All Of It with Alison Stewart

In a new memoir, Thurston Moore reflects on his life and career, from childhood to founding the band Sonic Youth and carving out a space in New York music history, and beyond. Moore joins us to discuss Sonic Life.

The documentary "To Kill a Tiger" follows the story of Ranjit, an Indian farmer on a quest for justice after his 13-year-old daughter is gang-raped. Director Nisha Pahuja joins us to discuss this difficult but vital film.

Today is the release day of Berhana's second full-length album, Amén: የዘላን ህልም/. Berhana is a an Ethiopian-American singer-songwriter born and raised in Atlanta, and gained notoriety after his song "Grey Luh" featured in Donald Glover's television series, "Atlanta." His new album dives into his Ethiopian roots, and also comes with an album-length short film, "The Nomad's Dream." Amén: የዘላን ህልም/ is out today, and Berhana joins us for a Listening Party.

Former Smiths guitarist Johnny Marr joins us to talk about two new projects that take stock of his music career up to now. 'Spirit Power: The Best of Johnny Marr' compiles favorites from the last ten years of Marr’s solo career, along with two new songs. And Marr’s Guitars features photographs of and reflections on the many axes in his collection.

In 1978, serial killer Ted Bundy broke into a sorority house in Tallahassee, Florida, and murdered two women and attacked two others. The new novel Bright Young Women tells the story from the perspective of a sorority sister who survived the attack, and seeks to take Bundy down. Author Jessica Knoll joins us to discuss.

Girls' Science Day is coming up at Columbia University. This fall’s event will be held November 11th, with experiments and demonstrations to spark middle schoolers’ curiosities, and show them science has no gender. We talk to Girls' Science Day co-chair Caitlin Therien, also a PhD student in biomedical engineering, about the event and the importance of getting girls involved in science from a young age.

In August, Pulitzer Prize winning musician Rhiannon Giddens released her latest album, You're the One, her first record of all original songs. This comes after she won the Pulitzer last year for her opera, "Omar," written with Michael Abels. Giddens joins us in the studio for a Listening Party.

Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin) is a new memoir from Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Sly Stone, which traces the artist's life from his birth as Sylvester Stewart in 1940s Texas, through an early doo-wop career and his rise as dynamic frontman of the Family Stone, to the present day and his declining health. Phunne Stone, Sly's daughter and a vocalist in the Family Stone, joins us with the memoir's co-author, music journalist Ben Greenman.

Pulitzer Prize-winning author Viet Thanh Nguyen joins us to discuss his new memoir, A Man of Two Faces, which tells the story of his childhood in Vietnam, his time as a refugee, and his experience coming to America, including the harrowing story of how his parents were attacked by a gunman while working.

25 years ago, Julie Burns founded Room to Grow, a Bronx-based nonprofit that helps low-income families through the early years of a baby's life. Her pregnant neighbor at the time was actress Uma Thurman, who has supported the organization ever since. In this latest installment of "But enough about me," a series interviewing actors about issues they care about, we talk about their work together and the parenting advice that really matters as they near their 25th anniversary gala.