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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Instagram star Lauren Ko brings Pi Day full circle
It's March 14! The day before the Ides of March, three days before St. Patrick's Day, but 3.14 is a special day all its own: Pi Day. This year is the...
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What do you do if a dog takes your seat on the bus?
Bill Radke talks to Seattle Times reporter Paige Cornwell about her reporting on dogs on King County Metro buses.
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He helped deport thousands. Now he shelters immigrants in his church
Father Antonio Illas was a federal immigration agent for 25 years before he turned his life to God.
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The expensive mystique of Basquiat is coming to Seattle
What does it feel like to be in the room with $100 million? You can find out soon. The most expensive piece of American artwork ever sold at auction — a...
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Does the publishing world have a Sherman Alexie problem?
Sherman Alexie is a beloved native writer, filmmaker and poet. He also stands accused of sexual harassment by three women on the record and many more...
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Parents: Be gardeners, not carpenters
Bill Radke sits down with child psychologist Alison Gopnik, author of the new book "The Gardener and the Carpenter." Gopnik explains her problems with...
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Food, body image, and self worth with a nutrition doctor
Bill Radke speaks with Anne McTiernan about her new memior called, "Starved: A Nutrition Doctor's Journey from Empty to Full ." McTiernan is a research...
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Cosplay and comics: Why does Seattle love geek culture so much?
Bill Radke spoke with Dyer Oxley, co-host of the NW Nerd podcast, and TyTy, a Northwest cosplayer and the creator of Lead by Example Apparel, about what...
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A room of one's own? Not if your smart home has a say
In "1984," surveillance devices were installed in homes by the government. In 2018, we pay corporations to install the surveillance ourselves. Kashmir...
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The trauma and triumph of carob: How hippie food changed the way we eat
Carob. Some see it as a heroic stand-in for chocolate. Others, like one Twitter wag, see it as "chalky nonsense." Whatever your thoughts, it's a food...