Live Watch Party at The Argyros
While both our Full Conference Passes and Special Series Pavilion Passes have sold out, there are still more ways to participate in SVWC 2025! Come join our Live Watch Party in downtown Ketchum July 19-21—we will broadcast select content directly to the theater screen at The Argyros. Passes are $25 per day. Click below to buy now or go to svwc.com/watchparty for the schedule of speakers.
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Rachel Eliza Griffiths

Sloane Crosley

Vivek H. Murthy, MD

Evan Osnos

Oren Cass

Griffin Dunne

Doris Kearns Goodwin

Todd S. Purdum

Dan Jones

Ocean Vuong

Claire Keegan

Safiya Sinclair

The Improvised Shakespeare Company

Abraham Verghese

Edward Luce

Meenakshi Ahamed

Ruth Reichl

Paola Ramos

Clara Bingham

Erling Kagge

Yael van der Wouden

Nayantara Roy

Jonathan Blitzer

Sonia Purnell

Theodore H. Schwartz

Andre Dubus III

Max Boot

Admiral James Stavridis

Carl Hiaasen

Liz Moore

Wright Thompson

Colum McCann
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It is one of SVWC’s foremost goals to make the Conference and its content as accessible as possible, especially to students, teachers, and our local community. We have opened our doors each year, both virtually and in-person, with free Pavilion lawn talks, free livestreaming, free talks at The Community Library, as well as free online audio and video recordings (including our very own podcast) in our digital media library. This year, we are also offering Special Series Pavilion Passes and a Live Watch Party in downtown Ketchum. We invite you to join in and get inspired. For all the ways you can get involved for free, visit svwc.com/free.
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We want to welcome in our local community to watch as much SVWC content as possible, which is why we have opened up select Pavilion Talks for FREE seating on the Sun Valley Pavilion Lawn again in 2025! Bring a picnic, blanket, and low-back chair and join us July 20-21 to hear from some of our country’s most inspiring minds. Select presentations will be broadcast live to the large jumbotron on the Pavilion lawn. Seating is available on a first-come, first-served basis—no ticketing or registration is required. You can browse our Bookstore Tent to purchase books by each author and join us for book signings following the talk.
We recommend signing up for our email newsletter (svwc.com/subscribe) to receive important updates and information about these events. For a complete schedule and more details, visit svwc.com/free-lawn-talks.
From 9/11 (Let the Great World Spin) to war and peace both in Ireland (TransAtlantic) and Israel/Palestine (Apeirogon), COLUM McCANN (@colummccann.author) has sought ways to channel the biggest stories of our age into resonant, elliptical, poetic works of fiction. His latest novel tells the story of a journalist sent to report on the complex work of repairing underwater cables that carry the world’s information. Dazzling on every level, human and technological, it is McCann at his best, finding beauty and mystery on the front lines of danger. Few novelists pay such close attention to the“stories of our times” as McCann, who will be in conversation with JEFFREY BROWN of the PBS NewsHour.
This talk will be available for free lawn seating! The Special Series Pavilion Pass to view this talk inside the Sun Valley Pavilion has sold out, but it may be viewable via free livestreaming and/or at the Live Watch Party (pending author permissions). Learn more at svwc.com/free and subscribe for updates at svwc.com/subscribe.
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– Rebecca Donner, SVWC 2022 Presenter