All Of It with Alison Stewart

"Mad Men" stars Jon Hamm and John Slattery have teamed up for a new film premiering at Tribeca Festival. Directed by Slattery, "Maggie Moore(s)" stars Hamm as a police chief seeking to solve the murders of two women with the same name. Hamm and Slattery join us to discuss.

Self-identified "Black gay activist birder" Christian Cooper has long been a figure in the New York City birding community, but he became known to the larger population after the so-called 2020 "incident" in Central Park in which a white woman threatened to call the police on him. In his new book, Better Living Through Birding, he writes about the experience, but he also shares how he fell in love with birding in the first place and how racial justice fits in with his love of the natural world. He joins us to discuss and also talk about his new series on National Geographic, "Extraordinary Birder with Christian Cooper."

"Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse" has earned rave reviews for building on the inventive visual sensibilities of its predecessor. But a less often mentioned part of the glue holding the film's many styles and multiversal storytelling together is the score from Daniel Pemberton, who returns as composer from the first installment. Pemberton, who has also worked with directors including Ridley Scott, Guy Ritchie, and Danny Boyle, joins us.

Rock Hudson was one of Hollywood's biggest stars, and for three decades his public life was as scripted and controlled as his films. But as a closeted gay man, his private life and lovers were a tightly guarded secret. A new documentary, "Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed," examines his life and how his death from AIDS impacted the fight for awareness and treatment of the disease. Director Stephen Kijak joins to discuss.

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A new book uncovers the history of drinking culture on-and-off Broadway and shares dozens of drink recipes inspired by classic shows. The book is titled, I'll Drink to That!: Broadway's Legendary Stars, Classic Shows, and the Cocktails They Inspired. Author Laurence Maslon, an arts professor at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, joins us to discuss cocktails that pay homage to Broadway.

Jason Isbell's last album, Georgia Blue, featuring covers and collaborations for charity, was released after Joe Biden won the state in the 2020 presidential election. It followed Reunions, an album of original songs released in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the making of which was captured in the recent HBO documentary, "Running With Our Eyes Closed." Now the singer-songwriter and his band The 400 Unit have a new album out, Weathervanes. The self-produced release is Isbell's first time without super-producer Dave Cobb since his 2013 breakthrough, Southeastern. Isbell joins for a Listening Party.

Rock Hudson was one of Hollywood's biggest stars, and for three decades his public life was as scripted and controlled as his films. But as a closeted gay man, his private life and lovers were a tightly guarded secret. A new documentary, "Rock Hudson: All That Heaven Allowed," examines his life and how his death from AIDS impacted the fight for awareness and treatment of the disease. Director Stephen Kijak joins to discuss.

All Pride Month, we are spotlighting authors of children's books banned for their LGBTQIA+ content. Today, we speak with Alex Gino, author of the commonly banned book, Melissa, about a young trans girl in elementary school. We speak to Gino about the book, book banning, and their upcoming novel, Green.

Jason Isbell's last album, Georgia Blue, featuring covers and collaborations for charity, was released after Joe Biden won the state in the 2020 presidential election. It followed Reunions, an album of original songs released in the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, the making of which was captured in the recent HBO documentary, "Running With Our Eyes Closed." Now the singer-songwriter and his band The 400 Unit have a new album out, Weathervanes. The self-produced release is Isbell's first time without super-producer Dave Cobb since his 2013 breakthrough, Southeastern. Isbell joins for a Listening Party.

All Pride Month, we are spotlighting authors of children's books banned for their LGBTQIA+ content. Today, we speak with Alex Gino, author of the commonly banned book, Melissa, about a young trans girl in elementary school. We speak to Gino about the book, book banning, and their upcoming novel, Green.

A new book uncovers the history of drinking culture on-and-off Broadway and shares dozens of drink recipes inspired by classic shows. The book is titled, I'll Drink to That!: Broadway's Legendary Stars, Classic Shows, and the Cocktails They Inspired. Author Laurence Maslon, an arts professor at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, joins us to discuss cocktails that pay homage to Broadway.

[REBROADCAST FROM OCT. 27, 2022] For the first time ever on a Broadway stage, the Loman family of Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman" are being played by Black actors. Wendell Pierce, who stars as Willy Loman, and Sharon D. Clarke, who stars as Linda Loman, join us to discuss this interpretation of the classic play, which is running now at the Hudson Theater.

[REBROADCAST FROM OCT. 6, 2022] Martyna Majok's play "Cost of Living" won the 2018 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, and now the show is headed to Broadway, with returning stars Katy Sullivan and Gregg Mozgala reprising their original roles. The story follows two pairs of people, one disabled and one able bodied, and explores their relationships with one another. Majok and Sullivan join us to discuss, along with David Zayas, who joins the production playing the ex-husband to Sullivan's character.