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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Of republics and refugees: a conversation with author Isabel Allende
Imagine yourself forced to make a tough decision: to flee the only country you've ever known, leaving almost everything behind. Novelist Isabel Allende has had to make that choice more than once.
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February 4th | Washington’s untested voting app: what could go wrong?
Should Iowa be a warning to us? A chat with a gardening guru. And Isabel Allende talks love and refugees.
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February 3rd | Which face is real?
Telling the real from the fake. The tech that might endure after the grid fails. And a clash of worldviews threatens to rend a venerated writers’ association.
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Archives closing and bakeries opening this week
Bill Radke reviews the week's news with Civic Cocktail host Joni Balter, Crosscut editor-at-large Knute Berger, and The Stranger's digital editor Chase Burns.
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January 30th | Make Noise! How to cut through the static
A conversation with the state House minority leader, a look into betrayal, and the tale behind the tale of Harvey Weinstein.
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January 28th | Fruit, dessert, menthol vape flavors headed down the drain?
No more flavored vapes. To impeach, or not to impeach? And from grunge to kiddie pop.
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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.