Alex O'Connor Ends His Tour Talking God at Town Hall
The CosmicSkeptic podcaster closes his six-show North America tour on November 27 with guest Joe Folley, an extensive audience Q&A, and a stage built in 1921 for public speeches.
Alex O'Connor has been arguing about God on camera since his teens, first on the YouTube channel CosmicSkeptic and since 2019 as host of the Within Reason podcast. This November he takes the conversation on the road for six shows across North America, and New York on Friday November 27 is the last of them.
Joe Folley of Unsolicited Advice joins him on stage. Washington, Boston, Toronto, San Francisco and Los Angeles come first.
The card below opens the Ticketmaster page for the 7:00 PM show. Children of all ages need their own ticket, and Ticketmaster lists an overall limit of eight tickets for this event.
An Evening with Alex O'ConnorFriday November 27, 7:00 PM. The Town Hall, 123 West 43rd Street, New York.ticketmaster.evyy.netBuilt in 1921 for Public Speeches
The Town Hall went up between 1919 and 1921, designed by McKim, Mead & White for the League for Political Education. Its auditorium opened on January 12, 1921, and it was meant first as a place for speeches.
From 1935 to 1956 it was home to America's Town Meeting of the Air, an early public-affairs radio program. Music took over the room later in the century. Both the exterior and the interior are now New York City landmarks, and the building is a National Historic Landmark.
Two Levels, and a Lift to the Balcony
The auditorium holds 1,500 seats across two levels. Wheelchair seating sits in Orchestra Left behind Row S: buy a regular ticket, and the House Manager sees to the seat on arrival. An elevator runs to the balcony, and hearing devices are available from the House Manager.
Cameras and recording devices are not allowed in the theatre. For questions about accessible seating, the venue lists 212-840-2824.
Joe Folley, Then the Questions
O'Connor's own tour page lays the evening out. Joe Folley joins him to talk philosophy: God, consciousness, ethics, or whatever the audience wants. Every show on the tour includes an extensive Q&A. The Town Hall bills the night as discussion and audience questions on God, religion, consciousness and more.
O'Connor studied philosophy and theology at St John's College, Oxford. Guests on his podcast have included Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Carlo Rovelli and Slavoj Žižek.
The 4:00 PM Q&A Comes Before the Show
A smaller pre-show Q&A with a group photo was sold as an add-on. Venue restrictions moved the New York session to 4:00 PM, with check-in from 3:30 PM and the session running until 4:45 PM. The add-on only works alongside a general show ticket, and O'Connor's tour page lists the New York session as sold out.
The main show starts at 7:00 PM.
📍 The Town Hall, 123 West 43rd Street, between Sixth Avenue and Broadway, New York, NY 10036. The box office is open Monday through Saturday, 12:00 PM to 6:00 PM, and on Sundays only when there is a performance.
Friday November 27 at 7:00 PM is the final night of the tour, in a room that has been hosting speeches for more than a century.