U.S.-China Competition; Wave, a Memoir about the 2004 Tsunami; "Kids for Cash"; Please Explain | The Leonard Lopate Show

4 segments

China v. the U.S.: The Contest of the Century 28 min

Wave: Surviving Enormous Loss and Grief After the 2004 Tsunami 20 min

"Kids for Cash" 19 min

Charlie in Robert May's "Kids for Cash."

Geoff Dyer, former Beijing bureau chief for The Financial Times, talks about how China and the US are competing for global influence. Sonali Deraniyagala talks about Wave, for this month’s Leonard Lopate Show Book Club. We’ll find out about a new documentary about a Pennsylvania judge who imposed harsh sentences on the kids who came before him in exchange for cash from the privately owned juvenile detention centers he helped fill. Plus, this week’s Please Explain is all about hypnosis!