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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October 16th | Where’s my self-driving car?
Why autonomous vehicles require so much WAITING. Deliberate stillness. Shadowy condo ownership. And a trek from Gulf to shining sea.
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October 15th | What Susan Rice finds worth fighting for
The former national security advisor has written a new memoir. What’s happening closer to home in Democratic politics? And a liberal columnist goes on a pilgrimage to wrestle with his faith.
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October 14th | Dry brush your way to expensive enlightenment
What to do when you’ve been Goop’d. What is an advisory vote? A city named for Chief Sealth gets its first Indigenous food-focused restaurant. And when the American dream becomes the American nightmare.
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Uncovering the mysteries of telephone poles, RVs, and more
Bill Radke reviews the week's news with Ashley Archibald, reporter at Real Change, David Kroman, city reporter for Crosscut, and Eli Sanders, associate editor at The Stranger.
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October 10th | How changing the past might show up in the future
Editing the past, the forgotten wave of the future, teacher of the year, and the narrative of history.
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October 9th | How to support wild carnivores? Recognize that they live among us.
Tracking the carnivores in our midst. Living on, long after you were told you would die. How effective are Seattle’s navigation teams? And solitary confinement in a Tacoma immigration detention center.
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How a doctor copes with his incurable lung cancer
A University of Washington family doctor reassessed his life after being diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer. He decided to collect the stories of patients living with similar diagnoses.
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October 8th | An urban planner on Seattle's transit plans
How Seattle's transit ranks against other metro areas in the U.S. How women can go from sabotage to support at the workplace. And the lost slang you should know.
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October 7th | “We treat it like Vegas: what happens there stays there.” A (small) peek inside the House in the age of impeachment
How one Washington representative makes the case for impeachment. Voiding old warrants to help the homeless. Why do Lake Washington’s levels vary enough to merit the Ballard Locks? And Austen’s Pride onstage.
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We're celebrating a little early this week
Bill Radke reviews the week's news with C.R. Douglas, political analyst for Q13 News, Erica C. Barnett, writer at The C Is For Crank, and Venice Buhain, editorial director at The Seattle Globalist.