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-comedian and Seattle P-I newspaper columnist.
Location: Seattle
Languages: English
Pronouns: he/him
Podcasts
Stories
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Words In Review: 'Follow your passions!'
Hey, grads: University of Washington psychology professor Sapna Cheryan explains why following your passions is not enough or why it might send the wrong message.
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Week in Review: Amazon, politics, and mosquitos
Bill Radke discusses the week’s news with political analyst Joni Balter, Puget Sound Business Journal’s Alex Halverson, and KUOW’s David Hyde.
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Words In Review: Is the PNW 'weird'? Is anything?
Bill Radke asks what's weird, if so many things are weird. With author and scholar Erik Davis.
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Words In Review: How 'gubernatorial' steered into our language
Bill Radke and UW Classic Prof. Sarah Stroup go to the rocky Mediterranean to learn why we say "governor" but also "gubernatorial"
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Week in Review: drug law, election issues, and A.I.
Bill Radke discusses the week’s news with Axios Melissa Santos, Seattle Times Jonathan Martin, and KUOW’s Dyer Oxley.
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Words In Review: Can the PNW be on 'island time'?
Is "island time" a tropical thing? Or can the PNW be on IT, too?
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Week in Review: Candidates for Governor, the “end” of COVID-19, and right turns on red
Bill Radke discusses the week’s news with political analyst and contributing columnist Joni Balter, Seattle Times Amanda Zhou, and KUOW’s Monica Nickelsburg.
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A linguist hears your complaints about colloquial English: Words In Review
Like, literally.
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Week in Review: Governor Inslee won't seek re-election, pollution, and housing
Bill Radke discusses the week’s news with Insider’s Katherine Long, freelance journalist Joanne Silberner, and KUOW’s Joshua McNichols.
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Words In Review: Should we say 'assault weapons'?
Bill Radke discusses whether "assault weapons" is a fair and accurate term.