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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Crop circles, streaming services and city council meetings this week
Bill Radke reviews the week's news with Crosscut's Mohammed Kloub, Seattle City Council Insight's Kevin Schofield, and The Stranger's Chase Burns.
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How COVID-19 infections are shaping up statewide
The coronavirus pandemic looks much different in the rest of Washington.
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May 28th | Incoming call from a contact tracer: what next?
To say that someone unidentified may have exposed you to coronavirus. Also, this week’s chat with Mayor Jenny Durkan and a look at how the pandemic is unfolding across the state.
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What will a contact tracer ask me?
Kim Steele-Peter does contact tracing for Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department. She wants to know about your symptoms and who you've been in contact with.
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Mayor Durkan on police shooting, the NHL, and reopening Seattle
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan joins us for our weekly check-in.
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What Seattle can learn from its past emptiness
Whether it was the Boeing bust or the general strike, Seattle has been deserted before.
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May 27th | The city we could be
How Seattle might rise from hollowed out to newly whole. Which mutual aid campaigns get supported? And a look at the hilarious world (go with us here) of depression.
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COVID-19 doesn't cancel out the ADA: disability rights during a pandemic
Protesters – and some politicians – say it's time to get back to normal. That some deaths from COVID-19 are inevitable. But whose deaths, and lives, are we talking about?
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May 26th | How do you fight the epidemic of racism within a pandemic?
How Asian-Americans are responding to bigotry pushed into the light by COVID-19. This week’s chat with county executive Dow Constantine. A chat with a disability rights activist, and a Voice of the Pandemic.
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Fraud, face coverings, and fireworks this week
Bill Radke reviews the week's news with Brandi Kruse of Q13, David Kroman of Crosscut, and Charles Mudede from The Stranger.