Socrates in the City

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05.22.2024
Louis Markos: Myth Made Fact: Reading Greek and Roman Mythology through Christian Eyes
English Professor at Houston Baptist University, Louis Markos, returns for a second conversation with Socrates in the City’s Eric Metaxas. For this entertaining Studio conversation, the duo illustrate how ancient myths point to Christ, discussing C.S. Lewis, Pandora’s Box, Genesis,...
05.22.2024
Louis Markos: From Plato to Christ: How Platonic Thought Shaped the Christian Faith
Louis Markos, English Professor at Houston Baptist University, joins host Eric Metaxas for a fascinating conversation on how the work of Plato — Socrates’s student and Aristotle’s teacher — has shaped the Christian faith. In this lively discussion, the two look...
05.22.2024
John Zmirak: No Second Amendment, No First
The Stream’s John Zmirak and host Eric Metaxas sit down to discuss Zmirak’s new book: No Second Amendment, No First. No Second Amendment, No First is nothing less an urgent call for moral clarity, and a full-throated reminder of what is at...
05.17.2024
Andrew Klavan: The Truth and Beauty Part Two
Writer and cultural commentator Andrew Klavan returns for an in-depth conversation with host Eric Metaxas on his nonfiction book, The Truth and Beauty. The two discuss the Romantic’s response to the collapse of European thought and belief and what that...
05.17.2024
Hadley Arkes: Mere Natural Law
Is there a “law” hidden beneath the written law? Hadley Arkes, professor of law for nearly fifty years, and host Eric Metaxas sit down to discuss how the framers of the Constitution regarded the “self-evident” truths of the Natural Law...
05.16.2024
Margarita Mooney Clayton: The Wounds of Beauty
What does truth have to do with beauty, and what does beauty have to do with goodness? Princeton Theological Seminary’s Margarita Mooney Clayton and host Eric Metaxas sit down to discuss the meaning of beauty as defined by figures such...
05.15.2024
Scott Atlas: The Fight to Stop COVID-19 from Destroying America
Medical doctor, public health policy expert, and senior fellow at Stanford University’s Hoover Institute Dr. Scott Atlas joins host Eric Metaxas to share details from his time on the White House’s COVID-19 Task Force.
05.09.2024
Anthony Bradley: Heroic Fraternities
Dr. Anthony Bradley and host Eric Metaxas discuss the unique position of fraternities to provide men with support, friendship, and mentors, and create opportunities for heroism and hope in an age of anxiety and socioeconomic change. To watch the full...
05.09.2024
Heather Mac Donald: When Race Trumps Merit
Public intellectual and author Heather Mac Donald and host Eric Metaxas discuss ideologies that are infecting Western institutions. The two argue that lowering standards in the name of inclusion leads to mediocrity, and worse, and offer some solutions. For the...
05.07.2024
James O’Keefe: American Muckraker: Rethinking Journalism for the 21st Century
Socrates in the City host Eric Metaxas sits down with investigative journalist James O’Keefe and founder of O’Keefe Media Group, for a conversation on the cost of truth telling. The two discuss many things including the history of whistleblowing, why...
05.07.2024
Dr. John West: C. S. Lewis and Scientism
Beloved for the Chronicles of Narnia and his books of Christian apologetics, C.S. Lewis was also was a prophetic critic of the growing power of scientism in modern society, the misguided effort to apply science to areas outside its proper...
05.01.2024
Dennis Prager: Israel’s Place in the World
It was on October 7, 2023 when Hamas terrorists brutalized Israelis in the deadliest attack since the Holocaust. The whole world watched in horror as millions tried to process what took place and why. Socrates in the City host Eric...
04.29.2024
Steven Collins: Discovering the City of Sodom
The stunning details of the discovery of biblical Sodom, including the moment archeologist Dr. Steven Collins first kneeled at the site to finding Trinitite-like glass to unearthing the gates where Lot sat, is full of dramatic twists and turns. This...
08.03.2023
Charlie Duke: The Apollo 16 Moon Landing
On the eve of his 59th wedding anniversary, the tenth man to walk on the Moon, astronaut Charlie Duke is interviewed by Eric Metaxas for a special Socrates in the City event commemorating the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 16...
08.03.2023
David Berlinski: Human Nature
A conversation between David Berlinski and Socrates in the City host Eric Metaxas regarding Dr. Berlinski’s recent book “Human Nature.” This event took place at the Union League Club in New York City in November 2022. Learn more about Socrates...
08.03.2023
James Tour: How Did Life Come into Being?
A conversation between Dr. James Tour and Socrates in the City host Eric Metaxas on the topic “How Did Life Come into Being?” This event took place at the River Oaks Country Club in Houston, Texas in October 2022. Learn...
08.03.2023
