All Of It with Alison Stewart

This summer, food blogger Kristina Cho won two James Beard Awards, including one for her first cookbook, Mooncakes and Milkbread: Sweet and Savory Recipes Inspired by Chinese Bakeries. We speak with Kristina about her secret to making great mooncakes, the signature dish of the Chinese Moon Festival happening this weekend.

Actor and comedian Kate Berlant has had a busy 2022. Her comedy special, "Would It Kill You To Laugh," co-created with John Early, has gotten great reviews. She also appears in the new "A League of Their Own" spinoff series, as well as the Oliva Wilde directed film, "Don't You Worry Darling." Here in New York, she's starring in a one-woman Off-Broadway show, "Kate," which runs through October 8. Berlant joins to preview her show, and everything else she's got going on.

The original "Lord of the Rings" trilogy earned composer Howard Shore--who also scored "The Hobbit" films--two Academy Awards for Best Original Score and three Grammy's for Best Score Soundtrack Album. For the new series, "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power," composer Bear McCreary had to figure out how to build on that legacy and write the sound of a much earlier Middle Earth. McCreary explains how he approached it.

*This segment is guest-hosted by Kerry Nolan*

Terri Lyne Carrington is a drummer, composer, and founder of the Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice. Her latest album is Live At The Detroit Jazz Festival, a recorded concert featuring Wayne Shorter, esperanza spalding, and Leo Genovese. On September 16, she will release the album New Standards, celebrating compositions by female composers, alongside a songbook and a multi-media exhibition. Carrington joins us to discuss her many projects.

*This segment is guest-hosted by Kerry Nolan*

From the time he was a teenager, wildlife photographer and cinematographer Bertie Gregory has been passionate about capturing nature on film, and has translated that into his work on series like "WILD" and "BBC's Planet Earth." Now, at the age of 29, Gregory has his own show, "Epic Adventures with Bertie Gregory." The series takes viewers behind the scenes, to show what it takes to capture some of the most majestic, and rare, animals on the planet. Bertie Gregory joins us to discuss his career and new series, which premieres on Disney + on September 8.

*This segment is guest-hosted by Kerry Nolan*

New York Times food reporter and recipe columnist Melissa Clark's latest cookbook, Dinner in One: Exceptional & Easy One-Pan Meals, is a variety of recipes that only require one pot or pan, like Miso-Glazed Salmon with Roasted Sugar Snap Peas, and Gingery Coconut Noodles with Shrimp and Greens. She joins to discuss one-pot cooking and take your calls.

 *This segment is guest-hosted by Kerry Nolan*

[ORIGINALLY BROADCAST ON May 4, 2022] Inspired by the opening of the Jackie Robinson Museum in New York today, we reair our Full Bio conversation with Kostya Kennedy, author of a new biography about Jackie Robinson, called, True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson. The book comes almost 75 years after Robinson made his professional baseball debut. On day two, we talk about Robinson's playing style, and how he became one of the best players in baseball.

[ORIGINALLY BROADCAST ON May 4, 2022] Inspired by the opening of the Jackie Robinson Museum in New York today, we reair our Full Bio conversation with Kostya Kennedy, author of a new biography about Jackie Robinson, called, True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson. The book comes almost 75 years after Robinson made his professional baseball debut. For this installment we talk about how Robinson handled the intense media attention and scrutiny on him and his family.

[ORIGINALLY BROADCAST ON May 6, 2022] Inspired by the opening of the Jackie Robinson Museum in New York today, we reair our Full Bio conversation with Kostya Kennedy, author of a new biography about Jackie Robinson, called, True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson. The book comes almost 75 years after Robinson made his professional baseball debut. For this installment, we talk about Robinson's family and their time spent in Stamford, Connecticut, his activism, and how Robinson should be remembered today.

[ORIGINALLY BROADCAST ON MAY 3, 2022] Inspired by the opening of the Jackie Robinson Museum in New York today, we reair our Full Bio conversation with Kostya Kennedy, author of a new biography about Jackie Robinson, called, True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson. The book comes almost 75 years after Robinson made his professional baseball debut. For this installment, we talk about Robinson's early years growing up California and competing as a collegiate athlete for UCLA.