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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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.
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Sheriffs disagree with Washington state's voter-approved gun law
More than a dozen sheriffs have said they won't enforce I-1639, approved by voters in November. We speak to one of those sheriffs, as well as a sheriff who is enforcing the law, and a sponsor of the initiative.
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February 14th | Amazon and New York are splitting up. Who dumped who?
HQ2.5 tanks when the thrill of the chase wears off. Sheriffs take the law into their own hands, and reach different conclusions. When did our reign as the king of grunge come to an end? And we look at school safety a year after Parkland.
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February 13th | The snowy quest for a damn good cup of coffee
Taxes, grocery store community, public land expansion, rehab monitoring, and a tale of two snow emergencies.
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February 12th | What to cook with your limited snow day pantry
Bill Radke talks to Thierry Rautureau, owner of Luc Bistro and Loulay Kitchen and Bar, about what listeners can cook with the ingredients they still have. We also dig into the "Green New Deal" and hear what John Kim, the "Angry Therapist" thinks about masculinity.