Socrates in the City

Socrates in the City episodes:

• 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.

  
• 09.06.2019

  Mark Helprin: His Life and Work

  “Inimitable” is a word to be used sparingly, but it is THE word for Mark Helprin. Don’t be fooled by the staid topic — instead, prepare to be amazed by Mr. Helprin’s conversation with host Eric Metaxas, who considers him...

  
• 08.30.2019

  John Lennox: Has Science Buried God?

  Host Eric Metaxas and Oxford professor John Lennox explore the question, “Has science buried God?” — discussing the fine-tuned universe, evolution, logic, history, and more! “It’s like we’re an old Vaudeville team” says Metaxas, who eggs the legendary Lennox into...

  
• 08.21.2019

  Joseph Loconte: A Quest for Faith in a Valley of Doubt

  Socrates in the City host Eric Metaxas interviews Joseph Loconte, historian and professor, on his book THE SEARCHERS: A QUEST FOR FAITH IN THE VALLEY OF DOUBT in May 2012.

  
• 08.15.2019

  N.T. Wright: Simply Christian

  N.T. Wright, one of the world’s leading New Testament scholars, discusses his book SIMPLY CHRISTIAN: WHY CHRISTIANITY MAKES SENSE in New York City in 2006.

  
• 08.08.2019

  Os Guinness: A Free People's Suicide

  The prescience of author and social critic Os Guinness is again on display in this lecture about “Sustainable Freedom and the American Future” from September 2012.

  
• 08.01.2019

  Ard Louis: Science and Faith

  Eric Metaxas talks with Ard Louis, professor of theoretical physics at Oxford University about “science and faith and life,” pushing past the oft-asked questions on these topics.

  
• 07.25.2019

  Walter Hooper: The Life and Writing of C.S. Lewis - Part 3

  Eric Metaxas interviews Walter Hooper, friend and secretary of C.S. Lewis, about Lewis’s life and writings–uncovering fascinating stories about the beloved Oxford don.

  
• 07.18.2019

  Walter Hooper: The Life and Writing of C.S. Lewis - Part 2

  Eric Metaxas interviews Walter Hooper, friend and secretary of C.S. Lewis, about Lewis’s life and writings–uncovering fascinating stories about the beloved Oxford don.

  
• 07.11.2019

  Walter Hooper: The Life and Writing of C.S. Lewis - Part 1

  Eric Metaxas interviews Walter Hooper, friend and secretary of C.S. Lewis, about Lewis’s life and writings–uncovering fascinating stories about the beloved Oxford don.

  
• 06.28.2019

  Os Guinness: The Case for Civility and Why Our Future Depends on It

  Author and social critic Os Guinness discusses the plea he offers up in his book by the same title — a plea to end the polarization of American politics and culture, which he says threatens to reverse the very principles our founders set...

  
• 06.20.2019

  John Lennox: The Question of Science and God - Part 2

  Has Science buried God? Eric Metaxas tracks down Oxford’s John Lennox in France for answers, and the brilliant professor delivers!

  
• 06.20.2019

  John Lennox: The Question of Science and God - Part 1

  Has Science buried God? Eric Metaxas tracks down Oxford’s John Lennox in France for answers, and the brilliant professor delivers!

  
• 06.13.2019

  Armand Nicholi: Sigmund Freud & C.S. Lewis on Love, Sex, and the Meaning of Life

  For more than twenty-five years Harvard psychiatrist Armand Nicholi taught a course comparing the philosophical arguments of Sigmund Freud and C.S. Lewis. In this 2003 lecture, Nicholi explores how the worldviews of these seminal figures shaped their understanding of the...