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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Henry Winkler (aka the Fonz) with this story from his childhood
In addition to being the Fonz and so much else, Winkler is the author of a young adult series about a boy very much like him.
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This week another Washingtonian considers a run for president
Bill Radke reviews the week’s news with chairman of the Washington state Republican Party Caleb Heimlich, President of the Seattle Chamber of Commerce Marilyn Strickland and reporter for Q13 news Brandi Kruse.
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5 tips for spotting fake news from this Seattle librarian
Real headline or surreptitious propaganda? In the past few years, that's become harder to answer.
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January 31st | How do we define rape? And should that change?
Current legislation would force courts to reckon with how to determine consent. Seattle’s loss of the Reign is Tacoma’s gain. We speak to one of Washington’s faithless electors, and get to the bottom of the city’s problem with potholes.
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January 30th | The fight against measles, in the hospital and in Olympia
Governor Inslee has declared a state of emergency over a measles outbreak: this is what people are doing on the legislative and public health fronts to stop it. Washington parents have limited discretion over mental health care for their teens – should that change? We also asked whether a good polar vortex might not stiffen our spines, and hear from a runner whose body rebelled.
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Left handed? How you were fed as a baby may be why
New research by Dr. Philip Hujoel, a professor of dentistry and epidemiology at the University of Washington, suggests breastfeeding and handedness are linked.
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January 29th | 'I just wanted to be somebody,' says Henry Winkler (who will make you cry)
In addition to being the Fonz and so much else, Winkler is the author of a young adult series about a boy very much like him. The Gates Foundation just cut their generous parental leave policy in half. What will that mean for new parents? And is Washington on track to get its own version of the GDPR?
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What Starbucks' history tells us about Howard Schultz's possible 2020 run
Bill Radke speaks to Harvard Business School historian Nancy Koehn who has studied the coffee giant and its leader for the past two decades.
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January 28th | “Criminals sleep in”: the crime-fighting case for Daylight Savings Time
How pushing back the golden hour might boost public safety. Also, what can we learn from his Starbucks background now that Howard Schultz has announced for president? We learn about the ransomware attack on the city of Sammamish, and how right-handedness might be tied to breastfeeding.
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This week the partial government shutdown ends — for now
Bill Radke reviews the week’s news with KUOW’s web editor Sydney Brownstone, The C is for Crank writer Erica Barnett and host of Civic Cocktail on the Seattle Channel Joni Balter.