All Of It with Alison Stewart

Fresh off serving as executive music producer for the series "Daisy Jones & the Six," songwriter, guitarist virtuoso, and sought-after producer Blake Mills is out with a new album, titled Jelly Road. Mills co-wrote the LP with jazz musician Chris Weisman, who also worked with him on "Daisy Jones." Mills and Weisman join us live in the studio to perform.

Lloyd Cole's career began with the Commotions and over the last four decades has traversed the worlds of rock, pop, and ambient and electronic music--places from which Cole draws for his latest album, On Pain. Cole joins us to discuss the album and perform a live acoustic set in our studio.

A new buddy-comedy stars Sterling K. Brown and Mark Duplass as two men who believe they are the last two humans left on earth, and must find a way to survive... and maybe continue the human race. Brown and Duplass join us to discuss "Biosphere," which is in theaters and available to stream on demand now.

The Louis Armstrong Center in Corona, Queens opened its doors to the public last week. Across the street from where the jazz legend resided in his final years, the Center houses a 60,000-piece archive of his life, and a new performing arts center. Today, we discuss the Center with Regina Bain, the executive director of the Louis Armstrong House Museum, along with Jason Moran. Moran is a jazz pianist and curator of the Center's new exhibition, Here to Stay.

A debut novel tells the story of a young woman who becomes drawn into Andy Warhol's circle when she is hired to transcribe his recordings of conversations with his famous friends. Author Nicole Flattery joins us to discuss her novel, Nothing Special. 

*Event: Flattery will be speaking tonight at the Center for Fiction with Lynne Tillman. Tickets are free.

As many of us skip town for the summer, we may be leaving behind our pets. We talk about the basics of pet-sitting with Rachel Bowers, the CEO of Brooklyn Bark, a pet care company. We'll ask Rachel the basics of how to care of our dogs, cats, (even lizards and snakes) while they're away - whether you're leaving your pet behind, or taking care of someone's loved animal. Plus, we take calls form listeners.

If you aren't in therapy, you are probably still using its language to describe how you feel. This week the New Yorker has issued a special digital edition devoted to examining therapy as a fundamental feature of modern life -- and how it's permeated our culture, for better or worse. It was co-edited by Marella Gayla, and she joins us to discuss alongside Matt Lundquist, founder and clinical director of Tribeca Therapy.

An event next week brings together the work of Edward Hopper and his love for cycling. We'll hear more about the Whitney Hopper Ride and how inspired cyclists can get involved with Kathie Bennewitz, Executive Director of the Edward Hopper House Museum & Study Center and Kim Conaty, curator of the Whitney show Edward Hopper's New York.

Rapper McKinley Dixon, from Chicago by way of Virginia, joins for a Listening Party for his album Beloved! Paradise! Jazz!? inspired by writer Toni Morrison, who he believes is the “greatest rapper ever.”

British comedian Liz Kingsman's hit show "One Woman Show" has come across the pond. Kingsman deftly and hilariously skewers one woman shows like "Fleabag" and the new trend of spotlighting messy female protagonists. She joins us to discuss the show, which is running now at the Greenwich House Theater.