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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March 26th | Embrace gender chill
Gender, anarchy, and the pursuit of being chill about it all. Also, Obamacare’s future might be in doubt again after an ongoing court battle. One of Seattle’s most pitched battles? You’ll be shocked, shocked to hear that it’s about bike lanes.
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March 25th | Seattle University Law professor on the Mueller report:"I'm sure we'll see it eventually."
A law professor says the Mueller report was always just a prelude to a longer political battle. We also look at how kicking buses out of the downtown tunnel is causing Seattle's second "period of maximum constraint" and how black women use "strategic ambiguity" to resist racism today. Finally, we ask, should Washington state lower its voting age to 16?
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Dear Prudence advises Seattleites: Use your words
There’s something about advice columns: That little taste of socially-accepted voyeurism into other people’s problems.
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Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal on Medicare for All: 'I think we can win'
Medicare for All is supported by the majority of Americans, Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal says.
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This week: Is Seattle really dying?
Bill Radke reviews the week’s news with Erica Barnett from the C if for Crank, Founder of the Evergrey, Monica Guzman and Civic editor at Geekwire Monica Nickelsburg.
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March 21st | Burned out? Here’s some advice.
Millennials: burned out? Not a new phenomenon, with possibly ancient cures. Do you want your airline safety features to be like the after-market upgrades on your car? And: electroconvulsive therapy is the second most controversial medical procedure, other than abortion. Now the legislature might legalize its involuntary application.
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March 20th | Congresswoman Jayapal explains her plan for Medicare for all
Rep. Pramila Jayapal talks about her ideal single-payer health care system. We also get dating advice from Slate's Dear Prudence, Daniel Ortberg. And we ask: Can Governor Inslee delete comments on his Facebook page? Plus: Can local governments stop businesses from threatening to leave or move jobs, unless they get the tax breaks they want?
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March 19th | Is FAA regulation working?
Are we regulating the aviation industry the right way? Forbes reporter Marisa Garcia gives us a deeper look. And Brian Fies tells us about living through the devastating California wildfires of 2017. Plus, Mike Pesca gives us a preview of his March Madness bracket.
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March 18th | Boeing's ultimatum: “They can't survive it if they don't fix it”
Boeing’s signature jet may be grounded, but revelations about its most recent crash continue to swirl. At least one presidential hopeful wants to break up Amazon: is that necessary (or realistic)? And one woman’s story of honesty at long last about her OCD.
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This week we're talking about safety and ethics
Bill Radke reviews the week’s news with Seattle Channel’s Civic Cocktail host Joni Balter, former Washington State representative Jessyn Farrell and former Washington State attorney general Rob McKenna.