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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Pot Cafes Could Open In Seattle (Bring Your Own Bud)
Public consumption of pot continues to be illegal, but a new bill would let Seattle and other cities opt out of the ban and open up pot cafes. Seattle C...
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Pinkies Up As We Sip On The Week's News
Tent camps, car camps – is Seattle solving homelessness or attracting it? Do you trust Seattle’s Catholic Church anymore? And, in our forward-thinking f...
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Seattle Gym Hatches Scheme To Buy Ballard Lot
The lot at 5244 Leary Avenue Northwest doesn’t look like it’s worth $2.4 million. It’s a toxic site, for one. It used to be a gas station, and there are...
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Sound Transit Prepares For A Million More People By 2040
Bill Radke talks to new Sound Transit CEO Peter Rogoff about his vision for the future of public transit in the Puget Sound area.
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Seattle Airbnb Hosts May See Tougher Regulations This Year
Bill Radke speaks with Seattle City Councilmember Tim Burgess about plans to regulate online short-term rentals in the city of Seattle.
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Vancouver Asking For Temporary Halt To Flow Of Refugees
Bill Radke speaks with Stephen Quinn about the difficulties Vancouver is facing resettling refugees, the new symbol for the falling Canadian dollar, and...
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Republicans Want Subpoena Power In Mistaken Prisoner Releases
Bill Radke talks with KUOW Olympia correspondent Austin Jenkins about the latest in the investigation just launched by Gov. Jay Inslee into how the stat...
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What To Do About Homeless RVs In Seattle?
Bill Radke speaks with Harley Lever and Bill Kirlin-Hackett about homeless people living in RVs in Seattle. Lever is a Magnolia resident and founder of ...
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Stop Calling It 'The' Puget Sound
When someone claiming to be a Seattleite tells you not to carry an umbrella, don’t listen. Umbrellas are practical, and they prevent you from getting...
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Similarities Between Boston, Seattle Priest Abuse Are ‘Striking’
When the Seattle Archdiocese released names of 77 abusive clergy last week, many Catholics heralded a new era of transparency.