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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Seattle to welcome a new heavy ice cutter
For the first time in 40 years, the U.S. is getting a new heavy ice cutter to join the Coast Guard’s Polar Star and the Polar Sea, whose home port is Seattle. Democratic Senator Patty Murray said ice breakers play a critical role in our national security and are “a strategic asset in our nation’s efforts to promote our interests in the north.”
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June 11th | Following the trail of wildlife poachers, by way of elephant poo
“Feces is the most accessible wildlife product in nature” – how that could help stop the illegal trade of ivory. A dispatch from the project Booked and Buried. And a look at corruption at the highest levels of FIFA, with fallout that continues from 2015.
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June 10th | Why cities can’t afford to solve homelessness
The homelessness crisis makes cities victims of their own success. Salesforce comes to Seattle. Washington gets an icebreaker (not that kind). And housing goes on the City Council docket.
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Rescued climbers, rescued Showbox?
Bill Radke reviews the week's news with cofounder of The Evergrey Mónica Guzmán, former state legislator Jessyn Farrell and documentary filmmaker Chris Rufo.
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June 6th | Gov. Inslee’s heading for the big stage, and he wants to bring climate change with him
Climate change debates, carbon offsets, and embracing a family’s transformation.
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June 5th | Grow up – but don’t forget how to play like a kid
Tricksters of stage, screen, and western Seattle. One business owner on homelessness in SODO. Missing faces at the Seattle International Dance Festival. And what does it mean to travel in an unequal world?
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How to talk to a flat-earther
When Lee McIntyre first showed up at the Flat Earth International Conference, he put his badge on and kept his mouth shut. The mood he said was celebratory. After all, many flat-earthers, as they’re called, are radicalized over online videos and don’t have a lot of opportunities to meet up with people of like minds.
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June 4th | Meat thieves and Divine: John Waters in his own words
Everyone’s favorite reprobate. Co-ed cheers at Seahawks games. Doug Baldwin on public discourse. And Sara Porkalob on the shape of trust.
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June 3rd | This year saw a drop in people occupying their vehicles – but how do we know for sure?
Counting the Seattleites living in their vehicles. Engaging with round earth skeptics. And reliving the dread of school dress codes.
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Backyard cottages and no more Independents this week
Bill Radke reviews the week's news with Chris Vance, former state Republican party chair, Brandi Kruse, correspondent for Q13 News, and Marilyn Strickland, president and CEO of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce.