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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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Aug 28, 2013

Simon Doonan is the creative ambassador for Barneys and a columnist for Slate. First known as a potter, Jonathan Adler now has 20 stores worldwide offering beautiful things. His guideline: “If your heirs won’t fight over it, we won’t make it.” They are the first married couple to do the...


Aug 22, 2013


Dr. Thomas Frieden is the Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. A specialist in infections diseases, he has also served as health commissioner of New York City.


Aug 15, 2013

Born in Brooklyn, Roz Chast is best known for her cartoons for The New Yorker,  many other magazines, and more than a dozen books. We note with pleasure how much she sounds like a Roz Chast cartoon: smart, funny, just a bit fretful, and thoroughly appealing. Maybe that’s because her cartoons have taught us to...


Aug 8, 2013

August 9 marks the one-year anniversary of our friend David Rakoff’s death. We commemorate his life with a special two-part episode. Part 1 [insert link: http://92yondemand.org/person-place-thing-episode-34-david-rakoff-part-1/] features his Person and Place; Part 2 his Thing, and a terrific bonus story—what he called,...


Aug 1, 2013

August 9th marks the one-year anniversary of our friend David Rakoff's death. We commemorate his life with a special two-part episode. Part 1 features his person and place; Part 2 his Thing, and a terrific bonus story-- what he called, "the meanest thing I ever said about anyone... intentionally."

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