Who are we? What is truth? The simplest questions are sometimes the hardest to answer, but at Socrates Café, at least you can try. Founded by author Christopher Phillips, these salons have turned coffee houses, libraries, senior centers and even prisons into forums for Socratic inquiry.
One Week in Bangkok
Dr. Thomas Frieden New York City Commissioner in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene on the latest stats on New Yorkers with HIV/AIDS
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Simon Montlake covering the XV World AIDS Conference in Bangkok for the Christian Science Monitor on the World Aids conference in Bangkok
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Simon Montlake covering the XV World AIDS Conference in Bangkok for the Christian Science Monitor on the World Aids conference in Bangkok
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The Corrections
Andrea Bernstein Senior Reporter, WNYC discusses her report on the Department of Corrections
The Examined Life
Christopher Phillips Founder and Director, Society of Philosophical Inquiry, author, Six Questions of Socrates: A Modern-Day Journey of Discovery through World Philosophy (W.W. Norton & Company; 1st edition, January 2004) and Socrates Cafe (W.W. Norton & Company 2001) discusses philosophy of daily life
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