All Of It with Alison Stewart

The T.M. Landry College Prep school had bragging rights for getting 100% of their high school seniors into college—most from poor and underprivileged backgrounds. A new documentary premiering at the Tribeca Festival this year, called 'Accepted,' follows four students at the school, before a New York Times report exposed some of the principal’s questionable practices. Director Dan Chen joins to discuss.

The Drama Book Shop reopens today at a new location, following a rescue campaign led by a group of Broadway figures including Lin-Manuel Miranda. New York Times theater reporter Michael Paulson joins us to talk about the century-old shop's history and reinvention.

Anna Sale, host and creator of WNYC’s Death, Sex & Money, is our June Get Lit with All Of It Book Club author. She joins us for a preview conversation about her new book, Let’s Talk About Hard Things. Our virtual event with Sale and musical guest Mary Gauthier will take place on Wednesday, June 23 at 7pm.

Changephobia is the second solo album from Rostam, former member of Vampire Weekend and a producer who's worked with Frank Ocean, Maggie Rogers, Clairo, Solange, and Haim, on their standout 2020 album, Women in Music Pt. III. Rostam joins us for a Listening Party.

A new book recounts the history of African Europeans through stories of individuals who helped shape the continent, a history that goes back centuries. Olivette Otele, professor of history and memory of enslavement at the University of Bristol and vice president of the Royal Historical Society in the UK, joins us to discuss her book, African Europeans: An Untold History.

Los Angeles Times books editor, Boris Kachka, joins us to discuss his new book, Becoming a Film Producer. In the book, Kachka, a longtime writer and editor at New York Magazine, offers an insider's look at the production side of the film industry. Throughout, he follows award-winning producers in their work, including Fred Berger and Michael London of La La Land and Sideways fame, respectively.

[REBROADCAST FROM MAY 19, 2020] Curtis Sittenfeld discusses her novel, Rodham, which imagines the life of Hillary Clinton if she had turned down Bill Clinton’s proposal.

As summer arrives, many are feeling self-conscious about weight they may have gained during the pandemic. The diet industry is seeing a boom as people seek to lose what some are calling “the quarantine fifteen.” But body acceptance advocate, influencer, and author Katie Sturino wants to encourage more people to be kinder to themselves, and to their bodies. She joins us to take calls from listeners who may be struggling with body image, and to discuss her new book, Body Talk: How to Embrace Your Body and Start Living Your Best Life.

A new podcast titled, The Turning: The Sisters Who Left, tells the story of the women who joined Mother Teresa's religious order, the Missionaries of Charity. The podcast takes listeners behind the walls of the fiercely private order where sisters took vows of poverty, chastity, obedience, and public service. We speak with host Erika Lantz as well as Kelli Dunham, who was with the Missionaries of Charity for two years and now works in the Brooklyn school system.

Celebrated chef Peter Hoffman joins us to discuss What's Good?: A Memoir in Fourteen Ingredients. The book recounts Hoffman's professional training, his years owning and operating Savoy, the famed downtown restaurant that pioneered farm-to-table dining, and some of his favorite of farmer’s market staples.