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
May 23rd | Is it okay to feel joy while the world is burning?
High anxiety: meet huge, phenomenal, amazing joy. Personalized love notes to Jeff Bezos at the Amazon shareholders meeting, and a check in about Amtrak. Lastly, the notes and the silence in the Fremont bridge.
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The Record
May 22nd | Dear America: Jared Diamond thinks you should talk to someone
Why America needs to get on the couch. What to call the sleek, squared surfaces that loom large in the Seattle suburbs. And a look at Four Women, from the vantage point of Nina Simone.
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The Record
May 20th | A chat with Carmen Best about SPD exit interviews
Many cops reported feeling unsupported and demonized – so we asked their boss about some of their complaints. How do you raise kind kids? And why you should be eating more seaweed.
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Week In Review
A very satisfying week in review
Bill Radke reviews the week's news with former Washington State Attorney General Rob McKenna, Civic Cocktail host Joni Balter, and Live Wire host Luke Burbank.
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The Record
May 16th | When the media shows us dead bodies: what do we see?
How the corpses we show create a hierarchy of grief. A chat about the recent SPD exit interviews. Would you eat fake chicken nuggets? (What if you didn’t know they were fake?) And the glamorous origins of Seattle’s Norwegian festival.
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The Record
This Bainbridge Island podcast wants to take you on a walk
Bainbridge Island author and journalist Jon Mooallem didn’t shell out for a bunch of gear. He just pulled out the small voice recorder he uses to interview people, put it in an old wool sock and then, well, walked around.
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The Record
May 15th | Amid the noise, a podcast whose host is mostly silent
Why you might want to take a vicarious walk around Bainbridge. A new neighborhood could spring up across the Magnolia Bridge. San Francisco just says no to facial recognition software. Arethere really fine people on both sides of every argument? And a BBC play brings a Seattle landmark back to life.
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The Record
May 14th | We need to think about health differently
Dr. Sandro Galea talks about his new book "WELL: What We Need to Talk about When We Talk about Health". The EPA wants to allow more chemicals in our state's waterways. Unprecedented numbers of grey whales are dying along the West Coast. And, does knowing about neighborhood crime make us more prepared or just paranoid?
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The Record
May 13th | To the teeth: Ani DiFranco reflects on school shootings and more
The singer-songwriter on what happens when you write a song you wish you could stop playing. Chinese tariffs hit home in Washington State, along with climate change-driven floods. And, says Melinda Gates, we could be doing a lot better at lifting women off.
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Week In Review
Would you ride an e-scooter or a moon lander?
Bill Radke reviews the week's news with communications strategist John Murray, former Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn and former editor-in-chief of ColorsNW magazine Naomi Ishisaka.