Bill Radke
Host
About
Bill hosts The Record and Week In Review.
After starting with KUOW as a University of Washington student in 1985, Bill was KUOW's morning host in the '90s and the creator of the past show Rewind, a news-satire show heard on KUOW and nationwide on NPR.
Bill moved away to Southern California to host American Public Media's Weekend America and Marketplace Morning Report. He returned to KUOW in 2012.
Podcasts
Stories
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The Record
July 15th | On Prime Day, one Amazon factory stands empty
The labor strike kicks off today. A look at the history of Silicon Valley culture (and how it sprang from war). And: why learn music theory from Shostakovich when you could learn from The Sugar Hill Gang?
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The Record
Seattle pops open new controversy with soda tax
Seattle’s tax on sweetened beverages – commonly known as the soda tax – has raised about $22 million in the year and a half it has been on the shelves. That’s about 50% more than predicted.
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The Record
July 2nd | BBQ tips from a SoDo favorite
We've got a BBQ expert with some tips for your July 4th celebrations. Plus: What should you know about submitting your DNA to a third-party app? How do you write satirical news headlines about Seattle? And we hear about how a church is saving parking lot spots for homeless residents living in vehicles.
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The Record
Poet Ocean Vuong's new novel is more than Briefly Gorgeous
"To be queer is to fail into your pleasure." The book, On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, is a letter from a son to his mother, who can't read. The poet says it's a monument to failure, to violence, to labor, to silence, to America.
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The Record
July 1st | Should Seattle ban the sales of e-cigarettes?
We talk about San Francisco's decision to ban the sales of e-cigarettes. We also look at a bill to protect employees in large hotels. And we air the second part of our conversation with poet and novelist Ocean Vuong. Plus: The anonymous founder of Seattle's satirical news site, "The Needling," reads some of their headlines.
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Week In Review
Democratic debates and an astronaut returns, this week
Bill Radke reviews the week's news with C.R. Douglas, reporter at Q13 News, Knute Berger, columnist for Crosscut, and Joni Balter, host of Seattle Channel's Civic Cocktail.
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The Record
June 27th | Jay Inslee hits the big stage (or at least its edges)
How’d our boy do on the national stage? How will you sign up to cast your vote? What does it mean that citizenship status is off the census (for now)? And how much does your vote matter now that partisan gerrymandering is fair game? And lastly: before Lil Nas X was generating controversy in country music, there was Patrick Haggerty.
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The Record
June 26th | What happens in Moscow stays in Moscow
The CIA Chief of Disguise comes clean. Gear up for a summer of smoke on the water and fire in the skies. The cold case that could change what it means to take a DNA test. And: clothing sharing is caring.
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The Record
June 25th | You can’t believe your eyes
Beware the Photoshop of videos. The Oregon Republican Senate delegation has R-U-N-N-O-F-T. The impact of war, and failure, on many men. And Mike O’Brien wants to bring sunshine to the soda tax.
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How to avoid the crowds on your summer hiking adventures
It's summer time in Seattle, which means many popular trails are bound to be packed — but don't be discouraged!