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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What the SCOTUS ruling means for local unions
In a 5-4 ruling the Supreme Court decided that public sector workers don't have to pay a so-called "fair share fee" to the unions that represent them.
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That was the last (single-use, plastic) straw
Nothing is more satisfying than the sweet sound of a straw - a pointy, plastic straw - piercing the seal on a tall cup of bubble tea. But after this...
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Amid Supreme Court shakeups and labor changes, in search of Barack Obama
President Trump is loud. Why is former President Obama quiet? Bill Radke put that question and others to Ben Rhodes, former Obama adviser and...
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What Skittles can teach you about your sexist workplace
How much money do you make? Turn and tell a coworker. If you just cringed, you're like a lot of Americans when it comes to talking about salary at work....
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Ghosts of Japanese internment rise from Supreme Court travel ban ruling
On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld President Trump’s latest travel ban that barred people entering the U.S. from five majority Muslim countries...
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Echoes of the past, fears for the future in the upheld travel ban
The Supreme Court today upheld the Trump Administration travel ban, which primarily targets people from majority Muslim countries. AP reporter Mark...
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Undercover agent Ichiro Suzuki is on the case — in the Mariners dugout
Ichiro Suzuki, the Carmen Sandiego of the Mariners, was spotted last week in the Seattle dugout serving a Super Mario Bros. inspired lewk. Fooling no...
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Can anti-discrimination law be overridden by freedom of religion?
In light of this month’s finding in favor of the Colorado baker who refused to make a cake for a same-sex wedding, Supreme Court watchers anticipated a...
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Disguise-ghazi comes to a dugout near you
The Supreme Court may have taken the cake earlier this month, but they won’t be arranging the flowers. This morning, the court declined to rule on the...
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Weekend recap: Is the Pride Parade too commercial?
Bill Radke looks at the controversy over the restaurant that asked White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders to leave. We also talk about the...