All Of It with Alison Stewart

Director Jerzy Skolimowski's latest film follows a donkey named EO on a journey across European borders, through various owners and caretakers, encountering kindness and violence along the way. Skolimowski joins us with co-writer Ewa Piaskowska to discuss their Cannes Jury Prize-winner, "EO."

Harry Connick Jr. has a new holiday album out. The Grammy and Emmy award winner joins us to talk about Make It Merry and more. He also takes your calls!

From now through January 8, The Museum of the City of New York will feature the winners of the holiday-themed exhibit, Gingerbread NYC: The Great Borough Bake-Off, featuring handmade gingerbread displays representing each New York City borough. We speak to the museum's director, Whitney Donhauser, as well as one of the judges of the contest.

The new film, "She Said," presents a dramatized version of the journalistic investigation by Pulitzer Prize winning New York Times reporters Jodi Kantor and Megan Twohey into Harvey Weinstein. The film stars Zoe Kazan as Kantor and Carey Mulligan as Twohey. Director Maria Schrader joins us to discuss the movie, which is in theaters now.

There are thousands of new migrants in our area, and many of them lack access to basics such as food and clothing. WNYC reporter Gwynne Hogan will talk about the teachers in Queens who opened a store for free items. Alana Cantillo, VP of Advocacy for the New York Immigration Coalition joins to discuss their food and coat drive tomorrow.

Here's what listeners had to share about where they give:

Mark from Middlesex, NJ: The Hikers Ball.

Doughtee from Inwood: Good Shepherd Church's food pantry.

Jessica from the Bronx: Kingsbridge Unidos, looking for bike mechanics, Tweet her @JessWoolfordBx to help.

Marie from Brooklyn: peopleinneed.org, Flatbush Friendly Fridge at 499 Rogers Ave (@FlatbushFriendlyFridge on Instagram), Flatbush United Mutual Aid (@FlatbushUnited on Twitter), community fridges around Flatbush.

Heather from Huntington: ECLI Vibes, provides support for victims of abuse, assault, and domestic violence. Donations to their food pantry and Volunteer Night the first Wednesday of each month needed.

This past Saturday was the one-year anniversary of the death of the late great Broadway composer Stephen Sondheim. Before he passed away, D.T. Max, staff writer for The New Yorker, had been speaking with Sondheim on and off for years, working on a magazine profile to be timed with the premiere of a new musical the composer was writing. Those conversations have now been compiled into a book, Finale: Late Conversations with Stephen Sondheim, and author D.T. Max joins us to talk about his intimate access into the later years of Stephen Sondheim.

D.T. Max will be in conversation with Patrick Radden Keefe at The Strand on Thursday, December 1, at 7:00pm. More information is here.

November is National Novel Writing Month, and as the end of the month looms, writers might be wondering what to do with their completed first draft. Author Matt Bell's book about writing is called, Refuse to Be Done: How to Write and Rewrite a Novel in Three Drafts. He talks to us about revisions for style, tone, clarity and continuity, and the task of getting your novel published.

With states around the country passing regulations around gender affirming healthcare for trans people, Jeopardy's Amy Schneider, the most recent Tournament of Champions winner, discusses her advocacy, her record-breaking streak. 

We air highlights from our November Get Lit with All Of It book club event! Our author this month was Margaret Wilkerson Sexton, who joined us to discuss her novel, On the Rooftop. The story follows a mother in 1950s San Francisco who is determined to have her three daughters achieve fame and success as a singing trio... even if that's not what they want. Hear Alison's interview with Sexton, as well as some of the audience Q&A portion of the evening.