Socrates in the City

<p>Eric Metaxas interviews the perspicacious Peter Hitchens, brother of the late Christopher Hitchens, about his book THE RAGE AGAINST GOD.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com/listen/the-rage-against-god-and-how-atheism-led-me-to-faith/">Peter Hitchens: The Rage Against God and How Atheism Led Me to Faith</a> first appeared on <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com">Socrates in the City</a>.</p>

<p>Eric Metaxas interviews Canon J. John, a British apologist, author, and speaker.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com/listen/conversations-about-faith/">Canon J. John: Conversations About Faith</a> first appeared on <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com">Socrates in the City</a>.</p>

<p>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.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com/listen/my-bright-abyss-meditation-of-a-modern-believer/">Christian Wiman: Meditation of a Modern Believer</a> first appeared on <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com">Socrates in the City</a>.</p>

<p>“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 the greatest living fiction writer!</p> <p>The post <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com/listen/life-and-work/">Mark Helprin: His Life and Work</a> first appeared on <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com">Socrates in the City</a>.</p>

<p>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 retelling his equally legendary roast chicken anecdote. The interview was hosted by the Colson Center […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com/listen/has-science-buried-god/">John Lennox: Has Science Buried God?</a> first appeared on <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com">Socrates in the City</a>.</p>

<p>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.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com/listen/a-quest-for-faith-in-a-valley-of-doubt/">Joseph Loconte: A Quest for Faith in a Valley of Doubt</a> first appeared on <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com">Socrates in the City</a>.</p>

<p>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.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com/listen/simply-christian-why-christianity-makes-sense/">N.T. Wright: Simply Christian</a> first appeared on <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com">Socrates in the City</a>.</p>

<p>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.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com/listen/a-free-peoples-suicide/">Os Guinness: A Free People's Suicide</a> first appeared on <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com">Socrates in the City</a>.</p>

<p>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.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com/listen/science-and-faith/">Ard Louis: Science and Faith</a> first appeared on <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com">Socrates in the City</a>.</p>

<p>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.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com/listen/the-life-and-writing-of-c-s-lewis-part-3/">Walter Hooper: The Life and Writing of C.S. Lewis - Part 3</a> first appeared on <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com">Socrates in the City</a>.</p>

<p>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.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com/listen/the-life-and-writing-of-c-s-lewis-part-2/">Walter Hooper: The Life and Writing of C.S. Lewis - Part 2</a> first appeared on <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com">Socrates in the City</a>.</p>

<p>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.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com/listen/the-life-and-writing-of-c-s-lewis-part-1/">Walter Hooper: The Life and Writing of C.S. Lewis - Part 1</a> first appeared on <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com">Socrates in the City</a>.</p>

<p>Has Science buried God? Eric Metaxas tracks down Oxford’s John Lennox in France for answers, and the brilliant professor delivers!</p> <p>The post <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com/listen/the-question-of-science-and-god-part-2/">John Lennox: The Question of Science and God - Part 2</a> first appeared on <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com">Socrates in the City</a>.</p>

<p>Has Science buried God? Eric Metaxas tracks down Oxford’s John Lennox in France for answers, and the brilliant professor delivers!</p> <p>The post <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com/listen/the-question-of-science-and-god-part-1/">John Lennox: The Question of Science and God - Part 1</a> first appeared on <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com">Socrates in the City</a>.</p>

<p>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 problem of pain and suffering, the nature of love and sex, and the ultimate meaning […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com/listen/the-question-of-god-sigmund-freud-c-s-lewis-on-love-sex-and-the-meaning-of-life/">Armand Nicholi: Sigmund Freud & C.S. Lewis on Love, Sex, and the Meaning of Life</a> first appeared on <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com">Socrates in the City</a>.</p>

<p>Oxford theologian, intellectual historian, and scientist Alister McGrath challenges the widely held assumption that the world is becoming more secular and makes the case for why atheism cannot provide the moral and intellectual guidance essential for coping with the complexities of modern life.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com/listen/the-twlight-of-atheism-the-rise-and-fall-of-disbelief-in-the-modern-world/">Alister McGrath: The Twilight of Atheism</a> first appeared on <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com">Socrates in the City</a>.</p>

<p>Thinker and writer Frederica Mathewes-Green poses the question: can we have direct access to God? Based on her study and personal experience with Eastern Christian Spirituality, Mathewes-Green suggests that we all have a latent capacity that links us to the divine, in relationship and also in identity. This lecture takes place in New York City […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com/listen/can-we-access-god-directly-a-view-from-eastern-christian-spirituality/">Frederica Mathewes-Green: Can We Access God Directly?</a> first appeared on <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com">Socrates in the City</a>.</p>

