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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Getting over bridges and across the country from the comfort of home
Bill Radke talks the week's news with Civic Editor for GeekWire, Monica Nickelsburg, Q13 analyst CR Douglas, and publisher of the Washington State Wire, DJ Wilson.
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April 16th | Would you offer yourself as a test subject for a coronavirus vaccine?
We speak to one of the first recipients of what could become a COVID-19 vaccine. We also spoke to Mayor Jenny Durkan. How will the state manage the release of incarcerated people from prison? And how’s your covetiquette?
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How Washington's coronavirus tzar thinks we're doing
Washington state has a new coronavirus czar, Raquel Bono. She shared how our hospitals are faring and what the state foresees about the course of this crisis.
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From Monroe to Rikers, how COVID-19 spreads in prison
When even on lockdown, social distancing remains impossible.
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April 15th | Are you quarancourting?
Getting closer in the age of social distancing. Trying to socially distance in prisons. And how our social distancing is paying off at the state policy level.
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Will we ever fight over restaurant reservations again? | April 14th
When will we all be able to gather at restaurants again? Tuesdays with Dow Constantine. The surprisingly simple reason why testing capacity is so low. And what it takes for students to get their educations at home.
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April 13th | Does surviving COVID-19 guarantee that you won’t get it again?
How likely is herd immunity to save us? How can you call BS on bad coronavirus information? And how else can the government help bolster individuals, and thus the economy?
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Working in the gig economy during a pandemic
While many people are staying at home, they're still ordering groceries, take out, and more. What's it like to be delivering those items during pandemic?
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Seattle's two outbreaks, this week
Bill Radke talks the week's news with Joni Balter of Civic Cocktail, Scott Greenstone of the Seattle Times, and Marcus Green of South Seattle Emerald.
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April 9th | Gig economy workers pushed into a corner
Uber to Instacart to – what next? Even with traffic way down, the West Seattle Bridge falters. And the mayor takes your calls.