All Of It with Alison Stewart

A new documentary explores the power of sound in various aspects of our lives, and provides a unique theater viewing experience complete with personal sets of headphones. Director Sam Green and sound mixer Mark Mangini join us to discuss their film, "32 Sounds," which opens in New York theaters today.

Rickie Lee Jones dives into the American Songbook on her new album, Pieces of Treasure, out today. The album, a collection of jazz vocal standards, is Jones' first since publishing her memoir, Last Chance Texaco, and saw Jones reuniting with Russ Titelman, who produced her first two albums. Jones joins us for a release day Listening Party.

The Heavy Heavy are a UK band based in Brighton, led by Will Turner and Georgie Fuller. Last year they released their first EP, Life and Life Only, and before they release their debut album next year, the band is hitting the road for an extensive tour around the U.S. Turner, Fuller, and the rest of The Heavy Heavy join us in studio for a live performance as well as a discussion about their sound and to preview the new album.

A new album celebrates the life and work of celebrated guitarist and singer Doc Watson. I Am A Pilgrim: Doc Watson at 100 features Rosanne Cash, Steve Earle, Valerie June and more musicians taking on songs by and associated with Watson. Producer Matthew Stevens and guitarists Chris Eldridge and Corey Harris join us for a Listening Party.

In honor of National Poetry Month, our Full Bio selection is the new biography of famous Revolutionary Era poet Phillis Wheatley, an enslaved woman who nevertheless became one of the most celebrated poets of her day. Author David Waldstreicher joins us to discuss his new book, The Odyssey of Phillis Wheatley: A Poet's Journeys Through American Slavery and Independence. Today, we speak about Phillis's final years, presidential responses to her poetry, and her enduring legacy.

[REBROADCAST FROM February 16, 2023] In 1964, one of Lorraine Hansberry's final plays, "The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window," debuted on Broadway, and closed days before Hansberry passed away at the age of 34. Earlier this year, the play was revived off-Broadway at BAM's Harvey Theater, starring Rachel Brosnahan and Oscar Isaac, who play a married couple in 1960's Greenwich Village with progressive ideals. Brosnahan and director Anne Kauffman join us to discuss their revival of "The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window," which opens today on Broadway and is running at James Earl Jones Theatre through June 7.

New York Times restaurant critic Pete Wells has released his list of the one hundred best restaurants in New York City, from fine dining stalwarts to hole in the walls. He joins us in studio to talk about the list, how he rates a restaurant, and take your calls for your favorite restaurants in the city.

The latest novel from Catherine Lacey is written in the style of a biography. Here's the premise: The artist and writer X has died in her office, leaving behind a grieving widow determined to fully understand her wife's life... and uncover her secrets. So, naturally, she decides to write a biography. Lacey joins us to discuss her bold new novel, Biography of X.

Three-time Emmy winner Alex Borstein joins us to discuss her role as Susie Myerson in “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” filming the final season and her new musical comedy special, “Alex Borstein: Corsets & Clown Suits,” out now on Prime Video.

On what would have been the 160th birthday of the Alexandria-born Greek poet C. P. Cavafy, a week-long festival in New York City, called Archive of Desire, brings together artists from a variety of backgrounds to celebrate his work. The festival's curator Paola Prestini and fellow Alexandrian wordsmith Andre Aciman, author of the novel, Call Me By Your Name, discuss Cavafy's life and legacy.