Soho Forum Debate: Zephyr Teachout vs. John Ketcham

Thu Apr 23 2026 at 06:30 pm to 08:00 pm UTC-04:00

The Sheen Center | New York

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Soho Forum Debate: Zephyr Teachout vs. John Ketcham
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For the affirmative:

Zephyr Teachout is an attorney and professor of law at Fordham Law School, where she focuses on the intersection of corporate power and political power. She is the author of two books, Break 'Em Up: Recovering Our Freedom from Big Ag, Big Tech, and Big Money and Corruption in America: From Benjamin Franklin's Snuff Box to Citizens United. She also served as special advisor and senior counsel for economic justice at the New York Attorney General's Office.


For the negative:

John Ketcham is director of cities and a legal policy fellow at the Manhattan Institute. His areas of expertise include housing, local elections, infrastructure, and parental rights, particularly in New York City and State. His writings have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, The American Mind, the New York Daily News, the New York Post, Newsweek, and City Journal


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Agenda

🕑: 06:00 PM
Doors open
Host: The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture
🕑: 06:30 PM
Meeting convenes
Host: The Sheen Center for Thought & Culture
🕑: 08:00 PM
Reception
Host: Gene Epstein & Hisako Kobayashi's Apartment

Info: Food and drink are included with a Reception ticket.

Please note: to attend the reception, you must purchase a Debate + Reception ticket.


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Event Venue & Nearby Stays

The Sheen Center, 18 Bleecker Street, New York, United States

Tickets

USD 12.00 to USD 34.00

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