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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September 30th | Through success and secrets, learning that you are Enough
A local cookbook author turns to essays. The increasingly fragmented internet. Tech in the ancient world. And you wanted to know: why is Seattle dating so terrible?
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This was an impeachy week to review
Bill Radke reviews the week's news with Knute Berger, editor-at-large for Crosscut, Joni Balter, host of Seattle Channel's Civic Cocktail, and Nathalie Graham, staff writer at The Stranger.
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September 25th | How an Unbelievable story became a true crime drama
A new Netflix documentary. What are the grounds for impeachment? City cameras won’t be watching you – anymore. And a new book from Malcolm Gladwell.
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September 24th | Bartell departs from downtown… sort of
What does it mean when you close one store due to crime, but leave two others in a four block radius? Mayor Durkan’s new budget is out. And a Seattle woman struggles with whether or not she could have saved her son.
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Live from Edmonds, it's Week in Review!
Bill Radke reviews the week's news with Zaki Barak Hamid, KUOW's director of community engagement, Brandi Kruse, correspondent for Q13 News, and Charles Mudede, staff writer for The Stranger.
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Who owes the greater debt: immigrants, or America?
Author Dina Nayeri discusses her book, The Ungrateful Refugee.
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September 18th | Clyde Ford wants you to look at tech and Think Black
How to think differently in (and about) STEM. Did the college admissions scandal have any impact on the UW? And what it means to be an ungrateful refugee.
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September 17th | Should you be worried about your cat eating your face when you die?
We’ve got good news and bad news. A chat with the superintendent of Seattle schools, and a look at your home (which might be looking back at you).
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September 16th | Educating an idealist on a messy world
How an idealist got caught up in the pragmatic slog of international policy. What teachers are paying to build supportive classrooms for your kids. And how Israel has made its way into American politics.
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Another Democratic presidential debate and vaping fears this week
Bill Radke reviews the week's news with former Washington state Attorney General Rob McKenna, former state legislator Jessyn Farrell, and KIRO-TV reporter Essex Porter.