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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Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan on the coronavirus outbreak
Mayor Durkan has announced water and electricity will not be shut off for residents who can't afford their payments during the coronavirus outbreak.
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The questions you have about coronavirus, and the answers you're not getting
ProPublica health reporter Caroline Chen has reported on (and lived through) epidemics before. That experience helps guide her reporting on the novel coronavirus.
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March 11th | You know those concert tickets you bought? About that…
Coronavirus strikes again, this time at large gatherings, as governor imposes mandatory measures. Even after the age of social distancing ends, is online working here to stay? The things you don’t know you don’t know about COVID-19, and the things we won’t know for a while about the election.
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Is teleworking a good idea?
Microsoft, Amazon, and other large companies have requested their workers telecommute until further notice. Is this the way of the future? Or an annoying inconvenience?
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Governor Inslee bans gatherings of more than 250 people
Washington Governor Jay Inslee announced today that he is prohibiting recreational and social gatherings of more than 250 people in King, Pierce and Snohomish counties, to curb the coronavirus outbreak.
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March 11th | Rethinking that Lyft Line in the age of social distancing
How’s the rideshare business doing? Why is coronavirus testing so limited at the epicenter of the American outbreak? How is online learning going for UW students? And could it be the wave of the future? Lastly, how people continue to practice their faith during a pandemic.s
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Who's getting tested for coronavirus?
KUOW reporter Ann Dornfeld has been looking into who's being tested in Washington state and what the capacity truly is.
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Can online learning go the distance?
Some schools are closing and others are moving their classroom online. Bill Radke speaks with Audrey Watters, writer and founder of HackEducation.com, about the difficulties of distance learning.
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"I must keep driving"
Melinda Miner is a rideshare driver in Seattle. She can't afford to stop working. So how does she stay safe during a coronavirus outbreak?
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How do you take a science lab final online?
All in-person classes and finals at the University of Washington have been canceled. Because of the spread of COVID-19, the illness caused by coronavirus, students will have their courses and tests online until the end of the quarter on March 20. Bill Radke spoke with Jake Goldstein-Street, a student at University of Washington and the News Editor at the UW Daily.