Socrates in the City

Socrates in the City

The Unexamined Life is not Worth Living.

  • 1 hour 24 minutes
    Robert F. Kennedy Jr. – America: Past, Present, and Future

    Host Eric Metaxas welcomes lawyer, activist, and Independent Presidential candidate Mr. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to the Socrates in the City stage with a standing ovation for a conversation on America. In keeping with the forum’s history, Mr. Metaxas asks Mr. Kennedy the big questions, questions on “life, God, and other small topics”. Conversation topics are wide-ranging and include everything from government corruption to drug addiction to RFK Jr.’s faith in God to the murder of his uncle and father, and include references to cultural figures such as Upton Sinclair, Carl Jung, Albert Camus, and… Anthony Fauci. The duo even discuss a recent dinner with RFK Jr., Hilary Clinton, and Mike Pompeo in attendance, the last of whom said something noteworthy to the guest. This captivating exchange took place before a live audience in New York City in June 2024.

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    30 August 2024, 6:04 pm
  • 28 minutes 48 seconds
    Roger Kimball: The Intellectual Life

    The esteemed editor of The New Criterion — a monthly review of the arts and intellectual life – and president of Encounter Books, Roger Kimball, and Socrates host Eric Metaxas, sit down for a delightful conversation on the intellectual life, touching on subjects from the inversion of virtue to political correctness to the effects of the sexual revolution on culture to Artificial Intelligence.

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    2 June 2024, 2:47 am
  • 49 minutes 36 seconds
    Michael Wilkerson: Why America Matters

    Wallstreet businessman turned author Michael Wilkerson sits down with host Eric Metaxas to answer the question of if and why America matters. After his business in Africa was paused during the 2020 Covid shutdowns, Wilkerson’s eyes were opened to the partisan, cultural, and ideological divides in America, and he wondered if the nation could still be good, or even great. Taking an in-depth look at history — from the settlers to Abraham Lincoln and beyond — Wilkerson argues that a new century requires a new vision of American greatness.

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    2 June 2024, 2:33 am
  • 51 minutes 55 seconds
    John West: Human Zoos: America’s Forgotten History of Scientific Racism

    The day after his Socrates in the City event on C.S. Lewis and Scientism, The Discovery Institute’s Dr. John West sits down with Host Eric Metaxas to discuss his documentary Human Zoos: America’s Forgotten History of Scientific Racism.

    Human Zoos tells the shocking story of how thousands of indigenous peoples were put on public display in America in the early decades of the twentieth century. To watch the full documentary, head to https://humanzoos.org/.

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    28 May 2024, 1:30 pm
  • 38 minutes 9 seconds
    Casey Luskin: The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith

    Scientist and attorney Casey Luskin sits down with Socrates in the City host Eric Metaxas to explore these big questions: Is science objective? How did humans come into existence? How do you reconcile faith and science? Luskin is the editor of The Comprehensive Guide to Science and Faith and co-author of Science and Human Origins and Associate Director of the Center for Science and Culture.

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    28 May 2024, 1:23 pm
  • 1 hour 5 minutes
    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, and much else along the way.

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    22 May 2024, 11:50 pm
  • 58 minutes 45 seconds
    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 at Plato’s best-known texts and talk about how it affected figures like Augustine, Dante, and C. S. Lewis.

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    22 May 2024, 11:44 pm
  • 1 hour 5 minutes
    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 stake in the war for our nation’s soul.

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    22 May 2024, 11:18 pm
  • 1 hour 18 minutes
    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 means for us today.

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    17 May 2024, 5:26 pm
  • 20 minutes 51 seconds
    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 as foundational.

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    17 May 2024, 5:12 pm
  • 1 hour 22 minutes
    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 as St. Augustine, Plato, and C.S. Lewis, and its great significance for a materialistic generation.

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    16 May 2024, 3:28 am
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