The first dialogue with Professor Barber was recorded in Peterborough in September 2008, with later follow-up questions and responses in June 2011. Professor Barber had been part of a team helping the city of Peterborough in the United Kingdom to think about its future and strategize how the arts can be used as an integral part of a regeneration plan. His presence in Peterborough was an opportunity for a face-toface discussion about his work more generally. The further questions and responses in 2011 follow up on Professor Barber's engagement as a political theorist with other key issues of political practice.