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Open to Debate is the nation’s leading nonpartisan, nonprofit media platform dedicated to bringing together people of multiple viewpoints for civil discourse. The Open to Debate podcast features weekly debates that cover a variety of pressing topics—from politics to culture, and everything in between
Native people have been written out of the American story. Without us, you don’t know what happened. As our country celebrates the 250-year anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, First America will tell the true story of how the United States came to be. And how our current political
Seattle Now is KUOW's flagship daily news podcast. Seattle Now brings you quick headlines, smart analysis, and award-winning local news. New episodes every weekday morning and afternoon. Start and end your day with Seattle Now, from KUOW and the NPR Network.
If you’re interested in unexpected conversations that go uncharted places, are remotely self-aware and like to laugh, then please join me as I continue to find my public voice on Reclaiming with Monica Lewinsky. (That’s me.) I will have honest, wide-ranging interviews with all kinds of people – recognizable
The Vergecast is the flagship podcast from The Verge about small gadgets, Big Tech, and everything in between. Every Friday, hosts Nilay Patel and David Pierce hang out and make sense of the week’s most important technology news. And every Tuesday, David leads a selection of The Verge’s
You’ve been overwhelmed with headlines all week – what's worth a closer look? One Thing takes you beyond the headlines and helps make sense of what everyone is talking about. Host David Rind talks to experts, reporters on the front lines and the real people impacted by the
Radiolab is on a curiosity bender. We ask deep questions and use investigative journalism to get the answers. A given episode might whirl you through science, legal history, and into the home of someone halfway across the world. The show is known for innovative sound design, smashing information into music.
Fresh Air from WHYY, the Peabody Award-winning weekday magazine of contemporary arts and issues, is one of public radio's most popular programs. Hosted by Terry Gross and Tonya Mosley, the show features intimate conversations with today's biggest luminaries.
The New Yorker's writers and editors reporting, insight, and analysis of the most pressing political issues of our time.
The Atlantic has long been known as an ideas-driven magazine. Now we’re bringing that same ethos to audio. Like the magazine, the show will “road test” the big ideas that both drive the news and shape our culture. Through conversations—and sometimes sharp debates—with the most insightful thinkers
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The Cascade PBS Ideas Festival is a full-day event in Seattle, featuring live podcasts and studio television recordings. Journalists, newsmakers, and thought leaders from around the world take on hot topics making news and the biggest issues of our time.
Join us on June 6th at our new locations in the historic Fremont Neighborhood- including Fremont Studios, PICKLR, and Hidden Hall. The first round of speakers and podcasts will be announced on April 6th. Cascade PBS members get an early release on April 2nd.
Podcasts from around the country come to Seattle to record live sessions that are recorded for broadcast and streaming on Cascade PBS; including publications like The Atlantic, The New Yorker, Vox, CNN, Pushkin, NPR, Cascade PBS, and more.
Watch conversations on Cascade PBS Ideas Festival ON DEMAND. Listen to full length podcast editions of all festival conversations HERE.
The Cascade PBS Ideas Festival has hosted hundreds of speakers such as Jane Goodall, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Malcolm Gladwell, Speaker Emeritus Nancy Pelosi, Macklemore, Judy Woodruff, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Senator Jeff Flake, Senator Amy Klobuchar, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Senator Jon Tester, Jake Tapper, Ross Douthat, Al Franken, Attorney General Eric Holder, Michael Barbaro, Carl Bernstein, Ezra Klein, Amanda Knox, Matt Damon, Dahlia Lithwick, Heather Cox Richardson, Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, and Governor Christine Todd Whitman.
In addition to the live podcasts and television taping, Elliott Bay Book Company hosts a pop up bookstore with all the speaker books available. Attendees can meet the speakers in a Q&A Corner after each session, or share thoughts and make community with fellow attendees at After Show Meetups. There are also food trucks, interactive installations, a happy hour and live DJ.
Interested in learning more? Reach us at events@cascadepbs.org
