Best Of: Record producer Peter Asher / Romance writer Kennedy Ryan

Record producer and manager Peter Asher discovered James Taylor and launched Carole King’s career. Paul McCartney and John Lennon wrote “I Want to Hold Your Hand” in his family’s basement. He spoke with Terry Gross about having a front-row seat to some of the biggest moments in recording history. Also, romance novelist Kennedy Ryan talks about how she fell for the genre in middle school, even…