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, 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.
Don't just listen — be part of it. Join us on June 6th at Fremont Studios, Picklr and Hidden Hall in the hear of Seattle's Fremont neighborhood.
The Cascade PBS Ideas Festival offers a program that provides a wide spectrum of viewpoints, experiences and affiliations, and welcomes members of many communities. We are sensitive to the fact that some opinions and conversations may make audience members feel uncomfortable. As a public media organization, we are responsible to act as a neutral mediator. We do not endorse the policies or opinions of our guests. However, we believe that the best way to bridge our divides is to hear from people with whom we might disagree, even vehemently, and to ask each other hard questions.
Adiel Kaplan works for InvestigateWest covering the 2017 Washington Legislature. She has reported locally and internationally on a range of topics, from campus sexual assault to technology, with an em
Editor at Large, Reason Magazine / Debate Moderator, Open to Debate
Co-Host, Radiolab (WNYC)
Host, One Thing, (CNN Audio)
Host, What a Day (Crooked Media)
Host, Good on Paper, (The Atlantic)
Host, The Gist
Co-creator & Host, Criminal (Vox)
Co-Host, On The Media (WNYC)
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