DOJ deploys tactic to strip naturalized Americans of citizenship
Adam Schiff
U.S. Senator Adam Schiff was first elected to the U.S. Senate in 2024, after two decades of service in the House of Representatives. He serves on the Agriculture, Judiciary, Small Business and Environment and Public Works Committees, and is a member of the Senate National Security Working Group.
SCHEDULED APPEARANCES
How Trump's construction projects are changing Washington and costing taxpayers
Palestinian American family recounts siege of West Bank home by Israeli settlers
'Act of terror': U.S. condemns Israeli settler siege of Palestinian homes in West Bank
News Wrap: Earthquake death toll in Colombia tops 260
Teacher empowers her students to see themselves as art
Baby elephant at National Zoo helps lead fight against deadly disease
Trump administration ends funding for Arctic climate report
August 13, 2026 - PBS News Hour full episode
Ghost in the Machine reveals AI’s troubled history and present-day impacts.
Denver Taiko performs traditional Japanese drumming. This year, the group turns 50.
Michael Powell discusses harm reduction policies for drug users.
Theresa May; Angélique Kidjo; Michael Powell
A look at Spain's plan to give undocumented migrants legal status
News Wrap: Trump confirms he was secretly whisked away from Air Force One in Turkey
Sam Roberts and Geoff Bennett discuss the art of obituary writing on 'Settle In'
Andrew Bird takes eclectic compositions to symphony stages
Federal judges describe violent threats amid 'dehumanizing attacks' from political leaders
Democratic and Republican strategists on the direction of both parties
Latest primaries yield mixed results for moderate and progressive Democrats
August 12, 2026 - PBS News Hour full episode
Everyone has their own ideal road trip music, but what makes a song perfect to drive along to?
Homo sapiens weren't alone. Discover the lost human species that once shared our world.
Watch Carlos Vives y La Provincia on Austin City Limits
Anne Hathaway & Tom Holland talk to Patrick Stoner.
Evan Osnos discusses the race between China and the U.S.
Jeff Goodell; Madhumita Murgia; Refik Anadol; Evan Osnos
News Wrap: Syria sentences Bashar al-Assad to death in absentia
Search for earthquake survivors in Colombia enters critical phase
How a catering truck helped Trump secretly switch planes amid threat from Iran
Top adviser to Iran's Revolutionary Guard leader sits down for rare interview
The effectiveness and cost of the National Guard deployment in D.C.
Credit card debt surges in U.S. as high interest rates make it harder to pay off
What to know as your driver's license gets a digital upgrade
The first saber-teeth and tusks evolve in the Late Permian and our ancestors, the cynodonts, appear.
August 11, 2026 - PBS News Hour full episode
Marble Hall Murders premieres Sunday, September 6, 2026, 9/8c only on MASTERPIECE on PBS.
Yule marble from Colorado shaped the Lincoln Memorial—and a town’s story.
Could aging compound the effects of cannabis?
Cellist Leland Ko shares the impact his teachers have had on him on his musical journey.
Vicente Fernández's historic farewell concert from April 16, 2016, in Mexico City's Estadio Azteca.
Get to know the cast including who laughs the most, who loves birds, and more fun behind the scenes.
Hannah Critchfield discusses ICE's patrolling of social media.
Steve Cohen; Brad Setser; Hannah Critchfield
News Wrap: Trump signs order calling for MMR vaccine split into 3 shots
Iran demands U.S. pay for war damage before agreeing to reopen Strait of Hormuz
7.4-magnitude earthquake rocks Colombia, crumbling homes and buildings
State voting officials join CISA security call with election 85 days away
What Meta's new open-source AI model means for the future of artificial intelligence
Tamara Keith and Amy Walter on the energy behind outsider candidates
Family of Marine veteran imprisoned in Russia warns he's near death
Danube's critically low level reveals relics from the past
How pop culture and social media are changing how people talk
August 10, 2026 - PBS News Hour full episode
A resident of Salt Lake City’s former Japantown neighborhood fights to restore its cultural legacy.
Michael Spyres and Lise Davidsen, as the title characters, sing an excerpt from Act II.
Young performers find their voices and we revisit Nat Tuner's last days. Eastern Shore artists!
The relocation of jaguars is part of an attempt to rewild the Iberá Wetlands of Argentina.
Extreme heat is the deadliest climate issue, and scientists struggle to cool things off.
A PBS show inspired a career transition from working with nuclear weapons to studying beavers.
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Ideas Festival

CASCADE PBS IDEAS FESTIVAL
The Cascade PBS Ideas Festival is a full-day celebration of big ideas and bold conversations in Seattle's historic Fremont neighborhood. The event brings together live podcast recordings and television tapings from major media outlets across the country. Thousands of PBS supporters, curious minds, and emerging thought leaders have enjoyed hundreds of engaging sessions featuring politicians from across the aisle, celebrated authors, and iconic figures. Now in its ninth year, the Ideas Festival has become a can't-miss annual event where people come together to explore the issues shaping our world.



PODCASTS & TELEVISION
Each year, some of the most celebrated voices in podcasting and media make their way to Seattle to record live at the festival — productions from The Atlantic, The New Yorker, NPR, PBS, CNN, Vox, The Wall Street Journal, Slate, Pushkin, Spotify, and beyond. The festival has welcomed live editions of Fresh Air, Radiolab, Revisionist History, Criminal, On the Media, The Political Scene, What a Day, The Gist, Amicus, The Weeds, Open to Debate, Decoder, Radio Atlantic, One Thing, Text Me Back, The Journal, Critics at Large, A Word, Good on Paper, Seattle Now, Your Last Meal, What Next, and more



SPEAKERS
The Cascade PBS Ideas Festival has hosted hundreds of speakers such as Jane Goodall, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Malcolm Gladwell, Nancy Pelosi, Macklemore, Judy Woodruff, Nikole Hannah-Jones, Jeff Flake, Ibram X. Kendi, Amy Klobuchar, Anthony Fauci, Monica Lewinsky, Robby Hoffman, Eddie Galude Jr., Laverne Cox, Adam Schiff, Jon Tester, Jake Tapper, Ross Douthat, Al Franken, Tonya Mosley, Eric Holder, Michael Barbaro, Carl Bernstein, Ezra Klein, Amanda Knox, Matt Damon, Dahlia Lithwick, Heather Cox Richardson, Robert Gates, Andrew Yang, and Governor Christine Todd Whitman.



MORE TO DO
Beyond the stage, the festival offers a full day of discovery. Elliott Bay Book Company sets up a pop-up bookstore stocked with titles from every speaker, and a dedicated Q&A Corner gives attendees the chance to continue the conversation one-on-one after each session. After Show Meetups invite guests to connect, and find community with fellow attendees. Food trucks, interactive installations, a happy hour, music and a live DJ round out the experience — making the Ideas Festival as much a celebration as it is a conversation.



CONNECT WITH US
Interested in learning more? Reach us at events@cascadepbs.org
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Ryan Singel
Adiel Kaplan
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.
Nick Gillespie
Editor at Large, Reason Magazine / Debate Moderator, Open to Debate
Latif Nasser
Co-Host, Radiolab (WNYC)
Jane Coaston
Host, What a Day (Crooked Media)