This week Boston Public Radio is revisiting some of our favorite conversations. In this episode you'll hear:

  • We spoke with Harvard professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt about their new book, How Democracies Die.
  • Michael Norton broke down the correlation between our appetite for risk and our appetite for ordering desert.
  • Steve Coll discussed his new book, Directorate S: An Account of one of the great tragedies of our age – America’s failing policies in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
  • Former Secretary of Labor Robert discussed his recipe for a just society. It’s the subject of his new book, The Common Good.
  • Harvard linguist Steven pinker discussed his latest book, Enlightenment Now.
  • Meredith Goldstein, the woman behind the Boston Globe’s advice columnist Love Letters, joined us to talk about her new book, Can’t Help Myself.