The Leonard Lopate Show

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)

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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.

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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

Alison Larkin’s website

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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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