All Of It with Alison Stewart

In the new HBO documentary "Life of Crime: 1984-2020," director Jon Alpert spends 36 years following the lives of three friends struggling with addiction in Newark, New Jersey. He unflinchingly captures their drug use, criminal activity, and attempts to change. Alpert joins us to discuss the documentary, which you can stream now on HBO Max.

Writer and director Aaron Sorkin joins us to discuss his new film, “Being the Ricardos.” The movie stars Nicole Kidman as Lucille Ball and Javier Bardem as Desi Arnaz and follows the tabloid dramas that threatened to take down their relationship.

“Being the Ricardos” is in theaters now and will be streaming on Amazon Prime starting December 21.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Sackler family announced that the Sackler name would be removed from seven exhibition spaces, including the wing that houses the Temple of Dendur. New York Times reporter Robin Pogrebin joins us to discuss what this means for the world's largest museum and one of the art world’s biggest benefactors.

Best-selling author Ann Patchett, who's last novel The Dutch House was a huge success, joins us to discuss her latest work, These Precious Days: Essays, a collection of personal essays touching on different relationships and memories in her life.

Sunday saw the season finale of the third season of the acclaimed HBO series, "Succession," which follows the scheming Roy siblings as they jostle to become the heirs to their father's company. Actor Alan Ruck, who plays eldest son Connor Roy in the series, joins us to discuss the finale and the third season, which saw Connor attempt to realize his presidential aspirations. Ruck will also take calls from listeners as part of our "Watch Party" series.

O Come All Ye Faithful, the second album of 2021 from Grammy-nominated Hiss Golden Messenger, mixes Americana-filtered holiday standards with modern spiritual covers and originals. Bandleader MC Taylor joins us for a Listening Party.

Sylvia Khoury’s, “Selling Kabul," is a 95-minute thriller that opened at Playwrights Horizons. Set in 2013, Taroon is hiding in his sister Afiya's (played by Marjan Neshat) apartment to avoid capture by the Taliban after serving as an interpreter for the U.S. military in Afghanistan. On the eve of his son’s birth, he must remain in his sister’s apartment, or risk his life to see his child. Sylvia and Marjan join to discuss working on the show, U.S. immigration policy and the legacy of our longest war.

WNYC planning editor Kate Hinds joins us for her ongoing series, “Kate Has a Plan,” to discuss the stories the newsroom is following this week.

What if the phrase "home for the holidays" gives you anxiety? Maybe going to see family is the one thing you didn't miss during the pandemic...Therapist Matt Lundquist will be here to discuss some coping strategies and take listener calls.

Percussionist Everett Bradley has been a touring member of The E Street Band and is a current member of Bon Jovi's touring band. For the last two decades he's also toured his annual funk-infused Christmas show, Holidelic, running now through December 31st as part of a residency at the Lucille Lortel Theater.

This segment was guest-hosted by Kerry Nolan.