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.
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New York, NY
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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
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Episodes
The First Survey of Artist Henry Taylor Comes to the Whitney
10/3/2023
A new exhibition at the Whitney surveys the work of contemporary artist Henry Taylor (born 1958). Taylor grew up near and is based in Los Angeles, where he paints people of all kinds in a figurative style: celebrities, friends, strangers on the street, and people he imagines. Henry Taylor: B Side, displays over 150 Taylor pieces, making it the largest showing of his work to date. The exhibition is on view starting tomorrow through January 28. Whitney curator Barbara Haskell joins to preview the show and introduce us to the world of Henry Taylor.
*Correction: in the interview it was said that Sean Bell died in Oakland, but he was killed by police in New York City. And also, Hailee Selassie was the Emperor of Ethiopia, not the President*
Duration:00:21:05
Everybody Wants Micaiah Carter to Take Their Picture
10/3/2023
Today is the release day of photographer Micaiah Carter's debut monograph, Micaiah Carter: What’s My Name, featuring a wide range of photos he's taken over the last decade, both professionally and personally. Carter is now one of the most sought-after photographers in the fashion and magazine world, particularly when it comes to portraits of Black celebrities. He's shot Pharrell Williams, Playboi Carti, Naomi Osaka, Michael B. Jordan, Zendaya, and many more. Micaiah Carter joins to discuss the book, his practice, and photographic vision.
Duration:00:23:41
A Met Exhibit Spotlights the Fraught Relationship Between Manet and Degas
10/3/2023
A new exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art spotlights the fraught relationship between French artists Édouard Manet and Edgar Degas, who often went back and forth between being friends, and rivals. We discuss the exhibit with curators Stephan Wolohojian, who worked on the paintings, and Ashley Dunn, who worked with drawings and works on paper. Manet/Degas is on view at the Met through January 7th.
Duration:00:28:13
'Job' at SoHo Playhouse
10/3/2023
Just extended through October 29 at SoHo Playhouse, "Job" centers on the relationship between a crisis therapist, played by "Succession" actor Peter Friedman, and his client, a tech employee played by Sydney Lemmon whose recent workplace breakdown has become a viral video. Friedman and Lemmon join us with the playwright Max Wolf Friedlich.
Duration:00:27:54
Habibi Festival at Joe's Pub
10/2/2023
Habibi Festival at Joe's Pub celebrates the many music styles of the South West Asia North Africa (SWANA) region, from "Marrakech to Baghdad." Curators Meera Dugal and Yacine Boulares join us alongside cellist/singer/songwriter Nesrine, who will be making her U.S. premiere at the festival with shows on October 5 and 6. Boulares, a saxophonist and composer, will also perform with his quartet on October 3 and 4. The full festival runs October 1 through 7.
Duration:00:30:58
James McBride on 'The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store' (Get Lit)
10/2/2023
We air highlights from our September Get Lit with All Of It book club event with National Book Award-winner James McBride. We spent the month reading his acclaimed new novel, The Heaven & Earth Grocery Store, which tells the story of Black and Jewish communities in Pottstown, Pennsylvania who come together to protect a Deaf child from institutionalization. McBride speaks about the book, and takes questions from our audience.
Duration:00:31:51
'Land of Milk and Honey' by C Pam Zhang
10/2/2023
A new novel, set in a world where biodiversity and food stores have been decimated by a persistent fog, a chef accepts a job in an elite mountain community that has become mostly isolated from the rest of the world. Author C Pam Zhang joins us to discuss her latest book, Land of Milk and Honey, which Kirkus calls "mournful and luscious, a gothic novel for the twilight of the Anthropocene Era."
EVENTS: Tonight at 7:30 pm, Zhang will be speaking at Greenlight Bookstore in Fort Greene in conversation with Sarah Thankam Mathews. On Saturday at 7:30, Zhang will be speaking at the Brooklyn Museum.
Duration:00:19:24
Carla Cook Performs (Get Lit)
10/2/2023
For our September Get Lit event with James McBride, McBride requested that we feature his longtime friend, Grammy-nominated jazz vocalist Carla Cook. They speak together about music and their musical "Bobos," and Cook performs.
Duration:00:17:44
Read It First: Mary H.K. Choi's 'Yolk'
9/29/2023
[REBROADCAST FROM June 1, 2021] New York Times bestselling YA novelist Mary H.K. Choi joins to discuss her new novel, Yolk, about two Korean-American sisters in NYC dealing with illness and grief. Kirkus writes, "This poignant story underscores self-sacrifices that prove to be life-sustaining in the name of sisterly love."
Duration:00:17:17
Read It First: Zakiya Dalila Harris' 'The Other Black Girl'
9/29/2023
[REBROADCAST FROM AUGUST 6, 2021] We air highlights from our July 2021 "Get Lit with All Of It" book club event. We read The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris. Harris joins us to discuss her new thriller, which is set in the world of book publishing.