Eugenia Constantinou: The Crucifixion of the King of Glory
A conversation between Eugenia Constantinou and Socrates in the City host Eric Metaxas regarding Ms. Constantinou’s recent book: “The Crucifixion of the King of Glory.” This event took place at the Union League Club in New York City on February...
08.03.2023
Os Guinness: The Magna Carta of Humanity
Os Guinness and Socrates in the City host Eric Metaxas discuss Mr. Guinness’ recent books: “The Magna Carta of Humanity” and “Zero Dark America.” This event took place at the Union League Club in New York City on December 6th,...
06.27.2023
Michael Medved: God’s Hand on America
From the Battle of Brooklyn in 1776, to the California Gold Rush, to the Guano Islands Act of 1856, Socrates in the City guest Michael Medved and host Eric Metaxas discuss the idea that America’s existence and expansion has been...
06.01.2023
Yeonmi Park: While Time Remains
North Korean defector Yeonmi Park joins Socrates in the City host Eric Metaxas to discuss her latest book WHILE TIME REMAINS. In this uniquely sobering SITC interview, Ms. Park details her early years: foraging for plants and eating bugs to...
05.16.2023
Andrew Klavan: The Truth and Beauty
A conversation between esteemed author Andrew Klavan and Socrates in the City host Eric Metaxas regarding Mr. Klavan’s recent book, The Truth and Beauty: How the Lives and Works of England’s Greatest Poets Point the Way to a Deeper Understanding...
07.08.2022
Stephen Meyer: The Return of the God Hypothesis
Eric Metaxas interviews Stephen C. Meyer on the scientific evidence for the existence of God as outlined in Dr. Meyer’s book THE RETURN OF THE GOD HYPOTHESIS. Their conversation explores evidence from cosmology, showing that the material universe had a...
09.11.2020
Baroness Caroline Cox: The Threat to the West's Cultural and Political Heritage
From the Socrates in the City archives: Baroness Caroline Cox sits in the British House of Lords as a crossbencher and is a frequent contributor to Lords debates on Sudan, South Sudan, Syria, Nigeria, and Burma. At this 2011 event...
07.10.2020
Not for Sale and Amazing Grace
Eric Metaxas takes the role of panelist, joining professor and journalist David Batstone in talking about the issue of slavery with guest-host Scot Sherman. Metaxas discusses his hero William Wilberforce, whose story he tells in the bestseller AMAZING GRACE: WILLIAM...
06.18.2020
Jonathan Aitken: Ruin, Rehabilitation and Redemption
Famed former British Cabinet Minister and Member of Parliament Jonathan Aitken examines the concepts of “Ruin, Rehabilitation, and Redemption” in the lives of Richard Nixon and Charles Colson, with an astonishing twist — that of his own experience with ruin,...
05.29.2020
William Hurlbut: The Science and Politics of Stem Cells: Is There a Way Forward?
Distinguished Fellow of The Center for Bioethics, physician, and Consulting Professor in the Department of Neurobiology at Stanford University Medical Center William Hurlbut explores how dramatic advances in molecular biology and human biology have resulted in inquiry that raises questions about...
05.14.2020
Dana Gioia: Can Poetry Matter?
Former California Poet laureate and Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts Dana Gioia diffuses the widely-held notion that poetry is a sophisticated, intellectual art for the elite. Mr. Gioia offers a personal and accessible look at how art...
05.01.2020
Sir John Polkinghorne: Belief in God in an Age of Science
Host Eric Metaxas welcomes British theoretical physicist Sir John Polkinghorne to this 2003 Socrates in the City event in New York City. Sir Polkinghorne presents on themes from his book BELIEF IN GOD IN AN AGE OF SCIENCE, discussing the...
04.17.2020
Jean Bethke Elshtain: Who Gets The Final Say: God, Government or Me?
The eminent political philosopher Jean Bethke Elshtain examines the origins and meanings of “sovereignty” as it relates to all the ways we attempt to explain our world: God, state, and self. This 2010 lecture, hosted by Eric Metaxas, ends with...
04.09.2020
Peter Kreeft: Making Sense Out of Suffering
Boston College Professor of Philosophy Peter Kreeft explores the ages-old question of “Why?” from a philosophical perspective, touching on themes from his book, MAKING SENSE OUT OF SUFFERING, in a lecture given in New York City in January 2003.
04.03.2020
Sir John Polkinghorne: Can a Scientist Pray?
British theoretical physicist Sir John Polkinghorne examines how scientific discoveries of the 20th century, particularly quantum theory and chaos theory, disrupted the “clockwork universe” view of the world that prevailed for about 200 years after Newton. Polkinghorne explores how a...
03.27.2020
Cal Thomas and Bob Beckel: Common Sense Solutions for a Stronger America
Eric Metaxas hosts an interview with two guests: columnist Cal Thomas and political pundit Bob Beckel are political adversaries—AND good friends. Be prepared for surprisingly poignant moments amidst lively banter in a conversation centered around Thomas’s book, WHAT WORKS: COMMON...
