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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Mayor Durkan on police shooting, the NHL, and reopening Seattle
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan joins us for our weekly check-in.
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What Seattle can learn from its past emptiness
Whether it was the Boeing bust or the general strike, Seattle has been deserted before.
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May 27th | The city we could be
How Seattle might rise from hollowed out to newly whole. Which mutual aid campaigns get supported? And a look at the hilarious world (go with us here) of depression.
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COVID-19 doesn't cancel out the ADA: disability rights during a pandemic
Protesters – and some politicians – say it's time to get back to normal. That some deaths from COVID-19 are inevitable. But whose deaths, and lives, are we talking about?
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May 26th | How do you fight the epidemic of racism within a pandemic?
How Asian-Americans are responding to bigotry pushed into the light by COVID-19. This week’s chat with county executive Dow Constantine. A chat with a disability rights activist, and a Voice of the Pandemic.
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Fraud, face coverings, and fireworks this week
Bill Radke reviews the week's news with Brandi Kruse of Q13, David Kroman of Crosscut, and Charles Mudede from The Stranger.
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May 21st | The fraying pandemic response has its roots in history
A dangerous American patchwork. Why is Seattle sweeping homeless encampments? A look at how the first coronavirus vaccine human trial is going, and another Voice of the Pandemic.
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Mayor Durkan on clearing homeless encampments during the pandemic
Seattle Mayor Jenny Durkan joins us for her weekly check-in.
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What are antibody tests really good for?
Spoiler: not an immunity passport.
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May 20th | Scientists' job is to learn from being wrong
But during COVID-19, we desperately want the certainty of them being right. Also, what will happen to the cruise industry?