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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Tracing a state map in lines of poetry.
Washington State Poet Laureate Claudia Castro Luna speaks with Bill Radke about her latest project, Washington Poetic Routes.
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April 24th | The movies that haunt Us
How to survive a horror movie. The nuance Seattle is Dying may have missed. And when does political tolerance become political silencing?
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What can Seattle learn from the most politically tolerant place in the U.S.?
According to an analysis by The Atlantic magazine, Watertown, New York is the least politically prejudiced place in America.
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April 23rd | 'If justice is what you want, then you may often be right, but you will rarely be happy'
The dangers of hard borders around identity. WA takes the lead as the cleanest state in the nation. A look behind the scenes of Nirvana. And a new city counselor – for now.
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April 22nd | Boeing’s safety headache spreads to include the 787 Dreamliner
Not such a dreamy ride in the skies. One retailer results in more criminal charges for shoplifting than any other – and it’s not who you might think. Could we geoengineer our way to a cooler planet? And Ruth Reichl asks us to save her the plums.
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An unredacted week in review
Bill Radke reviews the week’s news with Erica Barnett from The C is for Crank, Geekwire civic editor Monica Nickelsburg and Crosscut reporter David Kroman.
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April 18th | It’s Mueller time
The report is out: what does it tell us, and what doesn’t it say? What are we truly grieving when we mourn Notre Dame? Should we really be approaching mental health one day at a time? And a conversation about upzoning in Eastlake.
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April 17th | The last stargazers
The stories behind the telescopes. How is youth mental health changing? We also chat with the man behind “Seattle is Dying” and a woman behind an attempted Seattle dating renaissance.
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'Like a good Catholic girl, I didn’t want to upset anybody.' Abby Wambach finds her power
"This book is my attempt to try and build a bridge for women and men to work together. The only way we can start that process is through education."
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April 16th | Dig into your biases – not with guilt, but with curiosity
We all have them. And you might be able to learn more about yours if you take shame out of the equation. What would happen if buses of asylum seekers arrived in Seattle? Why is the 1040 so extra? And speaking to a megaphone of revolution.