Ladies and gentlemen, are you ready to listen to a man of grace, sophistication, integrity, and whimsy.

Well, so are we.

But until such a man shows up, please welcome Eric

Matt, Texas. Hey there, folks. It's Friday, the 11th of July. And this summer,

on Fridays, I think we're often, we're going to do Socrates in the City Fridays.

I'm working on a book, and we've got some awesome Socrates in the City content.

So we thought maybe we can run them.

So today we're going to run one.

I have to tell you, I keep meeting these amazing people.

Melanie Phillips, I interviewed her. It's got to be around two months ago almost, I keep meeting these amazing people. Melanie Phillips, I interviewed her.

It's got to be around two months ago almost, I think, here in New York for Socrates in the

City Conversation. She's a British author. She's absolutely brilliant and delightful. And as you'll

see in the beginning of my conversation with her, which we're going to air in a moment,

she's incredibly funny. I didn't see it coming. When I was talking to her before we sat down for

the conversation, she was extremely serious and British. And then when we sat down, we really had some

fun. But it's also a very important conversation.

The book that Melanie Phillips has written, which we discuss, which you'll hear in a minute, is called The Builders Stone, how Jews and Christians built the West, how Jews and Christians built the West and how only they can save it.

So it's really fascinating.

But Melanie Phillips has become one of my favorite people.

In fact, I like her so much that recently we did a new thing.

We're going to be doing these things called Socrates and the city dialogues where I'm not

involved at all.

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