Monica Lewinsky is an activist, writer, producer, and public speaker focused on public shaming, cyberbullying, and resilience. She hosts Reclaiming, named one of Rolling Stone’s “Top 10 New Podcasts of 2025” and among The Guardian’s best of 2025. Her producing credits include Impeachment: American Crime Story, 15 Minutes of Shame, and The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox, extending her advocacy through storytelling.
Reclaiming with Monica Lewinsky is all about unexpected, wide-ranging conversations on what it means to reclaim what’s been lost. Through honest chats with notable guests and everyday people, it explores the messy ways we find our way back—with humor and a few tangents along the way.
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The Cascade PBS Ideas Festival is a full-day event featuring live podcast recordings and studio television tapings by The Atlantic, NPR, The New Yorker, CNN, PBS, Wondery, Pushkin, and more. Watch live as journalists, newsmakers, and thought leaders from around the world discuss the biggest issues of our time. Plus, community meetups, speaker meet-and-greets, micro-sessions, food trucks, DJs, and artists. Join us on June 6th at Fremont Studios, The Picklr and Hidden Hall in the heart of Seattle's Fremont neighborhood.
The Cascade PBS Ideas Festival offers a program that provides a spectrum of viewpoints, experiences and affiliations, and welcomes members of many communities. As a public media organization, we are responsible to act as a neutral mediator. We believe that the best way to bridge our divides is to hear from people with whom we might disagree, and to ask each other hard questions.
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Speaker Emerita, United States Congress
Author, Chain of Ideas: The Origins of Our Authoritarian Age
Activist, Writer, Producer
Co-Host Fresh Air / Creator and Host of Truth Be Told
U.S. Senator, California
Host, Seattle Now / KUOW
Host, Radio Atlantic
Host, The Political Scene
Editor-at-Large, The Verge
Paris Jackson is the host of Cascade PBS's The Newsfeed.
Editor-in-Chief, The Verge
CNN Podcasts Host / Host of CNN Podcasts' "One Thing"
Writer and Host, First America
Author, Citizenship Notes on an American Myth
Senior Correspondent, Radiolab Co-Host
