In his autobiography, ‘Siren Song,’ Seymour Stein writes about how he started out in the music business as a teen before going on to sign groundbreaking artists like Talking Heads, The Ramones, Madonna, and Ice-T.

Jim Gavin, creator of the AMC comedy series ‘Lodge 49,’ talks about strip mall culture, why he likes to write characters who are fools, and explains why he defines success as “just sticking around.”

Book critic Maureen Corrigan reviews ‘Baby, You’re Gonna Be Mine,’ a book of stories by Kevin Wilson.