Week In Review
Host Bill Radke and his guests make sense of the week's news. New episode every Friday.
Episodes
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Words In Review: AI or 'stochastic parrots'?
A.I. is easy to say. But “stochastic parrot" says more. University of Washington linguist Emily Bender on what to call the new chatbots.
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Week in Review: drug enforcement, wildfires, and cash
Bill Radke discusses the week’s news with freelance science journalist Jane C. Hu, Geekwire’s Mike Lewis, and Seattle Times Patrick Malone.
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Words In Review: 'Follow your passions!'
Hey, grads: University of Washington psychology professor Sapna Cheryan explains why following your passions is not enough or why it might send the wrong message.
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Week in Review: Amazon, politics, and mosquitos
Bill Radke discusses the week’s news with political analyst Joni Balter, Puget Sound Business Journal’s Alex Halverson, and KUOW’s David Hyde.
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Words In Review: Is the PNW "weird"? Is anything?
Bill Radke asks what's weird, if so many things are weird. With author and scholar Erik Davis.
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Week in Review: Amazon, trees, and tacos
Guest host Mike Lewis discusses the week’s news with Publicola’s Erica Barnett, Insider’s Katherine Long, and KUOW’s Mike Davis.
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Words In Review: How 'gubernatorial' steered into our language
Bill Radke and UW Classic Prof. Sarah Stroup go to the rocky Mediterranean to learn why we say "governor" but also "gubernatorial"
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Week in Review: drug law, election issues, and A.I.
Bill Radke discusses the week’s news with Axios Melissa Santos, Seattle Times Jonathan Martin, and KUOW’s Dyer Oxley.
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Words In Review: Can the PNW be on 'island time'?
Is "island time" a tropical thing? Or can the PNW be on IT, too?
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Week in Review: Candidates for Governor, the “end” of COVID-19, and right turns on red
Bill Radke discusses the week’s news with political analyst and contributing columnist Joni Balter, Seattle Times Amanda Zhou, and KUOW’s Monica Nickelsburg.
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A linguist hears your complaints about colloquial English: Words In Review
Like, literally.
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Week in Review: Governor Inslee won't seek re-election, pollution, and housing
Bill Radke discusses the week’s news with Insider’s Katherine Long, freelance journalist Joanne Silberner, and KUOW’s Joshua McNichols.