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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June 27th | Jay Inslee hits the big stage (or at least its edges)
How’d our boy do on the national stage? How will you sign up to cast your vote? What does it mean that citizenship status is off the census (for now)? And how much does your vote matter now that partisan gerrymandering is fair game? And lastly: before Lil Nas X was generating controversy in country music, there was Patrick Haggerty.
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June 26th | What happens in Moscow stays in Moscow
The CIA Chief of Disguise comes clean. Gear up for a summer of smoke on the water and fire in the skies. The cold case that could change what it means to take a DNA test. And: clothing sharing is caring.
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June 25th | You can’t believe your eyes
Beware the Photoshop of videos. The Oregon Republican Senate delegation has R-U-N-N-O-F-T. The impact of war, and failure, on many men. And Mike O’Brien wants to bring sunshine to the soda tax.
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How to avoid the crowds on your summer hiking adventures
It's summer time in Seattle, which means many popular trails are bound to be packed — but don't be discouraged!
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June 24th | More Democratic candidates seduced by the lure of student loan cancellation
Sallie Mae is about to feel the Bern. The Showbox game of Hot Potato continues apace. Congregations get serious about sanctuary. Some parking lots, however, are not so easily converted to towers. And the frisky four-legged fire prevention devices kicking up their heels in Chelan County.
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Governor Inslee's hero and is it a 'change' election year?
Bill Radke reviews the week's news with Joni Balter, host of the Seattle Channel's Civic Cocktail, Eli Sanders, associate editor of The Stranger, and Dahlia Bazzaz, education reporter at the Seattle Times.
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June 20th | How to avoid crowded hiking trails this summer
Tips and tricks from a National Park Expert. Single-family zoning is practically gospel in America. Seattle isn't the only city in the midst of a homelessness crisis. Presidential hopefuls are open to the idea of expanding the Supreme Court. And did you know WA state has the hardest driving test in the country?
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June 19th | Is Seattle's soda tax succeeding or failing?
Seattle's been taxing sweetened beverages for over a year now. Meet the first-ever LGBTQ committee chair of the NAACP. We get a Boeing update from the Paris Air Show. And retired soccer star Abby Wambach talks about the fight for equal pay in women's sports.
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June 18th | A whale of a view
Gray whale as lawn ornament. A chat with the new head of the Nature Conservancy. And the case for incrementalism.
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June 17th | The view from a Shanghai taxi
A veteran NPR correspondent’s drive for the story. A tale of two counties. Forced conservatorship in San Francisco. And some of what we don’t know we don’t know about Kim Jong Un.