All Of It
Interviews
ALL OF IT is a show about culture and its consumers. ALL OF IT is a show about culture and context. ALL OF IT is a show about culture and the culture. Our aim is to engage the thinkers, doers, makers, and creators, about the what and why of their work. People make the culture and we hope, need, and want the WNYC community to be a part of our show. As we build a community around ALL OF IT, we know that every guest and listener has an opinion. We won’t always agree, but our varied perspectives and diversity of experience is what makes New York City great. ALL OF IT will be both companion for and curator of the myriad culture this city has to offer. In the words of Cristina De Rossi, anthropologist at Barnet and Southgate College, London: "Culture encompasses religion, food, what we wear, how we wear it, our language, marriage, music, what we believe is right or wrong, how we sit at the table, how we greet visitors, how we behave with loved ones, and a million other things." ...In other words, ALL OF IT. --- Join us for ALL OF IT with Alison Stewart, weekdays from 12:00 - 2:00PM on WNYC.
Location:
New York, NY
Description:
ALL OF IT is a show about culture and its consumers. ALL OF IT is a show about culture and context. ALL OF IT is a show about culture and the culture. Our aim is to engage the thinkers, doers, makers, and creators, about the what and why of their work. People make the culture and we hope, need, and want the WNYC community to be a part of our show. As we build a community around ALL OF IT, we know that every guest and listener has an opinion. We won’t always agree, but our varied perspectives and diversity of experience is what makes New York City great. ALL OF IT will be both companion for and curator of the myriad culture this city has to offer. In the words of Cristina De Rossi, anthropologist at Barnet and Southgate College, London: "Culture encompasses religion, food, what we wear, how we wear it, our language, marriage, music, what we believe is right or wrong, how we sit at the table, how we greet visitors, how we behave with loved ones, and a million other things." ...In other words, ALL OF IT. --- Join us for ALL OF IT with Alison Stewart, weekdays from 12:00 - 2:00PM on WNYC.
Language:
English
Contact:
WNYC Radio 160 Varick St. New York, NY 10013
Episodes
Formula 1 Gets Turbocharged in the United States
3/30/2023
Formula 1 has found a new, young, and largely female audience in the United States, and this year, the US will host three Grands Prix--in Miami, Austin, and Las Vegas--more than any other country. We dive into F1's new fandom with journalist Maria Sherman, who wrote about the "The Fangirlification of Formula 1," as well as Lily Herman, author of the newsletter Engine Failure and co-host of the podcast Choosing Sides: F1. For an overseas perspective, we're also joined by Matt Gallagher and...
Duration:00:49:49
Clint Smith's 'Above Ground': Poems on Fatherhood and the World
3/30/2023
Clint Smith's new poetry book, Above Ground, explores the triumphs and emotions experienced as a new father, meditations on social and political tumult, and reflections on connections to personal lineages and history. He joins us today in studio to discuss. Smith will also be at the 92nd Street Y tonight, you can find more information about the event here .
Duration:00:29:19
A New Documentary on the Life and Career of Brooke Shields
3/29/2023
In the 1980's child actor and model Brooke Shields was one of the most photographed faces in the world. A new documentary series, "Pretty Baby," revisits her life and career, including the sexual exploitation she endured. Emmy award-winning director Lana Wilson joins to discuss.
Duration:00:34:55
Eugenia Leigh's Sophomore Poetry Collection, 'Bianca'
3/29/2023
Eugenia Leigh is a Korean American poet based in Brooklyn, and her sophomore collection, Bianca, features work that explores many aspects of Leigh's identity, family, and past. With poems about her abusive father, mental illness, and motherhood, Leigh leans in to difficult topics, and uses poetry as a means to explore her life. Leigh joins us in studio to discuss the collection, and perform a reading.
Duration:00:14:41
New Exhibition Spotlights Caribbean Roots
3/29/2023
A new, large scale exhibition, In the Blood: Four Caribbean Artists, created by Arco Gallery and Anderson Contemporary, explores the Caribbean diaspora. We speak to two featured artists Laura James and Francks Deceus, as well as curators Valentina Puccioni and Ronni Anderson. In the Blood is on view until May 3.
