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M. David Lee III

Executive Editor, Cascade Public Media

M. David Lee III

M. David Lee III is Crosscut’s Executive Editor, joining the team in October of 2021. Prior to coming to Crosscut, David lead newsrooms in Santa Maria California, Tallahassee Florida and Green Bay Wisconsin. He’s been in sports and news for 31 years.

Scheduled Appearances

A Third Party

Crosscut Festival 2023
Sat May 6, 2023 | 1:30pm

Andrew Yang ran for presidency on a platform that included universal basic income, ranked-choice voting and automatic voter registration. After dropping out of the presidential race, Yang founded the Forward Party, which aims to bring together people from across the political spectrum. Yang argues the two-party system is broken and that we need a new way to do politics.

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M. David Lee III
Featuring: Andrew Yang, M. David Lee III

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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, The Wall Street Journal, Slate, Pushkin, NPR and PBS; as well as community meetups, meet-and-greets, food trucks, DJs, and more.

The Cascade PBS Ideas Festival will take place May 4, 2024, at the Amazon Meeting Center, 2031 Seventh Ave. Seattle, WA 98121.

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