By the definition of bestselling author and acclaimed Socratic Method specialist Christopher Phillips, PhD, an openist is someone who tries to be... open -- to new perspectives, new ideas, new possibilities for human being and doing and making. Podcast host Christopher Phillips, PhD, who has Greek and U.S. citizenship and has authored the international bestsellers 'Socrates Cafe: A Fresh Taste of Philosophy' and 'Six Questions of Socrates: A Modern-Day Journey of Discovery through World Philosophy ,' among others (including the philosophical children's book 'Philosophers' Club'), democratizes and Socratizes with an eclectic mix of guests with an array of views and voices. They join him in seeking new portals for achieving ever more openness and connectedness as individuals and as a society. Christopher is founder of the global Socrates Cafe and Democracy Cafe movements (SocratesCafe.com, DemocracyCafe.org),. His personal/professional website is ChristopherPhillips.com