Duration:00:23:24
It's Springtime For Cherry Blossoms And NYC
3/29/2023
Spring is springing, and the New York's bloom will be underway soon, where it isn't already. Also blooming are more opportunities to enjoy our outdoor spaces. Rossilynne Skena Culgan, Time Out New York's 'Things to Do' editor, brings her favorite local springtime activities and events, including the best places to look at cherry blossoms. Plus, listeners share where they go to soak up the seasonal turn.
Duration:00:28:05
Destiny's Child's Selt-Titled Debut at 25 (Silver Liner Notes)
3/28/2023
Destiny's Child released their debut, self-titled album on February 17, 1998. The album introduced the world to one of the soon-to-be-best-selling girl groups of all time, spawned the hit "No, No, No," and set the stage for Beyonce's eventual success as a solo artist. We revisit the album on its 25th anniversary as part of our series Silver Liner Notes, with journalist Emil Wilbekin, as well as album producer (and founding member of Tony! Toni! Toné!) D'wayne Wiggins.
Duration:00:23:28
Public Domain Drop 2023
3/28/2023
[REBROADCAST FROM January 3, 2023] On January 1, a new cohort of works entered the public domain, including Virginia Woolf's To the Lighthouse, the films "Metropolis" and "The Jazz Singer," and the songs “Ol’ Man River“ and “(I Scream You Scream, We All Scream for) Ice Cream.“ Jennifer Jenkins, director of the Center for the Study of the Public Domain at Duke University, highlights some of the newly public works and explains the meaning of the public domain. You can read more about the...
Duration:00:11:06
Winners of the Public Song Project
3/28/2023
[REBROADCAST FROM March 1, 2023] We speak to the winners of the Public Song Project and hear to their submissions. Kat Lewis discusses her summer-fun rewrite of “(I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for) Ice Cream.” Alice Lee explains her modern take on the archetypal country hit, “The Prisoners Song.” And Chloe and Lily Holgate, who perform as sybil, share the inspiration for their musical setting of the Edna St Vincent Millay poem, “Afternoon on a Hill.”
Then we take a tour through...
Duration:00:38:46
*NSYNC's Selt-Titled Debut at 25 (Silver Liner Notes)
3/28/2023
*NSYNC released their debut, self-titled album internationally on March 24, 1998. The album introduced the world to one of the soon-to-be-best-selling boybands of all time, spawned hits like "Tearin' Up My Heart" and "I Want You Back," and set the stage for Justin Timberlake's eventual success as a solo artist. We revisit the album on its 25th anniversary as part of our series Silver Liner Notes, with Maria Sherman, author of Larger Than Life: A History of Boy Bands from NKOTB to BTS.
Duration:00:27:16
Sophie B. Hawkins At City Winery, Again, With New Music
3/27/2023
[REBROADCAST FROM NOVEMBER 23, 2022] Sophie B. Hawkins joined us last November to celebrate the 30th anniversary of her debut album Tongues and Tails. The album launched Hawkins's career and went platinum thanks to tracks like the single, "Damn I Wish I Was Your Lover." She joined us to discuss her career and music, and took listener calls. We present excerpts of this conversation again, following her release last Friday of a new record, Free Myself, and her upcoming performance at City...
Duration:00:13:11
Improvisational Trio Vijay Iyer, Arooj Aftab, and Shahzad Ismaily on Their First Album
3/27/2023
Love In Exile is the first album from the trio made up of jazz pianist Vijay Iyer, vocalist Arooj Aftab, and multi-instrumentalist Shahzad Ismaily. The group first came together in 2018 to perform experimental, improvisatory music, and have collaborated several times since. The new album, recorded live in New York, is their first attempt to capture those explorations on a record. All three musicians join us for a Listening Party.
