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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February 20th | Welcome to Seattle: don’t break anything
Can you move here in an ethical way? Can Jeff Bezos save the planet in an ethical way (or at all?)
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The art of harassing birds: Why King County officials want to scare eagles with pyrotechnics
Eagles are majestic, mighty, and patriotic. They are also a bit dirty and have a penchant for feasting on garbage.
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February 19th | Dirty birds
When eagles become trash-pickers. High capacity magazines. The art of tattooing. And controversy at a Burien high school.
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With her debut collection, Boston Poet Laureate Porsha Olayiwola shimmers sometimes, too
“When two or more margins meet at an edge, they create a jagged funeral.” But at those edges there is also joy, electricity, magic.
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February 18th | When sharing becomes oversharing becomes Sharenthood
How you get from Instagram posts to urine-monitoring diapers. Opening of the new youth jail. And the water and shimmer of Boston’s Poet Laureate.
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Rounding up legislative bills, business taxes and stolen trees
Bill Radke reviews the week's news with GeekWire's civic editor Monica Nickelsburg, Crosscut staff reporter Melissa Santos, and Seattle Times investigations editor Jonathan Martin.
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February 13th | Just an old-fashioned – or newfangled – love song
Odes d’amour through the ages. Love advice from the youth. Treating the coronavirus. And The Rescuers Down Under IRL.
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The evolution of love songs
How have love songs evolved? And what's the song of your romance? We hear from listeners about the love songs that are meaningful to them.
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February 12th | But landlords: it’s cold outside
Seattle city council votes to ban winter evictions. And a conversation with Diane Rehm about how you’d like to die.
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February 11th | Does romantic love trump all?
Friendship. ICE flights. Primary swagger. And mudslide-induced cabin fever.