EP 1: Conversation With Steven Cash

Hello, this is your host, Kimberly Williams Brown, for the 'What is Engaged Pluralism?' podcast. In today's episode, we wanted to foreground what you're about to hear so that you can decide for yourself whether or not you listen. You will hear details about an incident that occurred around Steven Cash's (Class of 1984) visit to campus on February 5, 2026. We release this episode with deep humility and deep understanding that not all people will agree with our decision to release it. As evidenced by our release of the episode two months after the recording, we have thought long and hard about the benefits and the costs of releasing this episode. We're leaning into what we see are the benefits of a conversation that is nicely complemented by the other episodes in the series. Our hope is that our audience will learn from and question/critique Stephen's role in the federal government and his move to sound the alarm about where our democracy is currently headed. That was the intent of his February 5th talk, and we capture that sentiment in the recording on February 6th. Thank you for listening.