All Of It with Alison Stewart

Bestselling author Taylor Jenkins Reid joins us to discuss her latest novel, Malibu Rising, which follows four famous siblings over the course of one day, 24 hours that will change each of them forever.

With the summer drawing to a close, now is the time to squeeze in one last summer read. Author and Books Are Magic owner Emma Straub joins us to share what books she thought were the best of the summer and hear some recommendations from listeners.

[REBROADCAST FROM May 28, 2021] The 2020 novel Hamnet won the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction and was named one of the ten best books of the year by The New York Times. Author Maggie O’Farrell joins us to discuss the novel, which fictionalizes the death of Shakespeare’s beloved son, Hamnet, and the writing of his legendary play, “Hamlet.” Hamnet is now available in paperback.

This segment was picked by our Producer Jordan Lauf.

[REBROADCAST FROM January 27, 2021] An album released in January 2021 by singer-songwriter Langhorne Slim deals with COVID-19, his own struggles with anxiety, depression, substance abuse, and recovery. He joins us to discuss his album, Strawberry Mansion, and provides an exclusive performance.

This segment was picked by our Producer Jordan Lauf.

[REBROADCAST FROM October 6, 2020] In order to cope with the end of her father’s life, documentarian Kirsten Johnson tried something unusual: staging various versions of her father’s death and filming them. Johnson joins us to discuss the resulting documentary, “Dick Johnson Is Dead.”

This segment was picked by our Producer Jordan Lauf.

[REBROADCAST FROM March 24, 2020] Directors Nicole Newnham and James LeBrecht discuss their Netflix documentary, "Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution," which tells the story of a summer camp in upstate New York for children with disabilities that helped ignite the disability rights movement.

This segment was picked by our Producer Jordan Lauf.

[REBROADCAST FROM June 5, 2020] Last summer, amid historic racial justice protests and the first citywide curfew since World War II, Alison hosted an evening special as part of our "WNYC At Curfew" coverage. John Schaefer joined to discuss protest music and how it has been used in social movements across our history, and even also brought a list of his favorite tracks to play.

This segment was picked by our Producer Zach Gottehrer-Cohen.

[REBROADCAST FROM May 12, 2021] In February, NASA's Perseverance rover touched down on the surface of Mars. We look at the line between exploration and colonization. Joining us are Dr. Alice Gorman, an archaeologist and who looks at spacecraft and off-earth landing sites, and Chris Schaberg, an English professor at Loyola University New Orleans specializing in the environmental humanities.

This segment was picked by our Producer Zach Gottehrer-Cohen.

[REBROADCAST FROM September 16, 2020] Big Tech is watching us, plugging our behaviors into hidden algorithms and then serving up a digital experience customized just for us. It's a little... creepy. But it's more than that, according to blogger, journalist, and science fiction author Cory Doctorow, who's latest book is, Attack Surface. He joins us for a deep dive into the many problems of Big Tech, and how to fix them.

This segment was picked by our Producer Zach Gottehrer-Cohen.

[REBROADCAST FROM January 26, 2021] When Wuhan, the city in China where COVID-19 was first documented, went on lockdown, two anonymous reporters recorded inside a Wuhan hospital. The resulting documentary, "76 Days," directed by filmmaker Hao Wu and produced by MTV Documentary Films, provides an intimate look inside a hospital as it faced PPE shortages and an onslaught of infected patients. Wu joins us to talk about making the film and his experience documenting the genesis of what would become a global pandemic.

This segment was picked by our Producer Zach Gottehrer-Cohen.