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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

  • caption: An image from the Wing Luke Museum's exhibit "Worlds Beyond Here: The Expanding Universe of APA Science Fiction.”

    April 2nd | The aliens arrived unexpectedly at 6:42…

    An exhibit at the Wing Luke makes Asian Pacific Americans visible in science fiction. Congestion pricing has hopped the pond and is coming to Manhattan. Is Seattle next? The Fremont Solstice Parade is going to separate the parade itself from the naked bikers. What would Medicare for All really cost? And a look at the French fry supply chain.
  • caption: Jamie Bernstein with father Leonard at work.

    April 1st | Singing along with a conductor Larger Than Life

    The daughter of a composing great tells her story. What happens to communities when measles come to your town? A local company tries to sink or float (sorry, we had to) on Shark Tank. And we take you to the reincarnation of 13 Coins.
  • caption: Bill Radke, Mike McGinn, Jessyn Farrell, Chris Vance [L-R]

    This week, are we being heard?

    Bill Radke reviews the week’s news with former Democratic state representative Jessyn Farrell, Former Republican state representative Chris Vance and former Seattle mayor Mike McGinn.
  • caption: A wild Pacific salmon, left, is shown next to a farm-raised Atlantic salmon, right, on Tuesday, August 22, 2017, at Home Port Seafood in Bellingham. The farm-raised Atlantic salmon was caught after a large spill of fish at Cooke Aquaculture fish farm near Cyrpess Island.

    Is Washington's east-west divide growing wider?

    One side argues the four dams in southeastern Washington should stay to preserve the area's economy. The other side claims removing the dams will help maintain our local orca population.
  • caption: FILE- In this Sept. 17, 2015 file photo, then U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara speaks during a news conference in New York.

    March 28th | ‘Doing Justice’ to the age of Trump

    Preet Bharara on holding the powerful to account. The UW is testing male birth control – scientifically and socially, will it work? And a look at how we use and define the term: radicalized.
  • caption: Taxpayers faced with smaller refunds or higher taxes have been airing their grievances online.

    March 27th | Can Washington state tax capital gains?

    We debate whether or not the state should tax on capital gains. Also, is the east-west divide in Washington state growing more divisive? Plus, we could soon have a state dinosaur. But don't we already have one?
  • caption: Author Jacob Tobia says you should be free to embrace nail polish AND a formal suit, regardless of your gender - and invites you to try it.

    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.