Nicole Chung joins us to discuss her new book, All You Can Ever Know: A Memoir. Chung was born severely premature, placed for adoption by her Korean parents, and raised by a white family in Oregon. She believed that her biological parents had made the ultimate sacrifice in the hope of giving her a better life. But as Nicole grew up, she wondered if the story she’d been told was the whole truth. On November 5, Chung has an event with Symphony Space at the Leonard Nimoy Thalia Theatre at 7:30pm. 
 
Clemency Burton-Hill joins us to discuss her book, Year of Wonder: Classical Music for Every Day and offers her thoughts on the best classical music for the day.
 
Anthony Tommasini joins us to talk about his new book, The Indispensable Composers: A Personal Guide, in which he seeks to find out who has determined the few composers who become part of the canon.

A Memoir on Adoption, Classical Music Picks

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.


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Join us for ALL OF IT with Alison Stewart, weekdays from 12:00 - 2:00PM on WNYC.

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"Dead Outlaw" is a new musical about the real-life American outlaw Elmer McCurdy and the larger-than-life image he gained after his death.

Cast of 'Dead Outlaw' Performs Live!

In the 1980s and '90s, Alicia Keys was a girl living with her mother in a small apartment off Times Square, with a dream of being a professional musician.

'Hell's Kitchen' Now on Broadway

Anna Francese Gass, author of the new cookbook Italian Snacking: Sweet and Savory Recipes for Every Hour of the Day, joins us to discuss the best way to snack like an Italian.

Italians Know How to Snack

A new book explores the science of food, and explains how concepts from chemistry, biology and psychology can help bring more flavor and flexibility into the kitchen. It's called Flavorama: A Guide to Unlocking The Art and Science of Flavor.

The Science of Flavor

Every New Yorker has a Veselka story. A new documentary follows second-generation owner Tom Birchard, as he plans to retire from running the beloved Ukrainian restaurant, an East Village staple.

A Memoir on Adoption, Classical Music Picks

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