Democracy Café

Of late, there has been been what I'd call almost an explosion of new or renewed interest in Socrates Cafe and Democracy Cafe, in the U.S. and around the globe. Imagine my delight in receiving a message from a young woman in Seoul, Republic of Korea, to let me know that she'd inaugurated a Socrates Cafe there, after talking it over with one of her philosophy teachers. "You’re kind of spreading philosophy to the common populace," 18-year-old June Seong tells me in this latest podcast. "You’re making philosophy more tangible," she continues, "more accessible, more fun. I think that is incredibly important, especially for people my age." June and her fellow 'Socratizers,' as I fondly call devotees of Socratic inquiry, are getting set to hold their next gathering, after exploring the beautiful and intriguing question, at their first Socrates Cafe, "What does Socrates stand for?" A long-time aficionado of all things Socrates and Socratic exploration, June realizes keenly "the importance of questioning, the i