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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Death Penalty, Israel And Golf: Live From Columbia City, It's Week In Review!
Is it time for Washington state to abolish the death penalty? Should Seattle Mayor Ed Murray think twice about a trip to Israel? Is Southeast Seattle...
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Live From West Seattle! Week In Review Kicks Off Summer Tour
How will Seattle's new City Council districts change the way neighborhood interests are represented at City Hall? What do you learn when your run for...
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This Week's News Was Unstoppable
Shell’s Arctic oil drilling plans, Seattle’s waterfront tunnel, the $15 minimum wage movement – are they all unstoppable? And if Washington state’s...
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This Week In Fossil Fuels: What’s The Alternative?
Shell Oil pulls into Elliott Bay, the University of Washington pulls out of coal and President Obama is pulled in two directions. KUOW's Bill Radke...
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Washington Farmers Turn Off The Tap To Lessen Water Woes
Bill Radke talks with reporter Anna King of the Northwest News Network about how farmers in Central Washington are struggling to save water during an...
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A Week Of Protests: Do They Matter?
There was plenty of protests this week: Seattle's May Day riots, a fight to keep an Arctic oil rig out of Elliott Bay, teacher walk-outs over education...
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In This Week's News: When Does Protest Cross The Line?
Is a property damage as protest ever justifiable? Did Seattle City Councilmember Kshama Sawant cross the line in criticizing a colleague? What will the...
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Seattle Expedition Evacuated From Mount Everest
Bill Radke talks with Kurt Hunter of Seattle's Madison Mountaineering. Their team of 15 climbers were near Mount Everest's Camp 2 when the earthquake...
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Topping This Week's News: '$70,000 NOW!'
A Seattle CEO cuts his own pay so he can double his employees’ salaries – is this a new model for capitalism? Should Washington state tax the megarich?...
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Real Change Street Paper Goes Digital
Bill Radke speaks with Tim Harris, founding director of Real Change, about the newspaper's decision to offer a digital edition to readers.