Culture in the Round
Like all vital nonprofit organizations, the Forum on Life, Culture & Society (FOLCS) was born out of a need for conversation. The FOLCS podcast, “Culture in the Round,” brings FOLCS directly to your ears.
Our Conversations and other Event Series are reminiscent of New York culture as it once was: active, alive, participatory, communal, and super smart. And that’s why we are able to draw such culturally relevant and distinguished guests to our live and virtual stages. They, too, know that FOLCS provides a unique and enriching experience — one that is symbiotic and captivating.
FOLCS goes where the ideas go.
Episodes
Episode 1: Law of the Land 2025 – The Supreme Court Year in Review
It was yet another blockbuster year for the Supreme Court, filled with emergency challenges to many of President Trump’s Executive Orders, testing presidential authority in immigration, deportation, and the slashing of the federal budget. The Term featured cases on voting rights, transgender rights, the regulation of “ghost guns,” parental rights over school curriculum, age verification for internet access, liquid flavored e-cigarettes, Google and Facebook antitrust actions, Mexico’s lawsuit against American gun manufacturers, the storage of nuclear waste, and employment discrimination. FOLCS was joined by Touro constitutional law scholar and professor, Tiffany Graham; Georgetown Law School Dean, William Treanor; Supreme Court advocate and former Deputy Solicitor General of the United States, Neal Katyal, President and CEO of the National Constitution Center, Jeffrey Rosen, and moderated by Touro law professor and legal analyst Thane Rosenbaum. This program was co-produced with 92NY.>