The Leonard Lopate Show: Basic Brown

The Leonard Lopate Show

Basic Brown

Monday, February 11, 2008

Former San Francisco mayor and attorney Willie Brown (Frazer Harrison/Getty Images)

The controversial former San Francisco Democratic mayor Willie Brown explains how he's managed to lose only one election throughout his entire political career. Also: the extraordinary life of Serbia’s legendary warlord, Zeliko Raznatovitch. And a psychologist tries to explain how US soldiers became torturers at Abu Ghraib.

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Guests:

Willie Brown

Willie Brown: "The Real Slick Willie"

Bill Clinton called controversial former San Francisco mayor Willie Brown "the real Slick Willie." Willie Brown is here to reveal some secrets to his very successful political career... from how to work a room at a party, to managing scandals. His new autobiography is Basic Brown.

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The Life of a Serbian Warlord

Serbia's legendary warlord Zeljko "Arkan" Raznatovic began his criminal career as a juvenile delinquent, and eventually became one of Slobodan Milosevic’s most valued henchmen. Christopher Stewart’s new book is Hunting the Tiger: The Fast Life and Violent Death of the Balkans' Most Dangerous Man.

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Charles Bock’s Beautiful Children

Charles Bock’s debut novel is Beautiful Children. It’s set in Nevada, from the suburbs to the sleazy Vegas sex industry.

Events: Charles Bock will be speaking and signing books
Tuesday, February 12 at 7 pm
Three Lives Books
154 West 10th Street (at Waverly Place)

Charles ...

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How Good People Turn Evil

How did American soldiers become torturers at Abu Ghraib? Social psychologist Philip Zimbardo’s new book is The Lucifer Effect: Understanding How Good People Turn Evil. Zimbardo was the father of the 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment, in which student volunteers randomly chosen to play guards became cruel, while those playing ...

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