Duration:00:28:45
A New Set of Rules for Major League Baseball
3/27/2023
Thursday is Opening Day for Major League Baseball. If you were planning on a season of languid, three-hour-plus games, fear not, because the MLB has announced new rules to shorten game times and get the ball in play more frequently. Evan Drellich, senior writer for The Athletic and author of the new book Winning Fixes Everything: How Baseball's Brightest Minds Created Sports' Biggest Mess, is with us to break down the new rules and look forward to the new season.
Duration:00:13:11
The Best Books Set In New York City
3/27/2023
We discuss some of the best books about or set in New York City to recommend to newcomers or longtime residents hoping to learn more about the city they call home. Julie Golia, the associate director of manuscripts, archives, and rare books and the Charles J. Liebman curator of manuscripts for The New York Public Library, shares some of her favorite titles and we take listener suggestions. Also, the library created its own list of 125 books to celebrate their 125th anniversary year.
Here's...
Duration:00:22:12
'Berenice Abbott's New York Album, 1929' on Display at the Met
3/27/2023
In 1929, photographer Berenice Abbott disembarked from an ocean liner on the banks of New York City, after eight years in Europe. She planned for a short visit, but to her surprise, New York looked and felt different than when she had last visited, so she decided to walk around with a handheld camera and capture its architecture, increasingly taller skyline, and elevated trains. The result was a photo album and an important turning point in Abbott's career. A new exhibition at the Met,...
Duration:00:17:24
Women's History Highlights: The History of Female Philosophers
3/24/2023
[REBROADCAST FROM March 13, 2023] In continuing our Women's History Month programming looking at female trailblazers, we turn our attention to female philosophers! Author Regan Penaluna joins us to discuss her new book, How to Think Like a Woman: Four Women Philosophers Who Taught Me How to Love the Life of the Mind, which explores the life and careers of Damaris Cudworth Masham, Mary Astell, Catharine Cockburn and Mary Wollstonecraft.
This segment is guest-hosted by Kerry Nolan.
Duration:00:15:49
Women's History Highlights: Gallery Owner Nicola Vassell
3/24/2023
[REBROADCAST FROM February 28, 2023] As we wrap up our Black Art History month series, we meet Nicola Vassell, one of the only black female gallery owners in New York City. She opened her eponymous gallery in Chelsea in 2021. She came to the U.S from Jamaica at just 17 and worked her way up through the art world, working for big names like Pace, and has also helped curate The Dean Collection. We hear her story and what she has planned for 2023.
Duration:00:13:15
Women's History Highlights: Jessica Chastain Stars in 'A Doll's House'
3/24/2023
[REBROADCAST FROM March 3, 2023] Academy Award winner Jessica Chastain stars in the new Broadway adaptation of the classic feminist play, "A Doll's House." Chastain and playwright Amy Herzog join us to discuss the new, incredibly pared back production which is now running through June 10.
This segment is guest-hosted by Kerry Nolan.
Duration:00:18:03
Women's History Highlights: Academy Award-Winning 'Women Talking'
3/24/2023
[REBROADCAST FROM January 9, 2023] The celebrated novel, Women Talking, by Miriam Toews, follows an isolated community of Mennonite women who must decide what to do after learning they had been suffering sexual attacks by men within the commune. Writer and director Sarah Polley joins us to discuss adapting the novel for the big screen. We are also joined by actor Jessie Buckley, who stars in the film as Mariche, a woman skeptical that leaving the community is the right thing to do.
This...
Duration:00:17:49
Women's History Highlights: The Story of First Lady Edith Wilson
3/24/2023
[REBROADCAST FROM March 10, 2023] For Feminist Fridays in honor of Women's History Month, we discuss the woman some consider to be the unofficial first female President: Edith Wilson. She helped run the country after her husband Woodrow Wilson had a stroke. Author Rebecca Boggs Roberts joins us to discuss her new biography of Wilson, Untold Power: The Fascinating Rise and Complex Legacy of First Lady Edith Wilson.
This segment is guest-hosted by Kerry Nolan.
Duration:00:18:07