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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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Jul 18, 2020

Like millions of his admirers, I encountered him through his videos of his dogs, Man Ray, then Fay Ray, then her descendants – odd, surprising, sometimes funny, always full of feeling. Curiously, he used to say horrible things about video art. “That’s how a young artist thinks. I’m much more generous now as an...


Jul 11, 2020

He was still in college when he created his smart and funny comic strip, "Doonesbury," and has since sent his characters to a disconcerting number of wars without disheartening the readers. His most recent book is LewserMore Doonesbury in the Time of Trump, which nearly disheartens me. Laughing through my tears. Of...


Jul 4, 2020

A reporter and editor for The New York Times for more than 30 years, he began at the Daily News, in the seventies, when the city faced financial collapse, terrorist bombs, a blackout, a psychotic serial killer, and Studio 54. “What a time to be city editor of a tabloid newspaper in New York!” He was 28....