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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Environmentalist David Fenton: Stop Calling It 'Earth Day'
David Fenton has a piece of advice on celebrating Earth Day this Tuesday: If you really want to help, stop calling it Earth Day. He said the day is not...
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King County Prop 1 Vote Expected To Be 'Surprisingly Close'
Even before the Washington State Legislature failed to pass a transportation funding package this session, King County Executive Dow Constantine...
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Equality, Innovation, Honesty: Taking A Jab At Corporate Marketing
Have you ever watched a slick ad for a corporation and found yourself taken in by the touching pictures and sincere voiceover? The web site McSweeney's...
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My Kingdom For A Horse-Head Squirrel Feeder
Seattle-based company Archie McPhee is getting national attention for putting a horse head on a squirrel.
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Oso Chaplain: 'They Want To Know They're Going To Be OK'
Bill Radke talks with Washington State Patrol chaplain Mike Neil about his experiences helping people with the emotional toll of the Oso mudslide. Neil...
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Search Crews Struggle To Define Success In Mudslide Debris
As of Wednesday morning, the Snohomish County Medical Examiner’s office has confirmed that 29 people have died in the Oso landslide. Hopes of finding...
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Capturing Oso Through Photos: 'One Of The Worst Things I've Ever Seen'
Bill Radke talks with photojournalist Joshua Trujillo about his experience covering the Oso mudslide through photography.
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Week Two Of Mudslide Recovery, Decisions Get Harder
Bill Radke talks with Los Angeles Fire Captain Ronald Klamecki about his own work in a landslide recovery in California and how authorities will decide...
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Don’t Curb Your Creativity: Author Illuminates Limits Of The App Generation
I begin and end my days with technology. My iPhone alarm goes off, I check the news and email, I stream the radio, I surf the web by day, and I fall...
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Holi Festivals To Brighten Spring Around Seattle
Once upon a time there was a king who thought himself a god. The king’s son did not treat his father like a god. This made the king angry. The angry...