All Of It with Alison Stewart

The Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition, Lives of the Gods: Divinity in Maya Art, features nearly 100 landmark works investigating the gods in rich detail. This is the first exhibition of its kind in the United States in nearly a decade. The exhibition's curators Joanne Pillsbury, Oswaldo Chinchilla Mazariegos and Laura Filloy Nadal, join us to discuss the show and the lifespan of Mayan gods. The exhibition is on display at The Met until April 2.

For Black History Month, we are focusing on Black art, from artists working today, to Black art history. Author Zaria Ware's new book, Blk Art: The Audacious Legacy of Black Artists and Models in Western Art, is a retelling of how Black models and artists were crucial in the development of Western artistic movements. But many never received recognition. Names have been lost to history, or stored away by Museums and collectors. As the art world reckons with racism and representation, this book traces how Black identity was exploited and subsequently erased from Western art history. Ware joins us to discuss.

A new book spotlights Black artists across several mediums including photography, sculpture and painting. Aida Amoako, the author of, As We See It: Artists Redefining Black Identity, joins us to discuss what Blackness brings to the making and viewing of art.

Today we kick off our annual series, The Big Picture, which features interviews with Oscar nominees who work primarily behind the camera, with a conversation with nominee Carter Burwell. Burwell is a composer who has worked closely with director Martin McDonagh for years, and is nominated for scoring the film, "The Banshees of Inisherin." He joins us to discuss his work on that film, and his career more broadly.

Reese Witherspoon and Ashton Kutcher star in a new rom-com about love, parenting and friendship. It's called, "Your Place or Mine," and its director Aline Brosh McKenna, who is also the creator of "Crazy Ex-Girlfriend" and director of "The Devil Wears Prada," joins to discuss.

"Murder in Big Horn," a new docuseries that premiered at Sundance, focuses on multiple cases of missing indigenous women in Big Horn County, Montana. In interviews with native leaders, families as well as law enforcement a tension between the two is palpable. Directors Razelle Benally and Matthew Galkin join to discuss.

Women have suffered for centuries from the worst symptoms of menopause, which include hot flashes, depression, pain during sex, and insomnia. So why don't we have better solutions? Susan Dominus, staff writer at The New York Times Magazine, joins us to discuss her new piece "Women Have Been Misled About Menopause," which examines how women have been denied potentially helpful menopause treatments for decades. She'll also take your calls on the subject.

As part of our 25th anniversary album series, Silver Liner Notes, we look at the legacy of Neutral Milk Hotel's seminal indie rock album, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea. To discuss its legacy, we're joined by Lance Bangs and Rob Hatch-Miller, producer and executive producer of the documentary "The Elephant 6 Recording Co." about the collective from which the band emerged. Bangs was also a friend of the band and recorded a live album for them in 1997, which is included in the new box set, The Collected Works of Neutral Milk Hotel, out February 24.

Pulitzer Prize winning author Tracy Kidder joins us to discuss his latest book, Rough Sleepers: Dr. Jim O'Connell's Urgent Mission to Bring Healing to Homeless People. The book tells the story of Dr. O'Connell and his work bringing healthcare to the homeless population of Boston. Dr. O'Connell will join us as well.