All Of It with Alison Stewart

A new PBS docuseries follows the careers of music photographers responsible for some of the most enduring images we have of music industry giants. The series is called “Icon: Music Through the Lens,” and it premieres on July 16. Director and producer Dick Carruthers, photographer and executive producer Gered Mankowitz, and famed photographer Deb Feingold join us to discuss.

[REBROADCAST FROM JANUARY 25, 2021] Comedian and late night host Amber Ruffin and her sister Lacey Lamar have teamed up for a book. Titled, You’ll Never Believe What Happened to Lacey: Crazy Stories About Racism, the book features a series of stories about the different forms of racism Amber and Lacey face as Black women who live in New York City and Nebraska, respectively. We’ll also speak with Amber about her Peacock show, “The Amber Ruffin Show.”

Vulture staff writer Kathryn VanArendonk joins to discuss the 2021 Emmy nominations. 

Emmy-winning and Tony-nominated scenic designer, David Korins, joins us to discuss New York’s Immersive Van Gogh exhibit, which opened at Pier 36 on June 10. The installation features 500,000 cubic feet of 360-degree projections to allow visitors to fully immerse themselves in video showcasing Vincent van Gogh’s famous works. Korins serves as the exhibit’s New York creative director and previously designed sets for "Hamilton" on Broadway and “Grease Live!” on FOX.

After a particularly horrific year for many Americans, some might be experiencing symptoms of trauma that affect not just their mental health, but their physical health as well. Pioneering psychiatrist and PTSD researcher Dr. Bessel van der Kolk joins us to discuss his book, The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma, which is back on the bestseller lists as readers seek to better understand the effects of the trauma they may have experienced in the past year.

New York Times food columnist and cookbook author Melissa Clark joins us to discuss French recipes and techniques in honor of Bastille Day. She's the author of over 40 cookbooks including Dinner in French: My Recipes by Way of France.

Here's Melissa Clark's French Yogurt Cake recipe:

French Yogurt Cake with CherriesTime: 1 hour 10 minutesYield: 8 servings

1 2/3 cups/ 208 grams all-purpose flour1 teaspoon baking powder1 teaspoon cardamom1/2 teaspoon baking soda1/2 teaspoon kosher salt1 1/3 cups/ 266 grams granulated sugar1 cup whole milk plain yogurt1/2 cup grapeseed or safflower oil2 large eggs1 cup pitted cherries

1. Heat the oven to 350°F and butter a 9 x 5-inch loaf pan.2. In a large bowl, whisk together flour, baking powder, cardamom, baking soda, salt, and sugar. In a separate large bowl, whisk together the yogurt, oil, and eggs. Scrape into flour mixture and whisk just to combine. Fold in cherries.3. Transfer to loaf pan and bake until golden and toothpick comes out clean, about 50 minutes. Cool in pan, then run a thin spatula around the edges; invert onto a plate and slice to serve.

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Lynn Nottage joins us along with director and co-creator Miranda Haymon to discuss the new collaborative production currently on view at the Signature Theatre titled, "The Watering Hole." The theatrical production and installation is collectively authored with over a dozen other creators and seeks to use the reopening of the Signature Theatre to make theatrical productions and creative processes more inclusive. The production runs through August 8.

Priya Parker joins us for a conversation about gathering together in this phase of the pandemic. She's the author of The Art Gathering: How We Meet and Why It Matters, and host of the New York Times podcast, Together Apart. She's also written a new, downloadable guide called The New Rules of Gathering.

Tyler Stovall, dean of Fordham University’s Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, and Adam Shatz, the US editor for London Review of Books, join us to discuss New York Review Books' new edition of William Gardner Smith's 1963 novel, The Stone Face, for which Shatz wrote the introduction. The novel, which has been out of print for decades, will now be available again starting July 13.

A new fictional podcast from Crooked Media and QCode stars Rosamund Pike as First Lady Edith Wilson, taking a humorous look at Wilson’s influence in the White House after her husband suffered a massive stroke. Director Maureen Bharoocha and writer Gonzalo Cordova join us to discuss the podcast, Edith! which premiered on June 21. New episodes drop on Thursdays.