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Cascade PBS Ideas Festival — 111 episodes

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What's on Seattle's mind? Trump, housing & the high cost of living

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U.S. Rep. Pramila Jayapal shares her joy for food and cooking

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Travel guru Rick Steves on why seeing the world makes it a better place

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Amanda Knox talks wrongful conviction and telling her own story

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Harvard historian discusses brainwashing in the digital age

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Jake Tapper and Alex Thompson defend claims on Biden’s decline

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Six months in, how has Trump’s second term impacted free speech?

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Former U.S. Sen. Jeff Flake on the Past & Future of GOP Politics

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Why Tech Platforms Have Gotten Worse – and What to Do About It

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Al Franken on Trump 2.0, Comedy and What’s Next for Democrats

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“Text Me Back!” Prepares Us for the Election

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Race, Power and Palestine with Ta-Nehisi Coates

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How Artificial Intelligence Could Impact Elections

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Malcolm Gladwell Talks Gun Violence in America

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How Identity Shapes Politics in a Fractured America

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Bridging the Partisan Divide with David Greene

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Unpacking True Crime with Patrick Radden Keefe

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The Past and Future of American Democracy

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Good Economic Data and Bad Economic Feelings

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Laughing at Hollywood and the U.S. Supreme Court

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Reporting on the Crisis in the Middle East

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Welcome Back to the Cascade PBS Ideas Festival

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Marc Summers on Double Dare and His Last Meal

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Psychedelics and Our Mental Health

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Tackling the Biodiversity Crisis

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Solving the World’s Plastics Problem

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Climate Crisis Solutions with Jamie Stroble and Dr. Heidi Roop

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The Powers and Possible Perils of Gene Editing

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Which Metaverse Will Win?

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Big Tech’s Midlife Crisis with Will Oremus

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How ‘Jeopardy!’ Is Changing with Ken Jennings

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How the Forward Party Might Work with Andrew Yang

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Rebooting the Republican Party with Will Hurd

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The Return of the Abortion Underground

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Working to End the Fentanyl Crisis

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Living With Artificial Intelligence with Oren Etzioni

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Inside the Fight for Trans Rights with Danni Askini

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Preparing Kids for Life After High School

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Rep. Adam Smith on the War in Ukraine

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Michael Cohen on the Trump Indictment

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Eric Holder on Trump, the Supreme Court and Voting Rights

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Falling Out of Love With the Supreme Court with Dahlia Lithwick and Michael Waldman

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Michael Barbaro on the New Era of News

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Deepak Chopra’s Prescription for Your Mental Health

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Understanding Death to Understand Life with Andrew Steele and Carl Zimmer

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How to Be Happier with Dr. Laurie Santos

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How Billionaires Are Changing the Space Race with Tim Fernholz and Christian Davenport

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Keeping Arts Alive in an Expensive City During a Persistent Pandemic

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How the Internet Changed Us with Pamela Paul

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Carl Bernstein on the Past and Future of News

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Manipulating Nature to Save It with Elizabeth Kolbert

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The Fight to Save Snake River Salmon with Dr. Helen Neville and Alyssa Macy

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The Politics of Your Dinner Plate with Eddie Hill and Robert Paarlberg

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Bill McKibben on the Future of the Climate Fight

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How the Reversal of ‘Roe v. Wade’ Impacts Washington State

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Safe Water for Everyone with Matt Damon and Gary White

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Ijeoma Oluo on the State of America’s Racial Reckoning

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Work Isn’t Working with Sarah Jaffe and Eyal Press

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Chasing COVID with Trevor Bedford

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Our Healthcare System Is Sick with Vin Gupta and Cassie Sauer

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Introducing the Black Arts Legacies Podcast!

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Are Authoritarians Winning? with Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Rebekah Koffler, Steven Levitsky and David Corn

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A Republican in the City Attorney’s Office with Ann Davison

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Safe and Sound: A Conversation with Seattle Police Chief Adrian Diaz and Community Leaders on Public Safety

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The Fight to End Homelessness with Marc Dones, Karen Salinas and LaMont Green

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The Crisis in Education with Chris Reykdal and Uti Yamassee Hawkins

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The Pursuit of Justice with Bob Ferguson

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The Powers of a Governor with Jay Inslee

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Nikole Hannah-Jones on 1619’s Success, Backlash and Future

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Power, Politics and Partisanship with Robert Gibbs and Rick Wilson

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Ezra Klein on Roe, Ukraine and Hope

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The Full Fauci Interview with Judy Woodruff

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The End of Roe and the Future of Abortion with Dahlia Lithwick

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Looking Back to Look Forward: Reflecting on Seattle’s Evolution

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Are There Socialist Solutions to Seattle’s Problems? with Kshama Sawant

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Election Security and Access in Washington State with Sec. Steve Hobbs

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Introducing the Mossback podcast!

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The Progressive Fight for Build Back Better with Pramila Jayapal

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Fine Dining During the Pandemic with Mark and Brian Canlis and Hsiao-Ching Chou

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Disinformation and Big Tech with Andrew Marantz and Jillian C. York

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The Future of Cities with Richard Florida

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What Racism Costs Us All with Heather McGhee

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The Power and Persistence of BLM with Alicia Garza

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Animals and Us with Michelle Nijhuis and Peter Singer

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The Future of Journalism Now with Emily Ramshaw and Amanda Zamora

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What Broke America? with Michael Kirk and Rajiv Chandrasekaran

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What Biden Is Bringing to the Climate Fight with Leah Stokes, Katharine Wilkinson and Julian Brave NoiseCat

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The State of White Anti-Racism with Robin DiAngelo

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Climate Change and the Future of Outdoor Adventuring with Amy Snover

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How COVID Changed the Arts with Vivian Hua, Tim Lennon and Erin Johnson

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A New Era of Antitrust with Sen. Amy Klobuchar

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Why Black History Matters with Ibram X. Kendi and Keisha N. Blain

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Gun Violence in America with Sen. Chris Murphy

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What White Evangelicals See in Trump with Rev. Rob Schenck, Rev. Lenny Duncan and Dr. Kristin Kobes Du Mez

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The Great Climate Migration with Sonia Shah and Abrahm Lustgarten

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Traveling in a Reopened World with Rick Steves

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Is It Safe to Unmask? with Dr. Umair Shah

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Is This the End of American Exceptionalism? with Robert Gates

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America’s Reckoning on Race with Doug Baldwin and Shaun Scott

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Fixing American Democracy with Elie Mystal and Adam Jentleson

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Getting Red America to Go Green with Sen. Jon Tester

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The Activist’s Approach to Governance with Rep. Pramila Jayapal

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Who Really Won the Civil War? With Heather Cox Richardson

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The Future of the GOP with Ross Douthat and Henry Olsen

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Art in a Year of Unrest with Monyee Chau, Steven Miller and Teddy Phillips

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A Departed Police Chief Looks Back with Carmen Best

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Holding Out Hope in a Time of Crisis with Jane Goodall

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Finding Harm in Health Care with Jen Dev and Edwin Lindo

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How the Pandemic Is Changing Us with Nicholas Christakis

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Finding Unity in a Divided America with Eric Liu