Who was Plato?

Why are we still talking about him over two-thousand years after his death?

What warnings did he give us about the vulnerabilities of democracy?

What impact do individuals' values have on a democracy?

And, in short, why does Plato matter now?

In this episode, Angie Hobbs, Professor emerita of the Public Understanding of Philosophy at the University of Sheffield and author of the new book Why Plato Matters Now, answers these questions and more.