<p>Named one of the “25 Most Influential Evangelicals in America” by TIME MAGAZINE in 2005, the late Richard John Neuhaus was a prominent cleric, writer, and unofficial advisor to George W. Bush. In this 2005 lecture, he argues that a good citizen does more than abide by laws, but must give a moral account of […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com/listen/can-an-atheist-be-a-good-citizen/">Richard John Neuhaus: Can an Atheist Be a Good Citizen?</a> first appeared on <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com">Socrates in the City</a>.</p>

<p>In this 2005 lecture, longtime New York University Professor of Psychology Paul Vitz explores phenomenal changes in the field of psychology as it ventures into new territory.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com/listen/has-psychology-discovered-virtue/">Paul Vitz: Has Psychology Discovered Virtue?</a> first appeared on <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com">Socrates in the City</a>.</p>

<p>At a special Socrates in the City event that just happened to be on Flag Day, host Eric Metaxas explores America uniqueness as a nation not bounded by ethnic identity, and other mind-boggling concepts from the Founding Fathers as told in his book IF YOU CAN KEEP IT.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com/listen/if-you-can-keep-it-the-forgotten-promise-of-american-liberty/">Eric Metaxas: If You Can Keep It</a> first appeared on <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com">Socrates in the City</a>.</p>

<p>Lauren Winner confronts cultural lies about sex with nuance and wit in this 2005 lecture given in New York City.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com/listen/what-is-sex-the-naked-truth-about-the-facts-of-life/">Lauren Winner: What is Sex? The Naked Truth About the Facts of Life</a> first appeared on <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com">Socrates in the City</a>.</p>

<p>Eric Metaxas moderates a lively panel discussion with author Thomas Howard, director Norman Stone, actor Antone Rodgers, and author Bel Kaufman following a screening of the film, C.S. LEWIS: BEYOND NARNIA in April 2004 in New York City. Tom Howard recalls his first meeting with C.S. Lewis and the conversation ends with a fierce debate […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com/listen/c-s-lewis-beyond-narnia/">Thomas Howard: Beyond Narnia </a> first appeared on <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com">Socrates in the City</a>.</p>

<p>Radio talk show host Hugh Hewitt has conducted more than 10,000 interviews, and as a rule he opts not to interview comedians because “three hours later you don’t know what happened, the paper’s all gone, people are laughing, and nothing’s been done.” Here the radio host ends up on the other side of an interview […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com/listen/the-happiest-life/">Hugh Hewitt: The Happiest Life</a> first appeared on <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com">Socrates in the City</a>.</p>

<p>As a self-described secular Jew, author, and academic, David Berlinski, in an attempt to unveil scientific rhetoric and pretensions, declares to the theory of evolution: thou art weighted in the balances and found wanting. In this lecture given in June 2012 at the Union League Club in New York City, Berlinski directs these unanswered questions […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com/listen/the-devils-delusion/">David Berlinski: The Devil’s Delusion</a> first appeared on <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com">Socrates in the City</a>.</p>

<p>Eric Metaxas interviews biochemist Michael Behe on “The New Science about DNA that Challenges Evolution” as told in Behe’s book, DARWIN DEVOLVES. Filmed at the Historic Hotel Bethlehem in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania in February 2019.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com/listen/darwin-devolves/">Michael Behe: Darwin Devolves</a> first appeared on <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com">Socrates in the City</a>.</p>

<p>In this poignant and at times heart-rending conversation, Eric Metaxas talks with writer and editor Rod Dreher about his book, THE LITTLE WAY OF RUTH LEMING: A Southern Girl, a Small Town, and the Secret of a Good Life. This interview was recorded in New York City in April 2013.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com/listen/the-little-way-of-ruthie-leming-a-southern-girl-a-small-town-and-the-secret-of-a-good-life/">Rod Dreher: The Little Way of Ruthie Leming</a> first appeared on <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com">Socrates in the City</a>.</p>

<p>Contrasting the modernist “cube” of the Great Arch of La Defense in Paris with the “cathedral” — Notre-Dame — George Weigel looks at both civilizations and argues that Europe’s shift to secular philosophy has produced a crisis of civilizational morale and a failing future. Weigel, Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center, […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com/listen/the-cube-and-the-cathedral/">George Weigel: The Cube and The Cathedral</a> first appeared on <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com">Socrates in the City</a>.</p>

