On May 13th, Director of the Gotham Center, Peter-Christian Aigner and Ted Knudsen will record an episode of Person Place Thing featuring their work on the New York Revolutionary Trail.

Person Place Thing is an interview show based on the idea that people are especially engaging when they speak, not directly about themselves, but something they care about. Guests talk about one person, one place, and one thing with particular meaning to them. 

Randy Cohen’s first professional work was writing humor pieces, essays, and stories for newspapers and magazines (The New Yorker, Harpers, the Atlantic, Young Love Comics). His first television work was writing for "Late Night With David Letterman" for which he won three Emmy awards. His fourth Emmy was for his work on Michael Moore’s "TV Nation." He received a fifth Emmy as a result of a clerical error, and he kept it. For twelve years he wrote "The Ethicist," a weekly column for the New York Times Magazine. He is currently the creator and host of Person Place Thing, a public radio program.

NYC Revolutionary Trail will launch in June 2026 to celebrate America’s upcoming 250th anniversary. The multimedia walking tour in downtown Manhattan reframes New York at the heart of the American Revolution. The walking tour is designed in partnership with video game publisher Ubisoft and Creative Technology Studio Sugar Creative. NYC Revolutionary Trail is also partnered with the Museum of the City of New York for the upcoming exhibit, “The Occupied City,” opening to the public on May 1st 2026.

Peter-Christian Aigner is an historian of twentieth-century America (PhD, The Graduate Center, CUNY).

Ted Knudsen is a PhD Candidate at the Graduate Center, CUNY, and the co-founder of the New York Revolutionary Trail.

LOCATION: Martin Segal Theater, The Graduate Center (CUNY), 365 Fifth Ave