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 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.
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December 5th | Nordstrom wants to offer you bygone glamour alongside modern convenience
How the hometown retailer wants you to feel about your shopping experience. The conversion of a prominent young white supremacist. And why one Washington lawmaker says the NCAA’s rule on allowing college athletes to earn money doesn’t go far enough.
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December 3rd | Meet the Seattleites building a moon rover
How to build a rover for the moon. Why your vote doesn't represent you as well as you might think it does. And the UW Huskies get a new coach.
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December 2nd | How to master the awkward hug
Just in time for the holidays: how to have an awkward hug. A surcharge to help Washington state fight fires. The history of black software. And how Billie Holiday inspired a poet.
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Gubernatorial races, city budgets, and more on this Week in Review
Bill Radke reviews the week's news with Caitlin Moran of The Evergrey, writer Charle