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 5th | But does it spark joy?
In the battle for our consumerist souls: between Amazon and Marie Kondo, who will triumph? Mandatory housing affordability is not without its critics. And when you picture an environmentalist: who do you see?
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March 4th | Will Paine Field make the friendly skies a little more convenient?
Sometimes good things can come in smaller airport packages. Shrimp are sucking oyster farms into the mud; controversial new legislation would change that. The indelible leopard continues to captivate our minds. And we talk about the rise of fentanyl.
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How do you handle your fears? Do you run the other way or face them head on?
How do you handle your fears? Do you run the other way or face them head on? What are you afraid of? Do you really know?
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This week there is a green new presidential candidate
Bill Radke reviews the week’s news with the C is for Crank writer Erica Barnett, Seattle Channel’s Civic Cocktail host Joni Balter and columnist for Crosscut Knute Berger.
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See someone being threatened? This is what to do
If you see someone being harassed, support the victim and ignore the perpetrator.
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February 28th | What are we so scared of?
Amy Pearl of WNYC's podcast, "10 Things That Scare Me" talks about what our fears say about us. And Seattle's civic poet, Anastacia-Renee Tolbert, tells us why saying "no" can be glamorous. Plus, historian Feliks Banel tells us the story behind the Lenin statue in Fremont.
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February 26th | Employees revolt as Microsoft nears the battlefield
What responsibility do tech companies have when they start making weapons of war? We say farewell to the Seattle Weekly, and hello to the possibility of mandatory sex ed in Washington schools. Lastly: what do you do when someone is being harassed in public? And could that change?
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February 25th | Black History Month 2019: are we moving forward or sliding back?
Where the month fits into America’s long history with race. Renton’s school levies passed, but may still fail? Are benzos the new opioids? And is it just me, or are things a lot more problematic these days?
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What killed grunge?
Seattle was the capital of grunge… until grunge was no longer a thing. So what happened?
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This week’s news is an emergency
Bill Radke reviews the week’s news with former Washington State representative Jessyn Farrell, the co-founder of the Evergrey newsletter Monica Guzman and co-chair of Washington Independents Chris Vance.