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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This Bainbridge Island podcast wants to take you on a walk
Bainbridge Island author and journalist Jon Mooallem didn’t shell out for a bunch of gear. He just pulled out the small voice recorder he uses to interview people, put it in an old wool sock and then, well, walked around.
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May 15th | Amid the noise, a podcast whose host is mostly silent
Why you might want to take a vicarious walk around Bainbridge. A new neighborhood could spring up across the Magnolia Bridge. San Francisco just says no to facial recognition software. Arethere really fine people on both sides of every argument? And a BBC play brings a Seattle landmark back to life.
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May 14th | We need to think about health differently
Dr. Sandro Galea talks about his new book "WELL: What We Need to Talk about When We Talk about Health". The EPA wants to allow more chemicals in our state's waterways. Unprecedented numbers of grey whales are dying along the West Coast. And, does knowing about neighborhood crime make us more prepared or just paranoid?
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May 13th | To the teeth: Ani DiFranco reflects on school shootings and more
The singer-songwriter on what happens when you write a song you wish you could stop playing. Chinese tariffs hit home in Washington State, along with climate change-driven floods. And, says Melinda Gates, we could be doing a lot better at lifting women off.
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Would you ride an e-scooter or a moon lander?
Bill Radke reviews the week's news with communications strategist John Murray, former Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn and former editor-in-chief of ColorsNW magazine Naomi Ishisaka.
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May 9th | Should we valorize true crime?
What’s behind our fascination with charismatic murderers? Scooters are nipping at the heels of e-bikes in Seattle. The governor gives permanent DST a go. How worried should we really be about cougar attacks? And a look at seasonal workforce migration in eastern Washington.
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May 8th | Are multiple choice tests canceled?
Now you can graduate without standardized testing. Cash: the newest frontier in retail? How to survive a bear in the wild. And infiltrating white nationalism in the Pacific Northwest.
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May 7th | Why we need better arguing
Eric Liu says we need better arguing, and less stupid arguing, to make our democracy better. KUOW's Joshua McNichols explains the tax hike passed by the state legislature. And UW Professor Saadia Pekkanen tells us about the new space race.
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May 6th | How scared should you be of stories in the news?
Former U.S. Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano talks about her book, "How Safe Are We?" We also talk about our complicated relationships with our mothers with Michelle Filgate. And we look at how Washington state is prepping for ... the plague?
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Week in Review: Our legislative wrap-up
Bill Radke reviews the week’s news with Essex Porter, reporter for KIRO TV, Melissa Santos, reporter for Crosscut, and Bill Finkbeiner, former state legislator.