Socrates in the City

Is the West in decline? Dr. James Lindsay is the author of books like Cynical Theories, The Marxification of Education, and most recently, The Queering of the American Child. He joins Socrates in the City host, Eric Metaxas to discuss his experiences in uncovering the hypocrisy of academic journals and the critical theory, cultural and academic marxism, and other hidden agendas these publications endorse. They explore how these trends are impacting academia in the West and beyond. The post James Lindsey: Exposing the Insanity of Modern Academia [https://socratesinthecity.com/listen/james-lindsey-exposing-the-insanity-of-modern-academia/] first appeared on Socrates in the City [https://socratesinthecity.com].

Iain McGilchrist is a former Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford, an associate Fellow of Green Templeton College, Oxford, and a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists to name a few. A leading scholar in the field of neurology he has published original research on neuroimaging in schizophrenia, the phenomenology of schizophrenia, and is the author of, The Master and his Emissary:The Divided Brain and the Making of the Western World. He joins Socrates in the City host, Eric Metaxas to discuss the myths and misconceptions between the left and right hemispheres of our brain. McGilchrist highlights the importance of understanding the balance within our brains, and how this has shaped and changed Western Civilization. The post Iain McGilchrist [https://socratesinthecity.com/listen/iain-mcgilchrist/] first appeared on Socrates in the City [https://socratesinthecity.com].

Headmaster of Michaela school, Katherine Birbalsingh sits down with host Eric Metaxas to discuss the challenges of speaking about the deficiencies in the UK school system and how it led her to begin her school and initiate a reform of Classical Education against the ‘soft bigotry of low expectations’.        The post Katherine Birbalsingh: Is Classical Education the Key to Reviving the West? [https://socratesinthecity.com/listen/katherine-birbalsingh-is-classical-education-the-key-to-reviving-the-west/] first appeared on Socrates in the City [https://socratesinthecity.com].

What has Athens to do with Jerusalem? What does the world of philosophy have to do with the world of religion? Professor of Philosophy of Religion at the Faculty of Divinity, Dr. James Orr joins host Eric Metaxas to have a conversation on the Twilight of the West, the relationship between orthodoxy and orthopraxy, and the enduring influence of Hellenistic and Hebraic thought in our enlightened world. The post James Orr: Maintaining Orthodoxy in an Evolving West [https://socratesinthecity.com/listen/james-orr-maintaining-orthodoxy-in-an-evolving-west/] first appeared on Socrates in the City [https://socratesinthecity.com].

Is the West inherently bad? Konstantin Kisin, Writer, social commentator, co-host of TRIGGERnometry [http://www.triggerpod.co.uk/] and comedian, sits down with Socrates in the City host Eric Metaxas to discuss how the rise of ‘woke culture’ undermines the multifaceted history of the West. They explore the limits of free speech, the balance between fear and change, and the relationship of shame and truth. The post Konstantin Kisin: Can Western Civilization Survive without Free Speech? [https://socratesinthecity.com/listen/konstantin-kisin-can-western-civilization-survive-without-free-speech/] first appeared on Socrates in the City [https://socratesinthecity.com].