Media Update

Eric in the Media

Eric debates Christopher Hitchens on CNN Paula Zahn: May 22, 2007
Eric debating Christopher Hitchens (author of god is not Great) about Jerry Falwell's death on CNN's Paula Zahn. Six mins.

Amazing Grace Media Coverage

Hannity & Colmes Video Interview March 16, 2007
Eric appears on Hannity & Colmes with Ken Wales, a producer of the Amazing Grace movie.

C-SPAN's Book TV Video Interview Feb. 25, 2007
Open Forum event in San Francisco. Scot Sherman interviews Eric Metaxas and David Batstone.

NPR's "Talk of the Nation" Feb. 22, 2007
Featuring Eric Metaxas and the director of the film Amazing Grace, Michael Apted. The full introduction to the book is also excerpted on the site.

National Review Online Q&A Feb. 23, 2007
"Amazing Story: Eric Metaxas on the Life of William Wilberforce"

WORLD Magazine Interview Feb. 24, 2007

Rich Lowry in the New York Post Feb. 23, 2007
"THE WILBERFORCE: How Faith Moved a Nation"

John Wilson in Books & Culture Feb. 26, 2007
"A Crackling Bonfire of Truth and Clarity"

CBN's The 700 CLUB Feb. 23. 2007
A friend thought I looked a bit like Lily Tomlin's Edith Ann character...

Grace Cathedral in San Francisco Feb. 24, 2007
Podcast Conversation w/Dean Alan Jones

NYC: The Daily News, June 19, 2006

DEEP THRILLS

Alison Bowen

DEEP THRILLS
Even a Greek diner’s java cup evokes Socrates for Eric Metaxas
By ALISON BOWEN
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Eric Metaxas might just know the meaning of life.
Metaxas, 42, is the founder and host of Socrates in the City: Conversations on the Examined Life, a floating Manhattan lecture series lately headquartered at the Union League Club. Following the example of Socrates’ […]

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Q&A: National Review Online, December 22, 2005

God, the Interview: Mr. Know-It-All

Kathryn Jean Lopez

Link to Article
Eric Metaxas aims high. He’s got a book out called Everything You Always Wanted to Know About God (But Were Afraid to Ask). He confesses early on that he’s really just taking “a crack at” the “everything” part, but hopes to get a conversation going about the higher things nonetheless — which he […]

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CNN Transcript: December 20, 2005

“LIVE FROM…”

Keira Phillips

See the videotaped interview
PHILLIPS: So do you have questions about God? The author of “Everything You Always Wanted to Know About God But Were Afraid to Ask” joins us next on LIVE FROM. We’re going to take your e-mails questions, too. Some of these are doozies. We can’t wait to see what he says.
Stay with […]

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BreakPoint with Chuck Colson, November 21, 2005

Wacky Witness: Using Humor to Save Souls

Chuck Colson

The spiritual seeker was asking lots of questions about Christianity — which was good. He was asking them of a friend of mine who’s a mature Christian — also good. But some of my friend’s answers were — how shall I put it — a bit off the wall.
For instance, the seeker asked about necromancy […]

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BreakPoint Interview with Eric Metaxas, November 14, 2005

Divine Comedy

Anne Morse

An interview with humorist and writer Eric Metaxas, author of the newly released book, Everything You Always Wanted to Know About God (But Were Afraid to Ask), WaterBrook Press, 2005.
Eric Metaxas is one of the funniest people I know. When Eric joined the BreakPoint writing team in 1997, he regularly came up with ideas for […]

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Mobile Register, June 19, 2004

Faith, Creativity and Talking Vegetables

Kristen Campbell

He’s proofread for a polyethylene producer, crafted copy for Charles Colson and on occasion, made a tomato talk. In everything, Eric Metaxas said, he seeks to glorify God.
The best-selling author of Veggie Tales favorites like “The Pirates Who (Usually) Don’t Do Anything and “Even Fish Slappers Deserve a Second Chance,” will speak at Spring […]

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The New York Sun, November 19, 2003

This Renaissance Man Tackles the Big Questions

Alicia Colon

As the days grow shorter and the old year draws to a close, is it possible to find an evening of uplifting entertainment and thoughtprovoking discussion on life, God, and other subjects of high import anywhere in Manhattan (including wine and hors d’oeuvres) for $20?
Do you ever wish that someone would start a broadcast company […]

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Hartford Courant, Spring 1995

A Wild Ride

Kyrie O'Connor

TRYING TO FIGURE OUT what Eric Metaxas is going to do next is like sticking a pushpin into a cyclone.
His current writing projects for children include three new books (one of them, The Boy and the Whale: A Christmas Fairytale, published by Third Story Books, is out now for the Christmas Season), a nascent radio […]

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