Cascade PBS Ideas Festival
Why Tech Platforms Have Gotten Worse – and What to Do About It
In a live taping of WNYC’s On the Media, author and activist Cory Doctorow argues that tech giants have chased profits at the expense of users.
Paris Jackson
Paris Jackson is the host of The Newsfeed. She’s an Emmy Award-winning journalist who's spent more than 15 years in commercial television and public media.
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The Newsfeed: Northwest Reports outlines WA’s struggle to go green
Washington is known as a leader in environmental conservation, but its goal of creating large-scale green energy projects is not without complications.
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Al Franken on Trump 2.0, Comedy and What’s Next for Democrats
Author, comedian and former U.S. Senator Al Franken has a unique resume. One of the original writers on Saturday Night Live, he won five Emmys, wrote several comedic books on politics and represented Minnesota as a U.S. Senator from 2009 to 2018.
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Missed the Cascade PBS Ideas Festival? Listen here
Well, that’s a wrap! The 2025 Cascade PBS Ideas Festival took place in downtown Seattle on May 31. But the event’s thoughtful conversations, lively debates and incisive commentary are all coming soon to your podcast feeds.
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The Newsfeed: La Resistencia monitors King County deportations
For months, the Cascade PBS Investigations team has been following a volunteer group who independently track flights transporting ICE detainees.