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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What does it mean for a university to offer sanctuary?
The University of Washington is facing a test of what it means to be a so-called sanctuary campus. Immigrations and Customs Enforcement has detained a...
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Where did all of the escaped Atlantic salmon go?
Bill Radke talks to Lynda Mapes, environment reporter for The Seattle Times , about where all of the nearly 100,000 escaped Atlantic salmon went and...
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5 things astronaut Scott Kelly wants you to know (and one thing he doesn't want to talk about)
Astronaut Scott Kelly has been in orbit longer than any other person in history: more than 500 days in total. During that time, he stockpiled lots of...
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What do our superheroes tell us about ourselves?
There’s one thing you can depend on every summer: Superhero movies will shoot straight to the top of the box office. The top three grossed $2.6 billion...
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'A big ol' poopfest': Seahawks carnage and the future of Thursday Night Football
Last Thursday’s Seahawks game was a great opportunity to practice up on some Greek vocabulary terms. Let’s start with “ Pyrrhic victory .”
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We don't know what causes Alzheimer's or how to stop it — but there's still hope
Bill Radke speaks with Erica Farrell, clinical manager for the Washington chapter of the Alzheimer's Association , about what we know and don't know...
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When do we cut ties with artists who have been accused of sexual assault?
Bill Radke talks to Dominique Cantwell, executive director of Bainbridge Performing Arts , and Warren Etheredge, curator of Walla Walla Movie Crush and...
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'Thoughts and prayers are not enough': Faith in the wake of Sutherland Springs
The massacre in Sutherland Springs last weekend was yet another moment in the painful parade of gun violence in America. This particular tragedy is also...
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Would you send your nude photo to Facebook?
Bill Radke talks to Anna Lauren Hoffmann, associate professor at the University of Washington's Information School, about the implications of Facebook's...
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Our lives have been changed by technology, but our physiology has not
How do old parenting dilemmas adapt to new technologies? Parents: when you’re raising kids in the technological age, how much wiggle room with screen time do you give them? How has your own tech use changed in response to what you want them to be doing? And … is it really tech time if everyone is playing with a sensor-enabled ball, but you’re all outside?