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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September 3rd | Are CBD bars legal?
Are CBD-infused food and drinks legal in Washington state? Why are America's working poor being sold a lie? And you can now get Narcan from a Washington pharmacy without a prescription, but should you?
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We're double-checking our meter readings this week
Bill Radke reviews the week's news with Charles Mudede, writer at The Stranger, David Kroman, reporter at Crosscut, and Eric Johnson, aerospace reporter at Reuters.
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August 29th | What we can learn from a nonagenarian oak tree
Speaking to the trees. How do you distinguish between a hate crime and domestic terrorism? Plastic is officially everywhere, including in rain over remote mountains. And, space expansion through a colonial lens.
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August 28th | Hashtag plantlife
Influencers go green. Not all sunscreen is created equal. A memoir about marriage. And: why your team sucks.
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What The Secret Files Tell Us About Abusive Priests In Seattle
Bill Radke speaks with Seattle Times reporter Lewis Kamb about his story profiling Rev. Michael Cody, a priest who worked in Western Washington for 21 years and sexually abused children.
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August 27th | Space crime, coast to coast
Criming in space. A senator speaks out about conditions at the border. Curtailed recess. And crows whose cholesterol levels give pause.
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August 26th | Real city setting, fake movie set
Where’d you go, Bernadette’s film crew? (Pittsburgh. The answer is Pittsburgh.) How a for-profit mental health facility is failing local patients. A controversial Republican state lawmaker. Banning anti-fascist signs from the soccer pitch for being “too political.” And: can you eat those wild blackberries after all?
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Homeless encampments and immigration policies this week
Bill Radke reviews the week's news with Knute Berger of Crosscut, Eli Sanders of the Stranger, and Joni Balter, host of the Seattle Channel's Civic Cocktail.
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August 22nd | This reality show about glassmaking will blow you away
A peek inside the world of competitive glassblowing. Oh ye of little faith: congrats on the court victory. Leaving on a jet plane not knowing where you’re going. And a look at the parallels between the Japanese internment and today.
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August 21st | When security at home is about more than a deposit
Should domestic violence victims have to pay for repairs to their rentals due to violence (and if not, who will)? What would happen if we removed the Snake River dams? And how are Washington water rights handed out anyway? A look at at an 18-year-old cold case. And a look back at the day the Beatles came to the Coliseum (that’s Key Arena, for you youngsters).