03.18.2020
Sir Roger Scruton: The New Atheism
The legendary Roger Scruton explores the ideas, perspectives, and implications of the “New Atheism” at this New York City Socrates in the City event hosted by Eric Metaxas in 2008.
03.06.2020
Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks: The Home We Build Together
British Orthodox rabbi, theologian, and author Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks presents the case that multicultural British society requires a new approach to national identity, arguing that responsibility — specifically building and creating together — gives societies a strong sense of...
02.28.2020
Peter Thiel: Zero to One
Eric Metaxas interviews entrepreneur and investor Peter Thiel on his bestselling book ZERO TO ONE. Using Apollo 11 and Woodstock as reference points, Thiel and Metaxas explore the idea that we live in an age of technological stagnation, and cover...
02.21.2020
Eric Metaxas: Miracles
Socrates in the City’s own Eric Metaxas turns over his hosting duties to legendary TV talkshow host Dick Cavett, for an extra special Socrates event on the subject of MIRACLES: WHAT THEY ARE, WHY THEY HAPPEN, AND HOW THEY CAN...
12.20.2019
Colin Nicholl: The Great Christ Comet
At Socrates in the City Oxford, Eric Metaxas interviews Colin Nicholl, a Cambridge Ph.D. and New Testament scholar who spent four years studying with astronomers to explore the fascinating premise that the Star of Bethlehem was actually a comet, as...
12.13.2019
N.T. Wright: Surprised by Scripture
N.T. Wright, one of the world’s leading New Testament scholars, discusses his book SURPRISED BY SCRIPTURE: ENGAGING CONTEMPORARY ISSUES. This lecture took place in New York City in July 2011.
12.05.2019
Dick Cavett: Brief Encounters
Host Eric Metaxas introduces special guest Dick Cavett — adding a musical tribute on a set that nods to the decades-long Dick Cavett Show — and converses with the TV talkshow legend about experiences that went into his book, BRIEF...
11.22.2019
Os Guinness: One True God: The Scandal or the Glory of the West?
Author and social critic Os Guinness examines the idea that he argues gave rise to the most distinctive features of the West, in this 2004 New York City lecture and Q&A moderated by Socrates in the City host Eric Metaxas.
11.15.2019
John Lennox: Seven Days that Divide the World
Eric Metaxas and Socrates in the City present an evening with John Lennox, Professor of Mathematics at Oxford University, at the Union Club in New York City in January 2013. Dr. Lennox explores a method for reading and interpreting the...
11.08.2019
Thomas Howard: Chance or the Dance – Part 2
Eric Metaxas continues his conversation in Boston with scholar Thomas Howard about C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Howard’s journey to Catholicism, and more! Eric considers Howard’s book CHANCE OR THE DANCE? one of the greatest books of the 20th century.
10.31.2019
Thomas Howard: Chance or the Dance – Part 1
Eric Metaxas goes to Boston to talk with scholar Thomas Howard about the questions explored in his book, CHANCE OR THE DANCE? Eric considers this one of the greatest books of the 20th century.
10.24.2019
Stephen Meyer: The Return of the God Hypothesis
Eric Metaxas interviews Stephen C. Meyer about the ultimate mystery of the universe as drawn from recent scientific discoveries in physics, cosmology, and biology, at the Dallas Conference on Science and Faith in January 2019.
10.18.2019
David Aikman: Does God Have a Foreign Policy?
Bestselling author, journalist, and foreign policy commentator David Aikman looks to history and Scripture as he explores the question, “Does God have a foreign policy?” in this 2002 Socrates in the City lecture in New York City.
10.10.2019
Chuck Colson: Doing The Right Thing: A Six-Part Exploration of Ethics
After serving in prison, Chuck Colson—known as President Nixon’s “hatchet man”—became an evangelical author and criminal justice reform advocate. At this vintage 2010 Socrates in the City event in New York City, Mr. Colson discusses his six-part video series called...
10.04.2019
Peter Hitchens: The Rage Against God and How Atheism Led Me to Faith
Eric Metaxas interviews the perspicacious Peter Hitchens, brother of the late Christopher Hitchens, about his book THE RAGE AGAINST GOD.
09.26.2019
Canon J. John: Conversations About Faith
Eric Metaxas interviews Canon J. John, a British apologist, author, and speaker.
09.19.2019
Jean Bethke Elshtain: Who Are We? C.S. Lewis and the Question of Man
The eminent political philosopher Jean Bethke Elshtain discusses C.S. Lewis’s 1944 essay “The Abolition of Man” and explores the idea of a rock-bottom claim on human dignity. Her brilliant talk ends with a brilliant Q&A session. Hosted by Eric Metaxas,...
09.13.2019
Christian Wiman: Meditation of a Modern Believer
Christian Wiman discusses his book, MY BRIGHT ABYSS: MEDITATION OF A MODERN BELIEVER, with Eric Metaxas at the Socrates in the City Gala in June 2013, at the Union League Club in New York City.

