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In this new kind of interview show, Randy Cohen talks to guests about a person, a place, and a thing they feel strongly about. The result: some great talkers tell stories they never have before. Visit PersonPlaceThing.org.

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Dec 27, 2013

Singer-songwriter Lucy Wainwright Roche grew up in Greenwich Village in an illustrious musical family, but she soon joined the wagon trains carrying courageous hipsters over the river to Brooklyn. Oh, Pioneers! Her latest album, There’s A Last Time For Everything, was released in October. To whet your appetite, listen...


Dec 19, 2013

Kevin Baker is celebrated for his journalism and his historical fiction, a genre that gets a bad rap as a kind of lesser literature. But isn’t all fiction historical fiction, with an obligation to effectively render details of time and place? The place that concerns him is New York City, and he ranges across its...


Dec 12, 2013

Born in New Jersey, Dean is the son of a Palestinian father and a Sicilian mother.  Negin’s parents, Iranian immigrants, raised her in Palm Springs, something that would have been impossible in Iran. Or in New Jersey. Recently they assembled a group of comedians, mostly Muslim, and toured what might seem to be...


Dec 6, 2013

A singer/song-writer at the start of what promises to be a glorious career, Lissie’s first album went platinum in the UK. She’s opened for Bruce Springsteen and Tom Petty. She’s given a TED talk. In October, she released her second album. “At her age,” says Randy, “I was just learning how to vacuum my...


Nov 28, 2013

Celebrated for her emotional clarity as well as her impressive range – from soap opera to Chekhov to The Kids are All Right – Julianne Moore is also the author of four children’s books, including My Mom is a Foreigner, But Not to Me, her latest. Not all actors or novelists, athletes or surgeons can speak with...