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
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
Exploring Latino Identities with Héctor Tobar
9/27/2023
This Hispanic Heritage Month, we ask the question, how does one define Latino identity? And are there certain contexts when "latinx" is a more appropriate term? We explore these questions, and more, with our callers and with Pulitzer Prize-winning author Héctor Tobar, whose new book, Our Migrant Souls: A Meditation on Race and the Meanings and Myths of 'Latino' is a Kirkus Prize finalist.
Duration:00:31:37
Devendra Banhart: 'Flying Wig' (Listening Party)
9/27/2023
The music of American-Venezuelan singer-songwriter Devendra Banhart tends to attract epithets like "cosmic," "ambient," and "gentle." His new album, Flying Wig, delivers on those fortes, while leaning away from Banhart's folk roots with synth production from Welsh musician Cate Le Bon. Banhart joins us for a Listening Party.
Banhart will perform at Webster Hall on October 11 and Asbury Lanes on October 13.
Duration:00:21:56
'Savior Complex' Explores When Missionary Work Becomes Deadly
9/26/2023
A new series on HBO explores the story of Renee Bach, a U.S. missionary who was accused of treating children in Uganda with no medical expertise, many of whom died. Director Jackie Jesko joins us to discuss the three-part series, "Savior Complex," which premieres tonight at 9 pm.
Duration:00:28:57
New York's Inaugural West Side Fest
9/26/2023
This Saturday, 20 cultural institutions--museums, parks, and arts centers--on the West Side of Manhattan are putting together the inaugural West Side Fest, a free festival with kid-friendly activities and tours where visitors can enjoy all that the west side has to offer. Jane Carey, director of community and government affairs at the Whitney Museum of American Art, and Salvador Muñoz, associate director of Public Programs & Outreach at Poster House, joins us to preview the festival.
Duration:00:14:01
Sending Love Through the Mail
9/26/2023
If you have a friend or relative going through a hard time and you can't be there in person, you may want to send them a little something. According to Samantha Schoech, gifts writer for Wirecutter, rule number one is simple: "No junk." She joins us to discuss ideas and tips for putting together a care package -- and to take your calls.
Duration:00:20:47
Exploring Goth Culture with Lol Tolhurst
9/26/2023
Who better to investigate the origins and history of Goth culture than Lol Tolhurst, former drummer and keyboardist of The Cure? He joins us to discuss his new book, Goth: A History, and take calls from listeners about their own relationship with Goth culture.
EVENT: Tolhurst will be speaking tonight at Powerhouse Arena at 7 pm.
Duration:00:32:32
'Invisible Beauty' Looks at a Force in Fashion
9/25/2023
"Invisible Beauty" documents the life of pioneering fashion icon Bethann Hardison, who was one of the first Black models and went on to operate a successful modeling agency promoting models of color. She joins to discuss the film with co-director Frédéric Tcheng.
Duration:00:22:44
The Timeless Black Portraits of Barkley L. Hendricks
9/25/2023
Other than being a longtime professor of studio art at Connecticut College, the late Barkley L. Hendricks (1945–2017) is thought of as one of the most revolutionary Black American portrait artists, particularly for his work in the late 1960s and into the 1970s. A new exhibition that displays some of his portraits, Barkley L. Hendricks: Portraits at the Frick, is now on view at Frick Madison, the temporary home of The Frick Collection. It's the first show ever dedicated to a Black artist at the Frick. Curators Aimee Ng and Antwaun Sargent join to discuss the show and the importance of the artist. Barkley L. Hendricks: Portraits at the Frick is on view through January 7, 2024.
Duration:00:23:55
'Ed Ruscha: Now Then' at MoMA
9/25/2023
Ed Ruscha is a pioneer in the world of Pop Art, an artist with a sense of humor, a knack for words, and a great eye for color. Now, in the biggest US exhibition of his work, the Museum of Modern Art features the new retrospective, Ed Ruscha / Now Then. The exhibit features more than 200 works, including a new installation of Ruscha's iconic, "Chocolate Room." Christophe Cherix, chief curator of drawings and prints at MoMA, joins us to discuss the exhibit, running through January 13.
Duration:00:25:50
Why We Can't Keep Weight off our Minds
9/25/2023
Weight For It is a podcast hosted by Ronald Young Jr. that "tells the stories of folks who can't keep weight off their minds." Ronald invites listeners on his weight journey, from thin to a self-described fat person, and his thoughts about his future. He also interviews experts plus real people about what weight means in 2023. He joins us to take your calls.
Duration:00:29:07
Todd Sickafoose's 'Bear Proof'
9/21/2023
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.
Duration:00:21:43
Jesse David Fox on Comedians and the Truth
9/21/2023
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.
Duration:00:21:56
A New Documentary Examines a Risky and Covert CIA Operation
9/21/2023
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.
Duration:00:27:25