At the 2025 Cascade PBS Ideas Festival, we asked attendees to share their thoughts about what's going on in our city and the nation.

The Cascade PBS newsroom used this year’s Ideas Festival as a chance to engage directly with our audience. A few of our journalists hosted a “Share Your Story” table, encouraging attendees to sit and discuss whatever was on their minds. 

In this bonus episode of the Cascade PBS Ideas Festival podcast, hear directly from festivalgoers on issues affecting the Seattle community. People share their perspectives on the state of housing in the city, the increasing cost of living in the United States and the impact of President Donald Trump’s second term. Plus, hear a little more from Mike Pesca, host of The Gist podcast, on his session about the alleged coverup of Biden’s health decline. 

These conversations were recorded on May 31, 2025. 

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Credits

Host: Paris Jackson

Producers: Sireen Abayazid, Sara Bernard

Live interview producers: Sireen Abayazid, Ryan Famuliner, David Lee

Event producers: Jake Newman, Anne O'Dowd

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