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 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.
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City growth and city snow this week
Bill Radke review the week's news with Eli Sanders, associate editor at The Stanger, Ashley Archibald, reporter for Real Change News, and Karen Weise, tech correspondent for the New York Times.
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January 9th | Should museums take corporate money?
When should museums turn down big money? How can you keep hackers from getting into your security camera? Why did the Scandies Rose sink? And what is it like to be Seahawks QB Russell Wilson?
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January 8th | A trip to the Seattle archives
An adventure to the Seattle of yesteryear. The region's plan to fight homelessness. What you should know about avalanches. And saying goodbye to the artistic directors of Book-It Repertory Theatre.
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January 7th | Why we love board games
Why people in the Puget Sound love to board game. Will we see a Senate impeachment trial this month? And one advocate's call for "Revolutionary Love."