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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

  • Three kids look on at a computer together

    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.

  • caption: FILE: An Uber driver near the San Francisco International Airport.

    "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?

  • caption: Professor stands in front of an empty classroom

    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.

  • caption: California now has at least 29 cases of the coronavirus that causes COVID-19. Here, shelves of disinfectant wipes are nearly empty at a Target store in Novato, Calif., earlier this week, as fears of the virus prompted shoppers to stock up on sanitizing options.

    March 9th | How are you dealing with coronavirus fears?

    Thank your worry, but don’t let it consume you. Keep wiping down surfaces – here’s how the professionals do it. The effect of the news cycle on sexual assault survivors. And how southern Australia – and southern King County – are trying to stop youth homelessness before it starts.

  • caption: Flyers at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport wearing facemasks.

    Anxiety and the coronavirus

    The constant coronavirus news has a lot of people feeling anxious. So how do you combat those feelings?
  • caption: Person cleaning with a spray bottle

    How to clean up after the coronavirus

    As of Monday afternoon there have been 169 cases of coronavirus in Washington State. That's a lot of people to clean up after. So how do you decontaminate a coronavirus site?
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    March 4th | “But are they electable?”

    What is electability, anyway? Parents protest, but hesitate to pull their kids out of Kennedy Catholic High School. And how keeping calm might be one of the best public health choices you could make.