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Socrates in the City

Socrates in the City is the acclaimed series of conversations on “life, God, and other small topics,” hosted by Eric Metaxas. Starting with the philosopher Socrates’s famous words that “the unexamined... Read more

Ranked #1

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Sir John Polkinghorne: Belief in God in an Age of Science

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 i... Read more

1 May 2020

1hr 26mins

Ranked #2

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David Berlinski: The Devil’s Delusion

David Berlinski: The Devil’s Delusion

As a self-described secular Jew, author, and academic, David Berlinski, in an attempt to unveil scientific rhetoric and ... Read more

3 May 2019

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Armand Nicholi: 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

For more than twenty-five years Harvard psychiatrist Armand Nicholi taught a course comparing the philosophical argument... Read more

13 Jun 2019

1hr 16mins

Ranked #4

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Alister McGrath: The Twilight of Atheism

Alister McGrath: The Twilight of Atheism

Oxford theologian, intellectual historian, and scientist Alister McGrath challenges the widely held assumption that the ... Read more

6 Jun 2019

1hr 19mins

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Ranked #5

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N.T. Wright: Surprised by Scripture

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 CONT... Read more

13 Dec 2019

1hr 27mins

Ranked #6

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N.T. Wright: Surprised by Hope

N.T. Wright: Surprised by Hope

N.T. Wright, one of the world’s leading New Testament scholars, discusses his book SURPRISED BY HOPE: Rethinking Heaven,... Read more

2 Apr 2019

1hr 16mins

Ranked #7

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John Lennox: Seven Days that Divide the World

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... Read more

15 Nov 2019

1hr 30mins

Ranked #8

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Lauren Winner: What is Sex? The Naked Truth About the Facts of Life

Lauren Winner: What is Sex? The Naked Truth About the Facts of Life

Lauren Winner confronts cultural lies about sex with nuance and wit in this 2005 lecture given in New York City.The post... Read more

16 May 2019

1hr 10mins

Ranked #9

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Stephen Meyer: The Return of the God Hypothesis

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 disc... Read more

24 Oct 2019

1hr 11mins

Ranked #10

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Peter Kreeft: Where Do We Go From Here? A Philosopher's Thoughts on Eternity

Peter Kreeft: Where Do We Go From Here? A Philosopher's Thoughts on Eternity

Professor Peter Kreeft discusses a philosopher’s thoughts on eternity in a lecture given in September 2003.The post Pete... Read more

1 Apr 2019

1hr 19mins

Ranked #11

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Michael Behe: Darwin Devolves

Michael Behe: Darwin Devolves

Eric Metaxas interviews biochemist Michael Behe on “The New Science about DNA that Challenges Evolution” as told in Behe... Read more

2 May 2019

1hr 14mins

Ranked #12

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N.T. Wright: Simply Christian

N.T. Wright: Simply Christian

N.T. Wright, one of the world’s leading New Testament scholars, discusses his book SIMPLY CHRISTIAN: WHY CHRISTIANITY MA... Read more

15 Aug 2019

1hr 19mins

Ranked #13

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

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 fa... Read more

11 Jul 2019

1hr 12mins

Ranked #14

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Malcolm Gladwell: David and Goliath

Malcolm Gladwell: David and Goliath

Best-selling phenomenon Malcolm Gladwell talks with host Eric Metaxas about his book, DAVID AND GOLIATH, along the way t... Read more

11 Apr 2019

1hr 31mins

Ranked #15

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John Lennox: Has Science Buried God?

John Lennox: Has Science Buried God?

Host Eric Metaxas and Oxford professor John Lennox explore the question, “Has science buried God?” — discussing the fine... Read more

30 Aug 2019

1hr 19mins

Ranked #16

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Os Guinness: Globalization and Its Human Challenges

Os Guinness: Globalization and Its Human Challenges

Globalization, as defined by author and social critic Os Guinness in this 2006 talk, is the process whereby the speed, s... Read more

16 May 2019

1hr 19mins

Ranked #17

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Peter Hitchens: The Rage Against God and How Atheism Led Me to Faith

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 R... Read more

4 Oct 2019

1hr 7mins

Ranked #18

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

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... Read more

20 Jun 2019

58mins

Ranked #19

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Os Guinness: One True God: The Scandal or the Glory of the West?

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 ... Read more

22 Nov 2019

1hr 17mins

Ranked #20

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Jean Bethke Elshtain: Who Are We? C.S. Lewis and the Question of Man

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 expl... Read more

19 Sep 2019

1hr 17mins

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