Harlan Coben

Reclaiming with Monica Lewinsky

Prufrock LLC

Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Education

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 30 December 2025

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

This week on Reclaiming, Monica sits down with bestselling author Harlan Coben for a conversation about risk, and the emotional heart that anchors every twist he writes. Harlan reflects on the fear and curiosity that led him to co-author a book with Reese Witherspoon, the childhood losses that shaped his most beloved characters, and the belief that pressure is a privilege for any creative life. He opens up about the hotel key he still keeps from his father, why thrillers only work when readers care deeply, and how boredom, insecurity, and paying attention to human behavior quietly fuel his work. Together, they explore grief, humor, the lives we imagine, and the stories that keep us tethered to one another. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:16.5	Wonder.
0:20.5	You have to tell me, where's my key?
0:21.9	Where's my key?
0:22.3	And I'm like, oh, it's the shit where your key is.
0:24.7	Just get out.
0:25.9	And when I got, and when I spoke to his doctor after he had gone in and he said, oh,
0:32.2	his last words was to check his pockets.
0:35.3	And he had found the key because he wanted us to have a place to stay
0:38.9	that he didn't want us to not have so his last thoughts were i got to find the hotel key
0:45.1	so that the family's coming down to place the state
0:48.3	harland I'm so happy to welcome you to reclaiming.
1:00.3	Thanks, Monica.
1:01.1	It's great to be here with you.
1:01.8	Yeah, we met not that long ago at a weekend retreat.
1:05.6	And I felt like we had an appetizer size of a conversation.
1:10.1	And I'm like, yes, now we get to do the main
1:11.8	course.
1:12.1	Perfect.
1:12.7	And I was pretty blown away by the fact that you have sold 90 million books worldwide.
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