An update on this year's memorable stories
Bill Radke finds out what happened to the family with the decomposing whale in their backyard. We also hear about who's choosing to compost their dead bodies, and what's happening with the Washington Independents.
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Katrina Spade, Recompose
Bill Radke talks to the founder and CEO of Recompose, Katrina Spade. This year, the Washington state legislature approved human composting, starting in May 2020.
What happened to the decomposing whale?
Bill Radke talks to Mario Rivera. Earlier this summer, Mario and his partner offered to host a decomposing gray whale in their backyard. He tells us what's happened since then (and when the smells went away).
What happened to Washington Independents?
Bill Radke talks to Chris Vance, former Chair of the state GOP and former co-founder of the Washington Independents PAC. The PAC shut down earlier this year. So what happens now for centrists?
Jonathan Kumar and Michael McCollugh, Samaritan
Bill Radke talks to Jonathan Kumar, founder of the Samaritan app that allows you to give a person experiencing homelessness money, as you walk by on the street. Michael McCollugh used to be homeless and used the app. We first spoke to Kumar four years ago, and hear what's happened since.
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Bill Radke
Host
Bill hosts Week In Review and Words in Review. After starting with KUOW as a University of Washington student in 1985, Bill was KUOW's morning host in the '90s and the creator of past show, Rewind, a news-satire show heard on KUOW and nationwide on NPR. Bill moved away to Southern California to host American Public Media's Weekend America and Marketplace Morning Report and returned to KUOW in 2012.
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