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Ahmed alRawy/flickrTorture and Democracy
Human rights monitoring doesn't necessarily stop torture, according to an expert on government interrogation. He says it simply causes torturers to use techniques that leave no physical scars. Also: a man who spent a difficult decade in foster care as a kid. Alison Larkin’s debut novel. And we hear why second-world countries could eventually decide the fate of the world’s superpowers!
The Powerful Second World
Second-world countries like Uzbekistan, Colombia, and Libya could eventually decide the fate of the world’s superpowers, says global politics expert Parag Khanna. His new book is The Second World: Empires and Influence in the New Global Order.
Event: Parag Khanna will be speaking and signing books
Monday, March 10 at 7 pm
Upper West Barnes & Noble
2289 Broadway (at 82nd Street)
A Tough Decade in Foster Care
Andrew Bridge spent a decade in foster care as a kid. In his new memoir, Hope’s Boy, he says that the foster care system too often hurts children instead of helping them.
The English American
Alison Larkin’s semi-autobiographical novel, The English American, is about a British woman adopted as an infant who finds out that her birth parents were from the American South. She then moves to the US to be closer to them. It’s based on Larkin's one-woman show of the same title.
Events: Alison Larkin will be speaking and signing books
Monday, March 10 at 6 pm
The British Consulate General
845 Third Avenue (Between East 51st and East 52nd Streets)
For tickets, call (212) 682-6110
Alison Larkin will be speaking and signing books
Tuesday, March 18 at 7 pm
Barnes & Noble Lincoln Triangle
Torture and Democracy
Human rights monitoring may not necessarily stop torture…it simply causes torturers to use techniques that leave no physical scars. Government interrogation expert Darius Rejali’s new exhaustive study of torture techniques is Torture and Democracy.
Events: Darius Rejali will be in conversation with Stacy Sullivan
Wednesday, March 12 at 6:30 pm
Sponsored by the Brennan Center for Justice and Human Rights Watch
New York University School of Law, Furman Hall
245 Sullivan Street (between Washington Square South and West 3rd Street)
To RSVP or for more information, contact the Brennan Center at (212) 998-6730
Darius Rejali will be speaking and signing books
Thursday, March 13 at 5:30 pm
Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs
Merrill House
170 East 64th Street (between 3rd and 4th Avenues)
To purchase tickets, go here.
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Tributes: Jeanne-Claude
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Jeanne-Claude created environmental works of art with her husband and fellow-conspirator/collaborator Christo. Together, they wrapped the Reichstag in Berlin, the Pont-Neuf in Paris, and created The Gates, with billowy orange drapes, in Central Park. Jeanne-Claude just died at the age of 74. You can hear Leonard Lopate’s last interview with them both, from July 19, 1999.
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Frank McCourt
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Frank McCourt has been a guest many times on this show over the years, starting in 1996 for the memoir, Angela’s Ashes, that would earn him a Pulitzer Prize. Fame came to him late in life, after he’d retired at the age of 65 from teaching English and creative writing at public schools here in New York. He was a sweet, eloquent man who spoke with grace and humility; he just died at the age of 78 after a battle with cancer. You can hear him speaking with Leonard Lopate for his Survival Kit in 2000, and in 2005, for his memoir, Teacher Man.
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Science and Faith
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FDA to Regulate Tobacco?
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Our 3-ingredient Challenge wins a James Beard Award
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Leonard is on Facebook
Now Leonard is on Facebook! We’re posting photos, status updates, links to notable interviews, and lots more. Check it out.
Barack Obama, Circa 2004
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Listen to President-Elect Barack Obama on the Leonard Lopate Show in November 2004. He had recently won a seat in the U.S. Senate, and only a few months before, his rousing speech during the 2004 Democratic National Convention catapulted him into the national spotlight.
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