Is morality objective? What is the defense for objective value and natural law? Author of the Socrates in the City favorite Planet Narnia, literary critic, C.S. Lewis expert, and James Bond extra, Fr. Michael Ward sits down with host Eric Metaxas to discuss this vast subject with humor and charm. While the two focus on C.S. Lewis’s The Abolition of Man, they also touch on other works by Lewis such as That Hideous Strength and Surprised by Joy.

Q&A with Alister McGrath filmed as part of the Socrates in Oxford series.

In this charming conversation, host Eric Metaxas interviews philologist Simon Horobin on his new book C.S. Lewis’s Oxford. Included are stories from Addison’s Walk, the Eagle and Child pub, and thoughts on whether a curious door located in St. Mary’s Passage might have inspired The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe. Dr. Horobin also reminds our Socrates in the City host that C. S. Lewis was president of the Oxford Socratic Club for more than ten years!

Writer and Oxford University graduate Mary Harrington sits down with host Eric Metaxas for a conversation on what it means to be a “reactionary feminist” ( hint: they don’t believe in “progress”), how the industrial revolution changed the family structure, how Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein was prophetic, and much more. 

Q&A session with author Mary Harrington filmed as part of the Socrates in Oxford series.

Q&A session with historian Tom Holland filmed as part of the Socrates in Oxford series.

From a clinical nursing profession to running the Sociology Department at Polytechnic in London to being “Baroness in Waiting” to Queen Elizabeth II, Caroline Cox shares stories from her life of service to England, Europe, and the world. Including stories of Queen Elizabeth II, Princess Diana, and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, Baroness Cox shares that at the heart of her work – which often includes being a voice for the voiceless – are strong Christian values. Baroness Cox is the founder and president of Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust (HART) and is a current member of the House of Lords. 

Filmed against the historically vibrant backdrop of Oxford, England, host Eric Metaxas sits down with historian Tom Holland to discuss – from music to marriage to service and science and education – how the West has been transformed by and remains to be utterly affected by Christianity. The two discuss Holland’s bestselling book at length, Dominion: How the Christian Revolution Remade the World.