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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December 24th | Our favorite animal encounters
The Record takes a peak behind the glass and in the drawers at the Burke Museum. Richard Louv wants you to combat loneliness in the wild. Grizzlies might be making be a comeback in the North Cascades after all. And the birds we love and the ones we love to hate.
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Talking digital comments and physical newsstands this week
Bill Radke reviews the week's news with Allison Williams of Seattle Met, Kevin Schofield of SCC Insight, and The Stranger's Charles Mudede
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December 23rd | An update on this year's memorable stories
Bill Radke finds out what happened to the family with the decomposing whale in their backyard. We also hear about who's choosing to compost their dead bodies, and what's happening with the Washington Independents.
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December 19th | All we want for Christmas is sweet, sweet nostalgia
Anatomy of a great Christmas song. AI surveillance on a neighborhood street near you. As recently as the 1960s, America was no longer detaining unauthorized immigrants – what changed? And yet another car share program bites the dust.
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December 17th | Nancy Pearl is here to help with your holiday gift list
The prominent librarian comes to the rescue on your holiday gifting needs. Digital mindfulness, and Bob Ferguson’s winning streak.
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December 16th | What will change – and what won’t – about how western cities approach homelessness
A tough new federal homelessness czar is in, but recent court rulings say that winds may be blowing away from criminalizing the homeless. This isn’t the first time Seattle’s transit has been a mess. And: a landlord and a tenant advocate face off about the reinstituted first-in-time rental law.
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Looking back on the year in review
Bill Radke reviews some of our favorite stories of the year with Seattle writer and author of Like a Mother, Angela Garbes, host of Too Beautiful to Live and Live Wire, Luke Burbank, and senior editor at APM Podcasts, Phyllis Fletcher.
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December 11th | What's up with Expedia?
The travel giant undergoes a shakeup. Would (will??) Washington state politicians vote to impeach? And mental health responders alongside police.
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December 10th | Would you rather pay per gallon or pay per mile?
If you could swap the gas tax for a road use tax: would you? Fire preparedness in a warming west. From pediatric patient to head physician at Harborview’s children’s clinic. And how to be the biggest carbon loser.
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Eating apples and talking politics this week
Bill Radke reviews the week's news with David Kroman of Crosscut, Paige Cornwell of the Seattle Times, and Karen Weise of the New York Times.