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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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Sep 28, 2015

A film critic for the Village Voice, New York, and Vogue, she has also written for the Times, the New York Review of Books, and, well, everywhere. In this episode she speaks insightfully about the tension between being an ambitious intellectual and a genteel southern gal: oh yes, she started out as a gal. Plus music...


Sep 15, 2015

He came to public attention as a co-founder of Spy magazine and later as editor-in-chief of New York magazine. The author of three novels, he is the host and co-creator of the public radio program Studio 360. With musical guests Peter Gordon and Ned Sublette.


Sep 1, 2015

He is perhaps best known in America for his novels The Master and Brooklyn. His 2012 novel, The Testament of Mary, was short-listed for the Man Booker Prize and adapted as a play, produced on Broadway with Fiona Shaw. His newest novel is Norah Webster. We gathered at the Port Washingon Public Library with musical guest,...