Ahead of Mother's Day weekend, families might be planning for a nice restaurant meal to celebrate Mom. But what if you have kids? Not all restaurants are the same level of kid-friendly. Writer Rachel Sugar discusses her recent New York Magazine piece, "The 40 Best Restaurants for Kids (and Parents!)," and listeners share their picks.

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For her latest cookbook, Domenic Marchetti traveled around Italy collection recipes for everyone's favorite dessert: cookies! She discusses the result, Italian Cookies: Authentic Recipes and Sweet Stories from Every Region. Plus, listeners share their favorite Italian cookie or Italian bakery. 

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Ahead of Mother's Day, All Of It wants to hear stories about Mom, specifically your mom's New York story. That could mean an immigration story, or the story of how they started a business, a story about their life in New York, or a memory with them in the city that you hold dear. Von Diaz, author and StoryCorps senior producer, discusses some of her favorite StoryCorps stories about moms, and gives tips on how to record stories from loved ones.

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Courtney Barnett talks about her new album Creature of Habit. She'll be performing live at Kings Theater in Brooklyn on Saturday.

Photo:  Courtney Barnett performs live on stage at Sea.Hear.Now Festival at North Beach on September 18, 2022 in Asbury Park, New Jersey. (Photo by Jim Bennett/Getty Images)

The one-man show 'Kenrex' tells the true story of Ken Rex McElroy, a man so hated in his small Missouri town that he was murdered by a vigilante mob... who refused to say who had done it. The show is performed entirely by Jack Holden, who plays over 30 characters over the course of the play. Holden recently won the Olivier Award for his performance. Holden joins to discuss the show, running now at the Lucille Lortel Theatre.

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The theatrical experience 'Fight Back' invites audience members into an interactive experience. Each audience member is given a character, the identity of someone who attended a real ACT UP New York meeting on March 13, 1989.  Once the show begins, they play out the meeting as participants. "Fight Back" is running two more shows, on May 11 and May 18. The show's creator, David Wise, discusses the theatrical experience, alongside producer George Straus, who also experienced the show as a participant. 

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The characters of The Memory Museum, the debut short story collection from M Lin, are millennial Chinese women in their home country and among the global diaspora, whose stories reflect experiences of contemporary China and migration from the present day to the near future. M Lin discusses her debut.

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Jiyoung Han's debut novel Honey in the Wound follows multiple generations of women with magical gifts in early 20th century Korea, against the violence and oppression of Japanese control. Han joins us.

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The Outer Country, a debut novel from Davin Malasarn, follows multiple generations of a family split between Thailand and the United States. Malasarn drew from his own life for its story, including an experience of conversion therapy when a monk is called to perform an exorcism on a young boy exhibiting effeminate traits. Malasarn joins us.

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As more people begin to take GLP-1s for weight loss, many have reported unexpected positive side effects, like relief for chronic migraines, help with arthritis, and even help with addiction. But doctors still aren't quite sure why this medication has so many unintended upsides, and what it could mean for future use. New York Times contributing writer Julia Belluz, discusses her piece "The Great Ozempic Experiment." Plus, listeners share how GLP-1s have changed their lives.

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