All Of It with Alison Stewart

Other than being a longtime professor of studio art at Connecticut College, the late Barkley L. Hendricks (1945–2017) is thought of as one of the most revolutionary Black American portrait artists, particularly for his work in the late 1960s and into the 1970s. A new exhibition that displays some of his portraits, Barkley L. Hendricks: Portraits at the Frick, is now on view at Frick Madison, the temporary home of The Frick Collection. It's the first show ever dedicated to a Black artist at the Frick. Curators Aimee Ng and Antwaun Sargent join to discuss the show and the importance of the artist. Barkley L. Hendricks: Portraits at the Frick is on view through January 7, 2024.

In 1968, a Russian submarine sank in the Pacific Ocean. While the Russian government didn't know where it was, Americans did, and a new film explores how the Nixon administration, Howard Hughes, and the CIA came together to attempt to retrieve it. The film is called, "Neither Confirm Nor Deny" and was directed by the late Phillip Carter. Investigative journalist Hank Phillippi Ryan joins to talk about the film and her role covering the case.

Bear Proof is the name of a new album from composer and longtime bassist for Ani DiFranco, Todd Sickafoose. It's his first release of original music in fifteen years. Sickafoose recorded the album in 2014. The album process had to be put on pause however following the success of the musical "Hadestown," which he helped compose, winning a Grammy and Tony as a result. Bear Proof is out on September 29, and Sickafoose joins us for a preview Listening Party.

A recent New Yorker article details comedian Hasan Minhaj's fabrications and "emotional truths" in his stand-up and political comedy. The story follows another recent article from Rolling Stone alleging a toxic environment at "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon." We explore the role of truth in comedy and the responsibility entertainers have to their audiences with Vulture critic Jesse David Fox, author of the upcoming book, Comedy Book: How Comedy Conquered Culture and the Magic that Make it Work. Plus, we take your calls.

The Emmy-award winning comedian Samantha Bee, formerly a correspondent of "The Daily Show" and former host of her own late-night show, "Full Frontal with Samantha Bee," comes to BAM this Saturday to perform her current touring standup act, "Your Favorite Woman: The Joy of Sex Education," in which Bee gives her thoughts on all the aspects of understanding our bodies, from puberty to menopause. Bee joins us to preview the show.

Dallas-born and New York City based singer and composer Jazzmeia Horn last joined us in 2019, around the release of her second album, Love and Liberation. Since that time, she's released a big-band album called Dear Love, recorded with her fifteen-piece band, Noble Force. And starting on Thursday, the Grammy-nominated Horn will be performing at Smoke Jazz Club with her Quartet through September 24. Horn joins us to talk about the residency and her musical journey.

If you've ever wondered why we have pockets in our clothes or why men's clothes have more pockets than women's, a new book examines the history of the pocket. Hannah Carlson, clothing historian and a senior lecturer in the apparel design department at Rhode Island School for Design, joins to discuss, Pockets: An Intimate History on How We Keep Things Close.

With Congress turning more attention to the study of Unidentified Arial Phenomenon, and with an apparently false presentation last week of alien remains to Mexico's Congress, we hear about the real science of outer space from Harvard University astronomer and theoretical physicist Avi Loeb. His new book, Interstellar: The Search for Extraterrestrial Life and Our Future in the Stars, explores the challenges of the search for extraterrestrial life and humanity's future in space. Plus, Loeb will explain some recent discoveries including "burping" black holes.

The new documentary "LIFT" spotlights New York Theatre Ballet's program of the same name that selects at risk and home insecure kids to train in dance. We'll speak to the film's director, David Petersen, and Steven Melendez, a dancer who runs the program.