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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January 27th | Keeping this teacher in the classroom put students at risk
How violent teachers remained in schools. The forthcoming Palestinian-Israeli peace plans. And boys and sex in the #MeToo age.
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Quarantines and phoning in votes this week
Bill Radke reviews the week's news with Erica C Barnett of The C is for Crank, Crosscut reporter David Kroman, and Crosscut audience engagement manager Mohammed Kloub.
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"Homelessness could happen to anyone in a heartbeat"
Joshua Tritt has been homeless for 28 years. He shared his story with host Bill Radke.
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New names, new bills, and newly empty restaurants this week
Bill Radke reviews the week's news with Erica C Barnett of The C is for Crank, Allison Williams, senior editor of Seattle Met, and Charles Mudede, writer for The Stranger.
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January 16th | In the rush to shade Amazon, have we forgotten about Microsoft?
Why people see the two tech giants in different lights. Why the snow forecast was so extravagantly wrong. And why you might choose to continue sleeping outside, despite the cold.
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Microsoft President Brad Smith on consumer privacy
Brad Smith's new book is "Tools and Weapons: The Promise and the Peril of the Digital Age," co-authored with Carol Ann Browne.
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Remember 'It's Pat?' The actress who played Pat doesn't know if she should apologize
Actress Julia Sweeney played Pat, a socially awkward and androgynous on Saturday Night Live in the 1990s. Pat’s coworkers struggled to figure out Pat’s gender – male, female? Critics say Pat was cartoonish and dehumanizing. Here’s Sweeney’s take on her character, as told to host Bill Radke.
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January 15th | A city engulfed in snow – for good
A historic avalanche. What happens when you can’t come in from the cold. How to raise a reader. And the eventful legislative session that just began.
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January 14th | Old tax, new name
Return of the head tax. Amazon money might come through that, but not through city council elections. An updated anthology of Asian literature that seeks to rectify past issues. And the end of the Seahawks’ run.
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January 13th | SNL comedian reckons with character, 'Pat'
Comedian Julia Sweeney reflects on her androgynous character. The strangest technology ideas at this year's Consumer Electronics Show. Who got snubbed an Oscar nomination. And the true story of a Lynnwood rape case.