What's Socrates in the City about?

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Socrates in the City episodes:

Louis Markos: Myth Made Fact: Reading Greek and Roman Mythology through Christian Eyes

Louis Markos: From Plato to Christ: How Platonic Thought Shaped the Christian Faith

John Zmirak: No Second Amendment, No First

Andrew Klavan: The Truth and Beauty Part Two

Hadley Arkes: Mere Natural Law

Margarita Mooney Clayton: The Wounds of Beauty

Scott Atlas: The Fight to Stop COVID-19 from Destroying America

Anthony Bradley: Heroic Fraternities

Heather Mac Donald: When Race Trumps Merit

James O’Keefe: American Muckraker: Rethinking Journalism for the 21st Century

Dr. John West: C. S. Lewis and Scientism

Dennis Prager: Israel’s Place in the World

Steven Collins: Discovering the City of Sodom

Charlie Duke: The Apollo 16 Moon Landing

David Berlinski: Human Nature

James Tour: How Did Life Come into Being?

Eugenia Constantinou: The Crucifixion of the King of Glory

Os Guinness: The Magna Carta of Humanity

Michael Medved: God’s Hand on America

Yeonmi Park: While Time Remains

Andrew Klavan: The Truth and Beauty

Stephen Meyer: The Return of the God Hypothesis

Baroness Caroline Cox: The Threat to the West's Cultural and Political Heritage

Not for Sale and Amazing Grace

Jonathan Aitken: Ruin, Rehabilitation and Redemption

William Hurlbut: The Science and Politics of Stem Cells: Is There a Way Forward?

Dana Gioia: Can Poetry Matter?

Sir John Polkinghorne: Belief in God in an Age of Science

Jean Bethke Elshtain: Who Gets The Final Say: God, Government or Me?

Peter Kreeft: Making Sense Out of Suffering

Sir John Polkinghorne: Can a Scientist Pray?

Cal Thomas and Bob Beckel: Common Sense Solutions for a Stronger America

Sir Roger Scruton: The New Atheism

Rabbi Sir Jonathan Sacks: The Home We Build Together

Peter Thiel: Zero to One

Eric Metaxas: Miracles

Colin Nicholl: The Great Christ Comet

N.T. Wright: Surprised by Scripture

Dick Cavett: Brief Encounters

Os Guinness: One True God: The Scandal or the Glory of the West?

John Lennox: Seven Days that Divide the World

Thomas Howard: Chance or the Dance – Part 2

Thomas Howard: Chance or the Dance – Part 1

Stephen Meyer: The Return of the God Hypothesis

David Aikman: Does God Have a Foreign Policy?

Chuck Colson: Doing The Right Thing: A Six-Part Exploration of Ethics

Peter Hitchens: The Rage Against God and How Atheism Led Me to Faith

Canon J. John: Conversations About Faith

Jean Bethke Elshtain: Who Are We? C.S. Lewis and the Question of Man

Christian Wiman: Meditation of a Modern Believer

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