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    More than twenty-five years ago, Socrates in the City began as a forum to encourage busy New York City professionals to think about the bigger questions in life. This fall, we’re going back to our roots with a brand new in-person event series: Socrates in the City Book Club.

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  • Eric Metaxas' Newest Book

    Ladies and gentlemen, I’m thrilled to introduce you to a remarkable release from Socrates in the City Books: “Conversations on the Examined Life, Vol. 1.” This remarkable collection features eight profound discussions with extraordinary individuals like Alice Von Hildebrand, Walter Hooper, John Lennox, and Dick Cavett, among others.

  • Eric Metaxas

    Meet our host — #1 New York Times bestselling author, national radio host, and self-described “World’s Foremost Authority.”

  • Bonanza For Audio Lovers

    Our massive audio archive goes way back — lose yourself in these full-length audio files from many years of events.

  • Alice von Hildebrand

    If you think the years have dulled the fire, wit, and passion of our first nonagenarian guest, prepare to be happily flabbergasted!

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    Browse our shop for autographed copies of Eric Metaxas’s newest blockbuster and many other splendid offerings.

  • Hugh Hewitt

    Veteran interviewer Hewitt becomes the interviewee in this rambunctious conversation about The Happiest Life.

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    If you are looking for truly great things that will boggle your mind, start here.

  • John Lennox

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

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Paul Kingsnorth

Paul Kingsnorth: Against the Machine

Is there an unnamed force ― which we all feel ― reshaping what it means to be human? Socrates in...

Arthur Brooks

Arthur Brooks: What is Happiness?

What is happiness? Socrates in the City host Eric Metaxas sits down with Dr. Arthur Brooks to discuss one of...

Robert George

Robert P. George: We Need Free Speech the Way the Body Needs Oxygen to Survive

Is there an innate human knowledge of Truth? Socrates in the City host Eric Metaxas sits down with Robert P....

Melanie Phillips

Melanie Phillips: How Jews and Christians Built the West—and Why Only They Can Save It

What are the Jewish and Christian foundations of Western society—and why do they matter today? In this insightful conversation, Socrates...

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Chance or the Dance?

Chance or the Dance?

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Jonathan Pageau

Jonathan Pageau is a French Canadian icon carver, public speaker and cultural commentator exploring the symbolic patterns that underlie our experience of the world, how these patterns emerge and come together, manifesting in religion, art and in popular culture. He’s also the editor of the Orthodox Arts Journal and host of the Symbolic World blog and podcast. He seeks to explore one of the most profound questions of our time: What is the meaning of meaning?

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Chance or the Dance?

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Private: Miracles (Autographed Bookplate)

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Private: Martin Luther (Autographed Bookplate)

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Fish Out of Water: A Search for the Meaning of Life

What Happens When One of America’s Most Beloved Biographers Writes His Own Biography? For Eric Metaxas, the answer is Fish Out of Water: A Search for the Meaning of Life—a poetic and sometimes hilarious memoir of his early years, in which the Queens-born son of Greek and German immigrants struggles to make sense of a world in which he never quite seems to fit.

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What is Socrates in the City?

Socrates in the City is a Manhattan-based conversation series hosted by Eric Metaxas and exploring the Big Questions —  “life, God, and other small topics.”

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