Crosscut Festival 2024
About the Festival
The Cascade PBS Ideas Festival brings together journalists, newsmakers, and innovators from around the country to talk about the issues that are animating our cultural conversations. The festival includes live recordings of television and podcasts from The Atlantic, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, Vox, Slate, Pushkin, NPR and PBS; as well as community meetups, meet-and-greets, food trucks, DJs, and more.
2024 Speakers (more to be announced)
Ta-Nehisi Coates
Malcolm Gladwell
Heather Cox Richardson
Lindy West
David Hogg
Nada Bashir
Hanna Rosin
Mo Elleithee
Dr. Jason Johnson
Elahe Izadi
David Greene
Martine Powers
Sarah Isgur
Guy Branum
Vinson Cunningham
David Rind
Meagan Hatcher-Mays
Alexandra Schwartz
Celeste Headlee
Naomi Fry
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Festival Programming
The Cascade PBS Ideas Festival aims to foster open and respectful dialogue about important issues. It’s the mission of the Cascade PBS Ideas Festival to offer 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. When participating in these events, we require that our guests and our audience do so according to our code of conduct. We welcome input and ideas from our community. Let us know what speakers or topics we should consider for the next Cascade PBS Ideas Festival.
Highlights
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