<p>Fordham Professor Emeritus of Philosophy Merold Westphal makes the case for taking a closer look at Marx, Nietzsche, and Freud and their responses to religion as a guide in “living the examined life.” This lecture was given in April 2011 at the Union Club in New York City.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com/listen/atheism-for-lent-socratic-uses-of-marx-nietzsche-and-freud/">Merold Westphal: Atheism for Lent</a> first appeared on <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com">Socrates in the City</a>.</p>

<p>Longtime New York University Professor of Psychology Paul Vitz offers a psychological basis for what has for centuries been considered wisdom by taking a fascinating look at the parent-child relationships of influential thinkers such as Feuerbach, Nietzsche, and Freud. This talk was given in New York City in March 2004.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com/listen/the-importance-of-fatherhood/">Paul Vitz: The Importance of Fatherhood</a> first appeared on <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com">Socrates in the City</a>.</p>

<p>Darwin, the scientific method, Danny DeVito, and Cher all manage to find a place in this mind-boggling and entertaining conversation between Stephen Meyer and Eric Metaxas, at the Union League Club in New York City in September 2013.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com/listen/darwins-doubt/">Stephen Meyer: Darwin’s Doubt</a> first appeared on <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com">Socrates in the City</a>.</p>

<p>Best-selling phenomenon Malcolm Gladwell talks with host Eric Metaxas about his book, DAVID AND GOLIATH, along the way touching on why his mom’s a genius, acromegaly, getting busted at immigration, the “practical” side of “grace”, “stop and frisk”, the ill-effects of attending a prestigious college, his own changed view of the power of faith, and […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com/listen/david-and-goliath/">Malcolm Gladwell: David and Goliath</a> first appeared on <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com">Socrates in the City</a>.</p>

<p>N.T. Wright, one of the world’s leading New Testament scholars, discusses his book SURPRISED BY HOPE: Rethinking Heaven, the Resurrection, and the Mission of the Church.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com/listen/surprised-by-hope/">N.T. Wright: Surprised by Hope</a> first appeared on <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com">Socrates in the City</a>.</p>

<p>Eric Metaxas interviews Oxford Fellow Michael Ward about his discovery of a secret code in C.S. Lewis’s Chronicles of Narnia, which Ward explores in his book PLANET NARNIA.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com/listen/planet-narnia-the-secret-code-behind-c-s-lewiss-chronicles-of-narnia/">Michael Ward: Planet Narnia</a> first appeared on <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com">Socrates in the City</a>.</p>

<p>“You’re not going to have an easy time. Because I’m going to put you on the hot seat.” So declares our first nonagenarian guest, Alice von Hildebrand, to Socrates host Eric Metaxas as they begin this conversation about her life and writings. If you think the years have dulled Dame von Hildebrand’s fire, wit, and […]</p> <p>The post <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com/listen/man-and-woman-divine-invention/">Alice von Hildebrand: Man and Woman</a> first appeared on <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com">Socrates in the City</a>.</p>

<p>Professor Peter Kreeft discusses a philosopher’s thoughts on eternity in a lecture given in September 2003.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com/listen/where-do-we-go-from-here-a-philosophers-thoughts-on-eternity/">Peter Kreeft: Where Do We Go From Here? A Philosopher's Thoughts on Eternity</a> first appeared on <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com">Socrates in the City</a>.</p>

<p>In a lecture given in September 2009, English literature scholar Alan Jacobs introduces us to the world of original sin, which he describes as not only a profound idea but a necessary one.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com/listen/whats-so-bad-about-original-sin/">Alan Jacobs: What's So Bad About Original Sin?</a> first appeared on <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com">Socrates in the City</a>.</p>

<p>Republican politician and former Governor of Arkansas Mike Huckabee discusses the role of faith in politics in a lecture give in June 2009.</p> <p>The post <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com/listen/the-role-of-faith-in-politics/">Mike Huckabee: The Role of Faith in Politics</a> first appeared on <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com">Socrates in the City</a>.</p>

<p>Taken from his book BONHOEFFER: PASTOR, MARTYR, PROPHET, SPY, Eric Metaxas examines lessons from the life and death of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. </p> <p>The post <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com/listen/lessons-from-the-life-and-death-of-dietrich-bonhoeffer/">Eric Metaxas: How Good Confronts Evil</a> first appeared on <a href="https://socratesinthecity.com">Socrates in the City</a>.</p>