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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Controversy over the city's app and criminal reoffenders this week
Bill Radke reviews the week's news with Brandi Kruse, correspondent at Q13 News, Lilly Fowler, reporter at Crosscut, and Chris Bennett, publisher and editor at the Seattle Medium.
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Minecraft Earth (think the new Pokemon Go) is free in Seattle and London
We all remember the craze of Pokemon Go: At its peak, hoards of people wandering through parks looking for creatures to capture with their phone.
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July 25th | Wrestling with uniquely Seattle magic
Why can’t great mythology happen right here? The mayor’s comments on a council race stir controversy. How can we prevent anxiety disorders? And guidance on kids and screens.
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July 24th | We analyzed the Mueller testimony so you don't have to
Local commentators on the former special council's testimony.
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July 23rd | “Country music is about two four-letter words: love and loss”
Country music gets the Ken Burns treatment. Boris is in at Number 10 Downing. And feverish, hungry ghosts.
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July 22nd | With a mistaken email, Crystal Geyser controversy bubbles up
When Mercury retrograde accidentally blows the lid off the water wars. Sewage spills from treatment plans. Soda fizzes up into a divisive issue. And on less watery notes, Edgar Martinez makes the Baseball Hall of Fame and a KUOW series aims to focus on parents and kids with anxiety.
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An income tax ruling and Amazon strike this week
Bill Radke reviews the week's news with Karen Weise of the New York Times, Essex Porter of KIRO-7 TV, and Joni Balter of the Seattle Channel's Civic Cocktail.
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July 18th | The astrological nature of big data
How big of a difference is there between predictive analytics and divining the future? The story of a man killed by police outside the Northwest Detention Center. Excuse me: is this beer local, organic, and salmon-safe? And from a distance, you look like my friend.
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July 17th | Seattle’s zoning restrictions are no match for Minecraft Earth
If you build it in AR, they will come. How smoky will August be, and what is Seattle doing to help you get through it? It’s been 50 years since we first went to the moon. Should we really go back? And how – and why – to talk about suicide.
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July 16th | Seattle’s flag: maybe it has a great personality?
Don’t let your freakish flag fly. Tax the rich! (Well, not in Seattle.) Moving homelessness out of your entire city’s backyard. And how to keep a searing photo from becoming just another image of suffering.
