: How Do We House The People?
What's the way to help homeless citizens and protect the rights of neighborhood residents? Also, Seattleites hiring private security guards – necessary ...
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What's The Point Of Counting The Homeless?
Bill Radke speaks with Mark Putnam about the 2016 One Nigh Count. The One Night Count is designed to give King County a snapshot of how many people are ...
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Seattle Neighborhoods Turn To Private Police Forces
Bill Radke speaks with Seattle Times reporter Jessica Lee about the growing trend in Magnolia, Queen Anne and Ballard of hiring private police to watch ...
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Abusive Priests On Indian Reservations Leave ‘Profound Wound’
Until the 1960s, Catholic boarding schools forcibly took Native American children from their families.
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Dear Washington State, The Feds Want Their Bayonets Back
Bill Radke speaks with KUOW military affairs reporter Patricia Murphy about the federal government taking back some surplus military equipment, but all...
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Canadian Police Officer Guilty Of Attempted Murder
Bill Radke speaks with Vancouver Sun columnist Vaughn Palmer about a recent verdict which found a Toronto police officer guilty of attempted murder. In ...