All Of It

Bear Proof is the name of a new album from composer and longtime bassist for Ani DiFranco, Todd Sickafoose. It's his first release of original music in fifteen years. Sickafoose recorded the album in 2014. The album process had to be put on pause however following the success of the musical "Hadestown," which he helped compose, winning a Grammy and Tony as a result. Bear Proof is out on September 29, and Sickafoose joins us for a preview Listening Party.

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Jesse David Fox on Comedians and the Truth

A recent New Yorker article details comedian Hasan Minhaj's fabrications and "emotional truths" in his stand-up and political comedy. The story follows another recent article from Rolling Stone alleging a toxic environment at "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon." We explore the role of truth in comedy and the responsibility entertainers have to their audiences with Vulture critic Jesse David Fox, author of the upcoming book, Comedy Book: How Comedy Conquered Culture and the Magic that Make it Work. Plus, we take your calls.

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A New Documentary Examines a Risky and Covert CIA Operation

In 1968, a Russian submarine sank in the Pacific Ocean. While the Russian government didn't know where it was, Americans did, and a new film explores how the Nixon administration, Howard Hughes, and the CIA came together to attempt to retrieve it. The film is called, "Neither Confirm Nor Deny" and was directed by the late Phillip Carter. Investigative journalist Hank Phillippi Ryan joins to talk about the film and her role covering the case.

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Ending Imposter Syndrome with Comedian Aparna Nancherla

Comedian and actor Aparna Nancherla is now a published author, with her new memoir Unreliable Narrator: Me, Myself, and Imposter Syndrome. This collection of essays covers her life, her journey with anxiety, and her battle against crippling Imposter Syndrome. She joins us to discuss, and to take calls from listeners.

Duration:00:29:04

Samantha Bee: Your Sex Ed Teacher?

The Emmy-award winning comedian Samantha Bee, formerly a correspondent of "The Daily Show" and former host of her own late-night show, "Full Frontal with Samantha Bee," comes to BAM this Saturday to perform her current touring standup act, "Your Favorite Woman: The Joy of Sex Education," in which Bee gives her thoughts on all the aspects of understanding our bodies, from puberty to menopause. Bee joins us to preview the show.

Duration:00:32:08

Why Do Only Men Have Pockets?

If you've ever wondered why we have pockets in our clothes or why men's clothes have more pockets than women's, a new book examines the history of the pocket. Hannah Carlson, clothing historian and a senior lecturer in the apparel design department at Rhode Island School for Design, joins to discuss, Pockets: An Intimate History on How We Keep Things Close.

Duration:00:31:43

Jazzmeia Horn Previews Her Smoke Jazz Club Residency

Dallas-born and New York City based singer and composer Jazzmeia Horn last joined us in 2019, around the release of her second album, Love and Liberation. Since that time, she's released a big-band album called Dear Love, recorded with her fifteen-piece band, Noble Force. And starting on Thursday, the Grammy-nominated Horn will be performing at Smoke Jazz Club with her Quartet through September 24. Horn joins us to talk about the residency and her musical journey.

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Our Future Among the Stars

With Congress turning more attention to the study of Unidentified Arial Phenomenon, and with an apparently false presentation last week of alien remains to Mexico's Congress, we hear about the real science of outer space from Harvard University astronomer and theoretical physicist Avi Loeb. His new book, Interstellar: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life and Our Future in the Stars, explores the challenges of the search for extraterrestrial life and humanity's future in space. Plus, Loeb will explain some recent discoveries including "burping" black holes.

Duration:00:19:23

NYC Program Gives Homeless Kids a Chance to Study Dance

The new documentary "LIFT" spotlights New York Theatre Ballet's program of the same name that selects at risk and home insecure kids to train in dance. We'll speak to the film's director, David Petersen, and Steven Melendez, a dancer who runs the program.

Duration:00:21:37

Can Friendship Survive Parenthood?

A recent article in The Cut asked why some friendships can withstand everything BUT one friend's entry into parenthood. We'll unpack that and discuss why it can be so hard to maintain friendships with non parents once you become a parent with two co hosts of Slate's podcast Mom & Dad Are Fighting, Jamilah Lamieux and Zak Rosen.

Duration:00:28:17

Exposing An Abusive Doctor at Columbia University

For years, Dr. Robert Hadden continued as a respected OB-GYN at Columbia University while assaulting hundreds of his patients. A new podcast and series of articles about the case expose Dr. Hadden's abuse, and tell the story of the victims seeking justice. We're joined by Laura Beil, journalist and host of the podcast, Exposed: Cover-Up at Columbia University, and Bianca Fortis, reporting fellow at ProPublica and co-author of the ProPublica and New York Magazine piece, "How Columbia Ignored Women, Undermined Prosecutors and Protected a Predator For More Than 20 Years."

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Parents Under Pressure As School Returns

School is back and so are demands on parents. There's pressure on parents to join clubs, volunteer, bake goods, coach teams, attend conferences, all the while documenting it all on social media. Sara Petersen, author of Momfluenced: Inside the Maddening, Picture-Perfect World of Mommy Influencer Culture, joins us to take calls on how to rethink "perfect parenting."

Duration:00:21:22

Ellen Bradshaw Paints Manhattan From Dusk Until Dawn

A new exhibition at Pleaides Gallery in Chelsea displays the oil paintings of artist Ellen Bradshaw, and her focus in this show is Manhattan at night. Bradshaw focuses on the infrastructure of the city, whether it's bridges, storefronts, or the routines of everyday New Yorkers. Manhattan: Dusk to Dawn is on view through September 30, and Bradshaw joins to discuss her work.

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Carole D'Inverno Presents Paintings From Her Notes

Carole D'Inverno is a self-taught Brooklyn based artist who moved to the U.S. in 1979 after growing up in Belgium and Italy. A new exhibition of her watercolors and drawings, From My Notes, is on view now at Atlantic Gallery in the Landmark Arts Building in Chelsea through September 23, and D'Inverno joins us in studio to discuss the show.

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The Work of Artist Hearne Pardee on View at Bowery Gallery

The colorful and abstract paintings of artist Hearne Pardee are currently on view at Bowery Gallery in the Landmark Arts Building in Chelsea. Pardee splits his time between New York, where he first started painting in the 1970s, and California, where he worked as an arts professor at UC Davis for over twenty years. The exhibition, called Just Looking, is on view through September 30, and Pardee joins us to discuss his work and career.

Duration:00:16:51

How Will We Survive on a Warming Planet?

According to experts, this summer was the hottest on record since temperature started being tracked in the 19th century. As New York City Climate Week kicks off, we examine how our lives will continue to change as a result of our warming planet. Jeff Goodell, author of the New York Times bestselling book, The Heat Will Kill You First: Life and Death on a Scorched Planet, will join us to discuss. Event: Goodell will be speaking tonight at The Institute for Public Knowledge at 7 pm.

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The Flood Sisters Kidney Foundation

In honor of Alison's return to the airwaves, and the fifth anniversary of All Of It on WNYC, Jennifer Flood, Heather Flood and Cynthia Flood, co-founders of the Flood Sisters Kidney Foundation, discuss the story of Alison's kidney donation, as well as their own family's experience that led them to found their organization, which helps connect living donors from around the country with patients in need of a kidney.

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