All Of It with Alison Stewart

The new documentary, "Louis Armstrong's Black & Blues," uses archival footage and home recordings to paint a new portrait of the founding father of jazz. Director Sacha Jenkins joins us along with Ricky Riccardi, consulting producer and director of Research Collections for the Louis Armstrong House Museum in Queens. The film is now streaming on Apple TV+.

Renowned photographer Nan Goldin has dedicated much of her life to opioid addiction advocacy and activism against the Sackler family, following her own battle with addiction to opioids and near-fatal overdose. The new documentary, "All the Beauty and the Bloodshed," follows her career and determination to bring the Sacklers to justice. Director Laura Poitras joins us to discuss the film, which is out in theaters today.

Before many families across the United States gather around the table for the Thanksgiving holiday tomorrow, we speak about the importance of communing and eating with family with the husband and wife duo, Julian Clauss-Ehlers, chef, and Caroline Clauss-Ehlers, a psychologist, who've released a new cookbook, Eating Together, Being Together: Recipes, Activities, and Advice from a Chef Dad and Psychologist Mom.

"Welcome to Chippendales," a new series streaming on Hulu today tells the story of the all-male revue brand, and its unlikely founder, Steve Banerjee. Actor Kumail Nanjiani plays Banerjee in the series and joins to discuss.

It's the 30th anniversary of the African Diaspora Film Festival, and this year the festival has another great lineup of movies to showcase. Diarah N'Daw-Spech, co-founder and co-director of the festival, joins us to preview the slate of films, alongside Jacinto Taras Riddick, whose film, "A Brother's Whisper," closes out the festival.

It's almost time for the holidays! Deb Perelman, creator of Smitten Kitchen and author of the new cookbook Smitten Kitchen Keepers: New Classics For Your Forever Files, joins us to discuss some of her favorite holiday recipes, plus new meals from her cookbook. And she'll take listener calls!

NY/LA-based saxophonist James Casey is a current member of Trey Anastasio Band and has played with The Roots, Anderson .Paak, Carly Rae Jepsen, Jon Batiste, Talib Kweli, and many more artists. His new holiday EP, A Little Something For Everyone, is his solo recording debut. He joins us to talk about his career and perform live in our studio.

The documentary, “Good Night Oppy,” narrated by Angela Bassett, recreates the journey of the Opportunity rover, which explored Mars sending signals and findings back to Earth from 2004 to 2018. Director Ryan White joins us alongside Bekah Sosland Siegfriedt, engineer at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The documentary arrives on Amazon Prime this Wednesday.