A book is a garden, an orchard, a storehouse, a party, a company by the way, a counselor, a multitude of counselors.
I can be pretty nasty. Not 'mean' nasty, but nasty by your parents' standards. But not by my parents' standards, because my parents were nasty for their day.
But you can make good radio, interesting radio, great radio even, without an urgent question, a burning issue at stake.