All Of It with Alison Stewart

New York Times Social Qs columnist Philip Galanes has been getting a lot of questions from readers preparing to re-enter public life with questions about socializing again, attending events to getting back to the office. He'll answer listener questions, and talk about some of his latest column topics, including a recent one titled "Do I Really Need to State My Pronouns?" which got thousands of comments on The New York Times website & Facebook page. 

[REBROADCAST FROM FEBRUARY 2, 2021] Actors André De Shields and Divine Garland join us to discuss the new narrative podcast, Live from Mount Olympus, which comes out February 2 from the Onassis Foundation and PRX's TRAX, a network of podcasts specially designed for 9–13-year-olds. The podcast is directed by Rachel Chavkin and Zhailon Levingston and narrated by André De Shields, reprising his "Hadestown" role as Hermes. Actor Divine Garland performs as Perseus. 

The new film "Together Together" explores the relationship that forms between a middle aged bachelor and his millennial surrogate, starring Ed Helms and Patti Harrison. Writer and director Nikole Beckwith joins us to discuss her sophomore film, which is out in theaters now. 

WNYC planning editor Kate Hinds joins us to discuss the stories that the newsroom is covering this week. 

On the album, Vulture Prince, Brooklyn-based musician Arooj Aftab sets poetry to stirring orchestrations that fuse jazz, Pakistani folk, classical, and other musical genres. Aftab joins us for a Listening Party.

Vulture staff writer Kathryn VanArendonk joins us for the next installment of our ongoing “Review/Preview” series with a roundup of the best things to stream this month. 

Art on the Ave was founded by two teachers as a community-focused public arts initiative during the height of the Covid lockdown in 2020. Co-founder Jackie Graham joins to talk about the latest installation that runs through July.

Kelly Baum and Randall Griffey, both curators in the department of modern and contemporary art at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, join us to discuss putting together the show, Alice Neel: People Come First, on view through August 1. This show marks the first retrospective of Neel’s work in New York in two decades.

With new mask guidance from the CDC and restrictions loosening in NYC, WNYC planning editor Kate Hinds joins us to discuss the state of COVID in the city, dates for various reopenings, and take calls from listeners about personal comfort levels as the city opens up.

A new book argues that over the past few decades, three different New York Cities have emerged. Author Thomas Dyja joins us to discuss these iterations of NYC and his book, New York, New York, New York: Four Decades of Success, Excess, and Transformation.