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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November 20th | How is climate change affecting cities’ credit scores?
When your credit drops as sea levels rise. Governor Inslee on current presidential goings-on. And a historian offering Native stories the opposite of tragedy: complexity.
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November 18th | Washington congressmember Denny Heck with a look at this week’s impeachment hearings
We hear from a voice inside the impeachment hearings. The showy truth of Colin Kaepernick’s NFL workout. The trouble (and bias) in diagnosing mental illness. And how to cope with SAD.
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Amazon, education and more this week
Bill Radke reviews the week's news with Liz Brazile and Knute Berger of Crosscut, and host of the Seattle Channel's Civic Cocktail, Joni Balter.
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November 14th | Seattle Children’s Hospital closes ORs as dangerous mold is found
What’s sickening kids at Seattle Children’s Hospital? The equity problems with gifted and talented education, and how Seattle hopes to fix them. An ancient Hopi flute, and an ode to lithium.
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November 12 | The empty apartment that could shape your future home
Ghost apartments. Belated obituary do-overs. Awkward AI. SCOTUS arguments on DACA. And the Sounders take to the streets.
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All about the elections this week
Bill Radke reviews the week's news with Dahlia Bazzaz, education reporter at the Seattle Times, Mohammed Kloub of Crosscut, and CR Douglas of Q13 News.
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November 7th | Political newcomer overtakes one of Seattle's civil rights icons
The end of an era on the King County Council. Lasting love from a mother nearing the end. And a new meditation on love from Tim O’Brien.
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November 6th | About last night’s election
Commentary on your votes Tuesday. How Rep. Ilhan Omar united two generations of a Somali-American family. And, modestly: the problem with everything.
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November 5th | How did you vote?
On this election day, we ask you who you voted for and why. Would a 4-day work week work for you? Finding affordable housing in the private rental market. And what it takes to be a Godhunter.
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November 4th | Alienation and isolation at work
A labor organizer and poet reads from his new collection. Why a tiny home village in Seattle is shutting down. How an Instagram-famous baker makes pies to reflect America. And the history of Russian fake news.