Socrates in the City

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.The post Hadley Arkes: Mere Natural Law first appeared on Socrates in the City.

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.The post Margarita Mooney Clayton: The Wounds of Beauty first appeared on Socrates in the City.

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.The post Scott Atlas: The Fight to Stop COVID-19 from Destroying America first appeared on Socrates in the City.

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 interview, head to Socrates+ at socratesinthecityplus.com. The post Anthony Bradley: Heroic Fraternities first appeared on Socrates in the City.

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 full interview, head to Socrates+ at socratesinthecityplus.com. The post Heather Mac Donald: When Race Trumps Merit first appeared on Socrates in the City.

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 O’Keefe has hope for the future of journalism, and his recent work with stories that include a fleeing IRS agent, an FBI raid, and getting banned from all Equinox gyms. This conversation took place in February 2024 in New York City.The post James O’Keefe: American Muckraker: Rethinking Journalism for the 21st Century first appeared on Socrates in the City.

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 bounds. In this wide-ranging interview, Eric Metaxas speaks with John West about his book “The Magicians Twin: C.S. Lewis on Science, Scientism, and Society.” They discuss Lewis’ warnings about the dehumanizing impact of scientism on ethics, politics, faith, reason, and science itself. Issues explored include Lewis’s views on bioethics, eugenics, evolution, intelligent design, and what he called “scientocracy.”The post Dr. John West: C. S. Lewis and Scientism first appeared on Socrates in the City.

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 Metaxas and guest — and dear friend — Dennis Prager sat down together to process and discuss Israel’s place in the world and the Middle-East crisis. Despite the topic, this conversation is not without light-hearted moments, and you’ll see why this duo — a Jew and a Greek — have been friends for many years. This Socrates in the City event took place on December 6th, 2023.The post Dennis Prager: Israel’s Place in the World first appeared on Socrates in the City.

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 interview took place at Socrates in the City in Fort Worth, Texas, October 12th, 2023.The post Steven Collins: Discovering the City of Sodom first appeared on Socrates in the City.

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 Moon landing. The two discuss General Duke’s career leading up to his momentous trip to the Moon, details and dangers that nearly derailed the historic event, and then Metaxas asks — to the 36 year-old Charlie Duke who has just returned from the Moon in 1972 — “you’ve just returned from the Moon, now what are you going to do?” General Charlie Duke ends the evening by asking Eric, “may I have a closing statement?” and gives a word for the ages. In reflecting on the conversation, Eric Metaxas, founder and host of Socrates in the City, says, “it was difficult not to be moved at a few junctures in the conversation, and Charlie himself got choked up a few times. We also had a few laughs, which is not unimportant. It was a genuinely magical evening.” This event took place at the Union League Club in New York City in May 2022. Learn more about Socrates in the City at socratesinthecity.com.The post Charlie Duke: The Apollo 16 Moon Landing first appeared on Socrates in the City.