Duration:00:32:33
Madison McFerrin's Special 'Get Lit' Performances
9/29/2023
[REBROADCAST FROM AUGUST 6, 2021] We air highlights from our July 2021 Get Lit with All Of It virtual book club event. Brooklyn-based singer-songwriter Madison McFerrin joined us for an interview and two special performances.
Duration:00:16:36
Read It First: Charmaine Wilkerson's 'Black Cake'
9/29/2023
[REBROADCAST FROM MARCH 8, 2022] A debut novel tells the story of two siblings forced to confront family secrets after their mother dies and leaves behind a traditional Caribbean black cake and a voice recording. Author Charmaine Wilkerson joins us to discuss her novel, Black Cake, as part of our ongoing series, "2022 Debuts."
This conversation was guest-hosted by Kerry Nolan.
Duration:00:15:38
Read It First: Rumaan Alam's 'Leave the World Behind'
9/29/2023
[REBROADCAST FROM OCTOBER 5, 2020] Rumaan Alam joins us to discuss his novel, Leave the World Behind, which was a finalist for the 2020 National Book Award in Fiction. Set at an AirBnb in a remote corner of Long Island, Amanda and Clay are on vacation with their two teenage children. Late one night, Ruth and G.H., an older couple, knock on their door bringing the news that a sudden blackout has swept the city … and that a mysterious apocalyptic event is coming.
Duration:00:18:28
25 Years of Jay-Z's 'Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life' (Silver Liner Notes)
9/28/2023
Jay-Z released his third album Vol. 2... Hard Knock Life on September 29, 1998. His first number one album, it spent five weeks at the top spot on the Billboard 200, more than any of his LPs since. Two decades later, the same magazine described the record as the moment "he transformed from respected New York MC to axis of American pop." For another installment of Silver Liner Notes, our 25th-anniversary series, we discuss the album's legacy with Andrea Duncan-Mao, All Of It's own senior producer and former MTV producer who covered Jay-Z's early career. And we take your calls.
Duration:00:16:45
The Best Fries in the City Goes To...
9/28/2023
New York Times restaurant critic Pete Wells returns to discuss his recent newsletter entry rounding up his list of the best places to get French fries in our area. Plus, we take listener calls for their favorite fries.
Duration:00:22:59
A Harlem Braiding Shop on the Broadway Stage
9/28/2023
"Jaja's African Hair Braiding" is a new Broadway play currently in previews written by playwright Jocelyn Bioh. The play tells the story of Jaja and her hair braiding shop in Harlem, featuring a cast of West African immigrant braiders, where on one hot summer day everything comes to blows. Bioh joins us in studio to discuss the production alongside director Whitney White and actor Zenzi Williams (Bea). "Jaja's African Hair Braiding" opens at Samuel J. Friedman Theatre on October 3 and runs through October 29.
Duration:00:26:34
Outkast's 'Aquemini' at 25 (Silver Liner Notes)
9/28/2023
Outkast released their third album, Aquemini, on September 29, 1998. The album made it to number 2 on the Billboard 200 and helped bring legitimacy to Southern hip hop, becoming the first of that regional genre to receive a prestigious five-mic rating from The Source. For our series Silver Liner Notes, we celebrate the Aquemini's 25th anniversary with Rodney Carmichael, NPR Music's Atlanta-bred hip-hop staff writer and author of an oral history on the album. We also take your calls.
Duration:00:33:55
A Benefit For Ukraine with Michael Imperioli
9/27/2023
This Sunday, Brooklyn venue Baby's All Right will host "A Benefit For Ukraine," a concert with proceeds going to the relief organizations Kind Deeds, which provides prosthetics for wounded Ukrainians soldiers, and Razom, which aids displaced Ukrainians. The concert will feature performances from actor Michael Imperioli's band ZOPA and rock band Loose Buttons, led by Ukrainian-American singer Eric Nizgretsky. Nizgretsky and Imperioli join us to preview the benefit.
Duration:00:14:29
Reservation Dogs' Creator & Director Sterlin Harjo on the Series Finale
9/27/2023
Today marks the series finale of the groundbreaking FX series "Reservation Dogs," which focused on a group of indigenous teenagers living in Oklahoma. Writer, director, and executive producer Sterlin Harjo joins us to discuss the finale, and the show as a whole.
Duration:00:19:05
A is For Abortion
9/27/2023
On October 1, the group 'A is For' will hold its annual gala to raise both money and awareness for reproductive rights. We'll speak to its founders, actors Martha Plimpton and Kellie Overbey about the event and the group's mission in light of legal challenges to abortions and the overturn of Roe vs Wade.
Duration:00:12:33