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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November 1st: Barred from SCOTUS for wearing a headdress
Is it constitutional to keep a tribal leader out of the Supreme Court because of traditional regalia? Is it realistic to ask big tech firms not to contract with ICE, or the Pentagon? And how important is your identity – to others and to you?
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October 31st: Like so many of our neighbors, do you feel unsheltered?
Novelist Barbara Kingsolver’s new book explores what happens when you do everything right and still can’t find the ground beneath you. Separately: what should you do if you see a spider in your home? And for teens who carry guns: why? And is there a better way?
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Parents: Are you feeling lonely?
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Why Ned Hallowell wants to celebrate craziness
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Tuesday, October 30th: With great talent comes mental illness, says this psychiatrist
King County Executive Dow Constantine takes our questions and yours. Also, can Washington state lawmakers block anyone on their social media accounts? We also talk to a psychiatrist who embraces his “crazy” family, and two Seattleites who are creating a map of the weird inside city limits.
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Intimidated by all those initiatives? Listen to these debates
We went straight to the sources to help you decide.
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King County Executive Dow Constantine has voted. Have you?
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October 29, 2018: The case for American intervention
When should the US intervene in foreign affairs, and when should we stay out of it? We also speak to two leaders in the Seattle Jewish community and check in with journalists ahead of tomorrow’s Political Mischief event.
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This week: Is the head tax back?
Bill Radke reviews the week’s news with Knute Berger columnist for Crosscut and Seattle Magazine, Joni Balter host of Civic Cocktail on the Seattle Channel and Monica Guzman co-founder of the Seattle newsletter The Evergrey.
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How to be a good citizen in the era of 'Big Tech'
Jamie Susskind looks at how 21st century technology is changing who has power and how they wield that power. He asks, how might society demand big tech companies use their power to benefit citizens?