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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A new, colorful game of hide and seek is rocking out on Mercer Island
Bill Radke talks with Richard Ronald about the game his family started playing on Mercer Island beaches: collecting and painting rocks and then hiding...
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Colson Whitehead discusses historical novel 'The Underground Railroad'
Bill Radke sits down with author Colson Whitehead to talk about his new novel, "The Underground Railroad." His book explores slavery in the American...
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Driverless cars are coming to Seattle (but not just yet)
Bill Radke speaks with Mark Hallenbeck, director of the Washington State Transportation Center, about when and how self-driving cars might be a part of...
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Seattle University adjunct professor: 'I seem to be an afterthought'
Bill Radke sits down with Seattle University professor Nancy Burkhalter to talk about her experience as an adjunct, or part-time professor, at the...
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What's the deal with Washington state's charter schools?
Bill Radke sits down with KUOW education reporter Ann Dornfeld to talk about the state of Washington's charter schools. They’re growing in enrollment,...
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Seattle's U-District upzone is first of its kind
Bill Radke speaks with KUOW's Joshua McNichols about Seattle Mayor Ed Murray's plan to allow taller buildings in areas of the University District.
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It goes beyond Hillary: The culture of workplace sick days
Bill Radke speaks with Kristen Rowe-Finkbeiner, executive director of Mom's Rising and an advocate for paid sick and family leave, about the attention...
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Lung cancer isn't just a smoker's disease
Bill Radke speaks with writer Janet Freeman-Daily, a lung cancer survivor, about the fact that lung cancer is not just a smoker's disease. Freeman-Daily...
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Seattle lawyer explains why the North Dakota pipeline protests mark a historic moment
Bill Radke sits down with Seattle-based lawyer Gabe Galanda to talk about the protests surrounding the Dakota Access Pipeline in North Dakota. Galanda...
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Seattle could end most homelessness in 3 years, national experts say
Thousands of people in Seattle won’t have shelter tonight. The problem isn’t that Seattle isn’t spending enough, according to two national experts.