Person Place Thing with Randy Cohen Podcast
1) Jennifer Tipton
After a lifetime as a lighting designer for theater and dance, much of it working with gels, she received this honor: "There was a color that was named after me. They don't make it anymore." And thus ...Show More
2) Helen Shaw
The chief theater critic of the New York Times is a model of sophistication, but she didn't begin that way. "I was an extremely nerdy, very braces-wearing, awkward girl from Kansas." Not just braces-w...Show More
3) David Greenspan
Having received many awards, this actor and playwright says that winning need not be so great nor losing so dreadful. "Some people can win something and lose their minds. I don't know that losing has ...Show More
4) Lana Turner
This Harlem fashion icon owns more than 600 hats. "There were times I would leave my house, get down the hill, and recognize it's the wrong hat." She'd turn around and march back up that hill, with th...Show More
5) Anjan Chatterjee
His research on the neuroscience of aesthetics suggests that people crave the human touch. "If they think something is made by a person, they like it more; if they think it's made by a machine they do...Show More
6) Elizabeth Way
This scholar says, "What made American fashion different is that it was to be wearable, comfortable, practical." But not on the red carpet at the Oscars, she did not add. We spoke in conjunction with ...Show More
7) Kinan Azmeh
I'm reluctant to declare an artist a success or failure. This Syrian-born composer and clarinetist has a better characterization: doing well. "Staying true to what I wanted to do, and leading a fulfil...Show More
8) Rev. Winnie Varghese
The Cathedral of St. John the Divine is an Episcopal church and more, says its Dean. "I have Jewish, Hindu, Muslim friends who pray here, because it feels like a holy place." My house shall be a house...Show More
9) the late Aaron Copland
As portrayed by Michael Boriskin, director of Copland House. "I decided from the time I was in my mid-twenties that there was no such thing as a rival or a competitor, that we were all colleagues." So...Show More
10) Charles Renfro
Can architecture be witty? At that scale? At those prices? This architect ponders. "It can certainly be smart, and it can do unexpected things, which doesn't necessarily make it witty. That might make...Show More