Socrates Dialogues with Mary Harrington
In this new series, Socrates in the City jets across the pond to bring you a collection of richly textured, thought-provoking conversations—expanding the global reach of the Socrates in the City conversations you know and love. Hosted by acclaimed author, journalist, and cultural critic Mary Harrington, these discussions engage some of today’s most compelling thinkers as they grapple with the ideas shaping our shared cultural moment.
Socrates Dialogues with Mary Harrington
In this new series, Socrates in the City jets across the pond to bring you a collection of richly textured, thought-provoking conversations—expanding the global reach of the Socrates in the City conversations you know and love. Hosted by acclaimed author, journalist, and cultural critic Mary Harrington, these discussions engage some of today’s most compelling thinkers as they grapple with the ideas shaping our shared cultural moment.
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The Quiet Revival I Justin Brierley
In this premiere episode of Socrates Dialogues with Mary Harrington, author and broadcaster Justin Brierley joins her to explore the shifting terrain of the New Atheist movement and the surprising cracks forming in its once-confident certainties. Drawing on years of conversations and cultural observation, he examines what he calls a “quiet revival”—a renewed openness to faith, meaning, and transcendence emerging beneath the surface of our secular age.
The Ponzi Scheme of Modern Institutions I Nina Power
In this episode of Socrates Dialogues with Mary Harrington, she is joined by philosopher and writer Nina Power, who examines the changing philosophies of education and academic life, questioning the sustainability of what she describes as the “Ponzi scheme” of woke institutional culture. She reflects on the value of intellectual freedom, the dignity of varied vocations, and the necessity of a society that honors different paths, priorities, and forms of excellence beyond the narrow confines of elite academia.