Episode 2: Socrates — The Original Question Machine

What if your podcast guest is waiting to die, calmly sipping wisdom in an Athenian prison… and still asking you the questions?

In Episode 2 of Hey Everybody, Philosophy!, host Jeff D. sits down with Socrates — the man, the myth, the professional irritant — after his death sentence but before the hemlock kicks in.

This is not a lecture.
It’s an interrogation. (Mostly of us.)

Together, Jeff and Socrates explore:

• Why Socrates never wrote anything down (and why that somehow worked out great for him)
• The Socratic Method — what it really is, why it still matters, and how it accidentally paved the way for the scientific method
• Why questioning authority got him executed (and why he’d do it again)
• What it means to live a good life without deleting Netflix or moving to a cave
• Whether TikTok makes us wiser or worse, if AI can be virtuous, and which is more corrupt: Wall Street or the Athenian Agora
• How to practice philosophy at home — no toga required

There are laughs.
There are genuine insights.
There may even be a philosophical debate about hot dogs.

Socrates believed the unexamined life is not worth living — but does that mean we’re all doing it wrong? Or just not asking the right questions?

🎙️ Episode 2. One philosopher. Zero answers. Infinite questions.
Press play… if you dare to be questioned.