Politics Cascade PBS Ideas Festival | Text Me Back!: A Supreme Court roast Author Lindy West, comedian Guy Branum and democracy expert Meagan Hatcher-Mays raucously skewer our legal system, starting at the top. by Cascade PBS Newsroom Staff / May 12, 2024
Cascade PBS Ideas Festival Tug of War: Covering the Crisis in the Middle East At the Cascade PBS Ideas Festival, CNN’s David Rind and Middle East correspondent Nada Bashir discuss the challenges of covering the crisis in Gaza. May 11, 2024
Politics Advocates say Seattle’s $1.45B transportation tax isn’t enough A coalition is asking to increase the levy to $1.9B for more bike and pedestrian safety measures — which a poll found a majority of voters might support. by Josh Cohen / May 10, 2024
News AI is already impacting the 2024 elections. Experts are nervous. The Atlantic’s Hanna Rosin and Charlie Warzel discuss the dangers of the technology in political spaces, from deepfakes of candidates to robocalls. by Josh Cohen / May 10, 2024
Mossback Mossback’s Northwest: Early WA eco-advocacy captured in color A lost film from the ’50s details a beach hike devised by a U.S. Supreme Court Justice to save a pristine stretch of the Olympic Peninsula coast. by Knute Berger / May 10, 2024
Mossback's Northwest Upon Further Review: The Beach Hike A Supreme Court Justice, an environmental activist, a lost film and a stunt that saved a pristine part of the Northwest. May 10, 2024
News Tensions escalate between UW demonstrators and Charlie Kirk fans After the university refused to move the event farther from the pro-Palestinian encampment, confrontation ensued around the Seattle campus Quad. by Scarlet Hansen / May 8, 2024
Politics Mayor Bruce Harrell talks SCOTUS homelessness case and SPD culture In a Cascade PBS interview, Seattle’s mayor shares how his background shapes his work, from his stance on public safety to his hope for an NBA return. by Paris Jackson / May 8, 2024
Mossback Podcast | How Buffalo Bill shaped the West – and the Western Audiences loved the show, but what he sold as “authentic” was anything but. Knute Berger shares how the myth shaped our idea of the frontier. by Sara Bernard / May 7, 2024
Politics The multimillion-dollar fight over WA’s cap-and-invest program The battle over the carbon pricing system is heating up on both sides, with big-name supporters like Bill Gates and Kraken co-owner Samantha Holloway. by John Stang / May 3, 2024