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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January 13th | SNL comedian reckons with character, 'Pat'
Comedian Julia Sweeney reflects on her androgynous character. The strangest technology ideas at this year's Consumer Electronics Show. Who got snubbed an Oscar nomination. And the true story of a Lynnwood rape case.
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City growth and city snow this week
Bill Radke review the week's news with Eli Sanders, associate editor at The Stanger, Ashley Archibald, reporter for Real Change News, and Karen Weise, tech correspondent for the New York Times.
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January 9th | Should museums take corporate money?
When should museums turn down big money? How can you keep hackers from getting into your security camera? Why did the Scandies Rose sink? And what is it like to be Seahawks QB Russell Wilson?
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January 8th | A trip to the Seattle archives
An adventure to the Seattle of yesteryear. The region's plan to fight homelessness. What you should know about avalanches. And saying goodbye to the artistic directors of Book-It Repertory Theatre.
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January 7th | Why we love board games
Why people in the Puget Sound love to board game. Will we see a Senate impeachment trial this month? And one advocate's call for "Revolutionary Love."
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January 6th | What’s really going on in US-Iran relations?
Rumors of war have been greatly exaggerated. End of an era on the King County Council. Foster kids in hotel rooms. And a town, an election, and… warehouses.
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Firework failures and the new legislature this week
Bill Radke review the week's news with Joni Balter, host of the Seattle Channel's Civic Cocktail, Brandi Kruse, correspondant at Q13 News,
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January 2nd | How to rethink gendered insults
The author of "Wordslut" on reclaiming the English language. Washington state's new 2020 laws. And how to pay less attention to your phone.
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December 31st | Have we reached peak brewery?
A crushing defeat for the Seahawks. The memoir of an "almost" ballerina. Why does Seattle love breweries so much? And how do they set up all those fireworks on the Space Needle?
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December 30th | Share the road (tax)
If you drive a car, you’ll probably be paying a new kind of tax. The best of the best in books of the 2010s. And an oncologist’s experience with psychedelics.