All Of It with Alison Stewart

[REBROADCAST FROM December 11, 2020] In her book, Mediocre: The Dangerous Legacy of White Male America, Ijeoma Oluo, author of the best seller So You Want to Talk About Race, looks at how white men in America have preserved their power for generations -- and the consequences that's had for all of us. She argues that overlooking white male mediocrity has helped devalue college education, promoted leadership styles that have hurt business, and prevented progress on major issues like police brutality and gerrymandering. 

Susanna Hoffs’ new album, Bright Lights, pays tribute to some of The Bangles co-founder’s favorite songs and artists, including Prince, Nick Drake, The Velvet Underground, and The Monkees. Hoffs joins for a Listening Party.

Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak have finally released their much-anticipated retro collaboration as Silk Sonic. Plus, "Sad Girl Autumn" has arrived, with releases from Taylor Swift, Adele, Mitski, and more. Switched On Pop co-hosts Charlie Harding and Nate Sloan join us for a music Review/Preview.

In August 2020, Snarky Puppy band member Justin Stanton gathered a group of friends together in a house in western Portugal with the mission that everyone co-write a song with one another. Those songs now make up the new album, Mirrors, which features Snarky Puppy founder Michael League, multi-instrumentalist Becca Stevens, Louis Cato of Stay Human ("The Late Show" house band), and Portuguese fado singer Gisela João. Stanton, João, and Cato call in for a Listening Party.

This episode is guest hosted by Kerry Nolan

The Oscar race is already beginning. New York Times awards season reporter Kyle Buchanan joins us for a special Oscars' Review/Preview, recommending what movies to check out this fall and winter based on his article “The 2022 Oscar Race Has Begun. Here’s Who Is Already Ahead.” 

This episode is guest hosted by Kerry Nolan

Author N. West Moss joins us to talk her new memoir Flesh & Blood: Reflections on Infertility, Family, and Creating a Bountiful Life, which deals with her journey of infertility and healing, featuring witty and compelling conversation.

This episode is guest hosted by Kerry Nolan

On March 19, 1968, a relatively unknown 25-year-old Joni Mitchell performed a concert at Le Hibou Coffee House in Ottawa, Canada. The performance was recorded and engineered by a 26-year-old by the name of Jimi Hendrix. Now, fifty-three years later, the performance, as well as other home demos and unreleased tracks are being compiled into one album. Joni Mitchell Archives – Vol. 2: The Reprise Years (1968-1971), will be released on November 12. Patrick Milligan, director of A&R at Rhino Entertainment, who worked directly with Joni to produce the record, joins us to discuss this time period in her career and listen to some tracks.

A few years ago, around the release of her Grammy-winning album Mental Illness, singer-songwriter Aimee Mann was approached to write music for a stage adaption of Susanna Kaysen’s 1993 memoir, Girl, Interrupted. The pandemic forced that project to go on hold, but Mann has now released the songs on her new album, Queens of the Summer Hotel. Mann joins us for a Listening Party.

She will also be performing at City Winery December 27-30.

In 2013, Uli Beutter Cohen decided to start asking riders on the subway what they were reading, and what they thought of it, eventually founding the popular Instagram account Subway Book Review. Cohen has compiled the best of these interviews and photographs in a new book, Between the Lines, and joins us to discuss.