Socrates in the City host Eric Metaxas and the celebrated American historian Dr. Ronald C. White sit down for a fascinating dialogue on American history with stories featuring the life, faith, and writings of Abraham Lincoln and tales of the Civil War hero Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain. In the moving conversation, White and Metaxas discuss themes of courage, sacrifice, and service. This event took place at the Union League Club in New York City in May 2024.

Socrates in the City host Eric Metaxas sits down with the inimitable Mark Helprin, whom Metaxas describes as the greatest living fiction writer. In this conversation, the well-acquainted pair discuss Helprin’s latest novel, The Oceans and the Stars, described as a partial homage to Moby Dick and The Odessey. Metaxas coaxes Helprin into describing the book, “it’s a book about honor and civilization,” says the author who was called “the most difficult man to interview” by renowned journalist Dorothy Fuldheim, the first American woman to interview Adolf Hitler. In this conversation, as entertaining as any, the two travel down many topic paths from Helprin’s writing process, to his experience with US presidents, to his marrying a tax lawyer. And much more. This conversation took place at the Hotel Bennett in April 2024.

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.

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.