What does it mean to be free and democratic?
Just a question I thought I'd throw out from a snowy but sunny Cambridge Massachusetts. Well, I can't claim it as my own, it's a suggestion for a talking point for today's programme from a listener called Dwight.
If you're going to visit Boston, one of the birthplaces of "American style democracy" and modern freedom, a great question to ask is, what does it mean to be free and democratic? What did it mean back then and what does it mean today? In what way have we mirrored and adopted the ideals we revolted against?
We agree it's a great topic Dwight, and we think the students from Harvard's Kennedy School of Government who are taking part in today's programme could have a thing or two to say about some of the issues you've raised! We've e-mailed you back to see if you'd be up for kicking off the show with some of your points, please get in touch soon if you can...
As Peter wrote earlier, there are some other issues we think might be raised during the programme - women in leadership for example, after Harvard recently elected it's first female President.
In the news today today, Plenty to say on this - will it get the students here fired up?
Not long until the our guests arrive so I'm off to greet them, check back here soon to find out what they want to talk about, and listen live from 6pm GMT (or 1pm from over here!)
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