TCG Events of the last 12 months:
U.S. Politics:
“Rising Leaders:”
New York Governor Kathy Hochul with Patricia Duff
Mayor Eric Adams with Tom Allon
New York State Attorney General Letitia James with moderator Kimberly Atkins Stohr.
Congresswoman Abigail Spanberger with Honorary Advisory Board Member Jane Harman
Congresswoman Chrissy Houlahan with Kay Koplovitz founder
NY District Attorney Alvin Bragg with City & State Publisher, Tom Allon
“President Joe BIden: Year One:” with David Gergen, former presidential advisor, Ron Brownstein, political analyst from CNN and the Atlantic; Tara Setmayer, former GOP communications director, and moderator Molly Ball, Time magazine’s national political correspondent, discuss President Joe Biden's first year in office.
“2022 Midterm Election Panel” wIth eminent political strategists and analysts, Rachel Bitecofer, election analyst, Charlie Cook, Cook Report founder/pollster, and Matthew Dowd, former presidential campaign advisor, moderated by John Harwood, former White House and CNBC correspondent.
“The American Political Landscape: What Happened to the Center?” with Third Way president Matt Bennett, and William A. Galston, Wall Street Journal columnist and author in the fields of political theory, public policy, and American politics, moderated by Tom Rogers, Executive Chairman at Engine Gaming & Media / Chairman and CEO of Target Media
“The Impact of Gen Z” with John Della Volpe, Director of Polling at Harvard Kennedy School Institute of Politics, with young leaders, Santiago Mayer and Jing-Jing Shen.
“Lessons from a Political Insider:” Huma Abedin with Alan Patricof, sharing the experiences and lessons of an insider in the world of politics and policy.
Threats to Democracy:
“January 6 Attack on the Capital One Year Later” with Congressman Adam Schiff, Congresswoman Madeleine Dean, former Congresswoman Jane Harman
“Saving Democracy”: Renowned expert on democracy on Yascha Mounk moderated by Richard Wolffe, journalist and political analyst for MSNBC.t.
“Cancel Culture and Free Speech” with PEN America Director Suzanne Nossel, author, human rights and labor rights lawyer Daniel Kovalik, and lawyer and former federal prosecutor who now publishes Original Jurisdiction, David Lat with Tim Miller an MSNBC analyst, writer-at-large at The Bulwark, and the host of “Not My Party” on Snapchat as moderator on in the US
“The Future of News in a Post-Truth World” with former Congressman David Jolly, former Dean of Harvard Law School Martha Minow, and former Chairman of the FCC Newton Minow. Moderated by Rick Salomon.
Supreme Court:
“The Future of Roe v Wade” with State Senator Wendy Davis moderated by Kimberly Atkins Stohr, Attorney/journalist and senior opinion writer at The Boston Globe and MSNBC contributor.
“The New Supreme Court Impact”: Jeffrey Toobin, the chief legal analyst for CNN and has also worked at the New Yorker, Jennifer Rubin lawyer, author, political commentator and columnist for the Washington Post, and Kimberly Atkins Stohr, lawyer and senior opinion writer at The Boston Globe. Stohr is also an MSNBC contributor.n the impact of the new Supreme Court after its major change in direction.
“After Roe”: With renowned feminist activist, film producer, and attorney Brenda Feigen, Dr. co-founder of Global Doctors for Choice Wendy Chavkin, writer and teacher on contracts, family law, the legal profession, and law and gender Carol Sanger, Co-Executive Director of Trust Women Rebecca Tong on the impact of overturning Roe as states begin to ban abortion after the Dobbs decision
Foreign Affairs:
Screening “Navalny” - Alec Baldwin, and the family of Russian dissident Alexey Navalny, screening & reception on Navalny’s struggle to win the vote against Vladimir Putin with director Daniel Rohrer.
Screening -”Freedom on Fire: Ukraine’s Fight for Freedom” Directed by the Academy Award-nominated Evgeny Afineevsky
Lt. Col (ret.) Alexander Vindman, Moderated by Chess Grandmaster Garry Kasparov. Alexander Vindman's journey from immigrant to White House advisor on national security who was called to testify about possible improprieties in aid to Ukraine by the president.
“Lessons in Diplomacy” with two incredible practitioners, Ambassadors Martin S. Indyk and Robert Hormats, and examining the lessons in strategy employed by Henry Kissinger.
Dr. Fiona Hill, Russia expert and national security advisor, on recent “Developments with Russia, Kazakhstan, and Ukraine” as well as her excellent book There’s Nothing For You Here, with moderator Mary Boies, a leader with major roles in law, business, NGOs, and government.
Kati Marton, a Hungarian-American author and journalist, on the “Legacy and impact of Germany’s Chancellor”, Angela Merkel, with Ambassador John Emerson, former US Ambassador to Germany.
Secretary Jeh Johnson, former Secretary of Homeland Security, and Mike Morell, former acting Director of the CIA on “The national security import of the documents found at Mar-a-Lago”.
Economy/Markets
“EconomicForecast 2022” with Byron Wien, Vice Chairman of Blackstone, and Joe Zidle, Managing Director and Chief Investment Strategist at Blackstone, with Anthony Scaramucci returning for an important conversation on the economy, the markets, and political and international events.
“The Federal Reserve, Inflation, & the Economy”, with Alan Blinder, former vice chair of the Federal Reserve, on the Federal Reserve’s new monetary policy, interest rate hikes, and likely impact on the economy and inflation.
Alan Patricof, the legendary venture capitalist on his success in business and in life with one of the pioneers of the venture capital and private equity industries. In 1977 he founded Apax Partners, one of the world’s largest private equity firms, before leaving In 2006 to start Greycroft Partners, one of the leaders in capital investments, and now heads up PrimeTime Partners.
