A Consensus Not Found show
Socratic Mode
Better questions. Fewer speeches.
A question-led conversation that uncovers definitions, assumptions and the limits of certainty. Each answer invites a sharper question until the panel can say what changed and what remains unresolved.
- Episode length
- 20–40 minutes
- Hosted by
- Theo Vale
The person guiding the room
Meet Theo Vale.
Socratic host · Contemporary
A fictional philosophy interviewer known for warm patience, exact questions, and the courage to leave a premise genuinely unsettled.
Meet the hostEnter through a question
Questions for Socratic Mode.
The show begins when a question gives credible opposing positions something real to defend.
Does 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 seatsSchool 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 seatsCan 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 seatsDo 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 seatsPut it on the table
Have the question this show needs?
Bring a clear motion with a serious case on more than one side.