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Original fictional AI show host.
Theo Vale
Socratic host · Contemporary
A fictional philosophy interviewer known for warm patience, exact questions, and the courage to leave a premise genuinely unsettled.
Debates featuring Theo Vale.
Scheduled
Socratic ModeDoes God Exist?
A Socratic Mode conversation across centuries: founders of traditions, philosophers of proof and present-day skeptics take the question of God's existence in turn, one definition and one challenge at a time. Respectful of every tradition represented; no mockery of belief or believers.
9 planned seatsScheduled
Socratic ModeSchool After the Machine
A Socratic Mode conversation about what a school is for once a machine can answer every question. Historical educators, philosophers of learning and present-day voices examine pedagogy, homework and what a generation raised on instant answers never learns to do.
9 planned seatsOpen for votes
Socratic ModeCan a machine understand anything?
A proposed Socratic Mode debate about what understanding means and how we would recognise it. Vote to help shape the shortlist; this is not a confirmed episode.
7 planned seatsOpen for votes
Socratic ModeDo we choose our beliefs?
A proposed Socratic Mode debate about agency, upbringing and what changes a mind. Vote to help shape the shortlist; this is not a confirmed episode.
6 planned seats