All Of It with Alison Stewart

Regina Spektor continues her summer tour with two shows in our area this week. First, she’ll be at SummerStage in Central Park on August 24, and the following day she’ll play the Westhampton Beach Performing Arts Center. She stops by our studio to perform some songs live.

This segment is guest-hosted by Kousha Navidar. 

[REBROADCAST FROM May 26, 2022] Since her 1971 self-titled debut, Bonnie Raitt has consistently proven to be a masterful songwriter and a perceptive interpreter and singer of others' work. On her 18th album, titled, Just Like That..., she shows that both talents are as strong as ever. Raitt joins us for a Listening Party.

[REBROADCAST FROM June 7, 2023] Celebrated Chilean author Isabel Allende joins us in studio to discuss her career and her latest novel, The Wind Knows My Name, which intertwines the stories of two displaced children, one fleeing Nazi-occupied Austria, and the other separated from her family at the United States border.

[REBROADCAST FROM October 27, 2022] Acclaimed author and short story master George Saunders joins us to discuss his new collection, Liberation Day.

[REBROADCAST FROM January 20, 2023] Much has been made of Rick Rubin's efforts in the early days of hip-hop in 1980s New York. Alongside Russell Simmons, he co-created Def Jam, and shaped the early albums of artists like LL Cool J, The Beastie Boys, Run DMC, and Public Enemy. But ever since moving to California and founding American Recordings, he's worked with pretty much every musician you can imagine, from the Red Hot Chili Peppers, Adele, Tom Petty, and more, to the point that the legend around his creative process has grown and grown. Now, Rubin has written a new book, called The Creative Act: A Way of Being, with his thoughts on creativity, and how he unlocks creativity in the artists he works with. Rick Rubin joins to tell us more.

[REBROADCAST FROM May 22, 2023] Ruth E. Carter has designed some of the most iconic costumes on screen, including looks from Marvel's "Black Panther" which won her an Oscar. Now, she's sharing lessons she learned throughout her three-decade career working with directors such as Spike Lee and Ava DuVernay. She joins us to talk about her new book, The Art of Ruth E. Carter: Costuming Black History and the Afrofuture, from Do the Right Thing to Black Panther.

Singer-songwriter Elliott Smith released XO, his fourth album and major label debut, on August 25, 1998. The album marked a shift in the sound of Smith's music towards grander gestures and lusher production. During its recording, Smith's profile jumped from esteemed indie songwriter to Oscar nominee, for a song featured in 1997's "Good Will Hunting." But XO also turned out to be the musician's second-to-last LP, released five years before his death at the age of just 34. Jayson Greene, contributing editor at Pitchfork, joins us to discuss the legacy of XO and Elliott Smith's career.

This segment is guest-hosted by Kerry Nolan.

2023 marks four decades since the Talking Heads performances that would end up as the 1984 concert film, "Stop Making Sense." In the years since, it has consistently ranked among the greatest music documentaries of all time. To celebrate, a 4K restoration of the film will hit theaters later this year, and this Friday, the band will release Stop Making Sense (Deluxe Edition), which features never-before-released recordings. Talking Heads keyboardist and guitarist Jerry Harrison joins us.

This segment is guest-hosted by Kerry Nolan.