All Of It with Alison Stewart

As much as we love major sports for the competition and dramatic live television, another factor that contributes to the spectacle is a network's theme song. Whether it's March Madness, or the NFL, or the Olympics, many fans can recount theme songs from memory because they've grown up with them. Helmut VonLichten is one composer who's responsible for some of the most beloved theme songs in sports, like CBS's NFL theme, The Masters, and more. VonLichten joins us to talk about his process and take your calls.

In the late 1970's and early 80's there was no escaping the hits of Donna Summer. A new documentary shows a more personal side to the star, who often struggled to reconcile her religious beliefs with her public persona. We speak to co-directors Roger Ross Williams and Brooklyn Sudano about their film, "Love to Love You: Donna Summer," which premieres on HBO Max on May 20.

Over the last fifty years, Henry Threadgill has been one of the most renowned American composers, never afraid of leaning into innovation and experimentation. He's one of three Jazz artists to ever win a Pulitzer Prize. Today is the publishing day for his autobiography, Easily Slip into Another World: A Life in Music, which details his early years in Chicago, playing in an Infantry Division Band in Vietnam, and how he settled in New York and made a name for himself in the East Village in the 1970s. The book comes around the same time as the release of his latest composition, The Other One. Threadgill joins us in studio to discuss both projects.

Threadgill will be reading at Rizzoli bookstore tonight at 6:00.

Writer Jancee Dunn thinks it's high time menopause is talked out openly and frankly. In her new book, Hot and Bothered: What No One Tells You About Menopause, she offers clear information and humor to address a transition that happens to 50 percent of the world's population. She joins to discuss and take listener calls.

Two-time Oscar winning cinematographer Roger Deakins is known for his collaborations with the Coen Brothers and his work on massive action projects like "1917" and "Blade Runner 2049." Now, he's released his very first monograph, Byways, published by Daimani Books. Deakins joins us to discuss the book and his career.

Deakins will be at the 92Y speaking with Annette Insdorf on Wednesday, May 17th at 7:30 pm.

[REBROADCAST FROM February 3, 2023] A new exhibition at MoMA, in partnership with The Studio Museum, is dedicated to the photography of Ming Smith. Smith arrived in New York City in the early 1970s fresh out of Howard University with degrees in microbiology and chemistry, but instead decided to pursue her passion for taking photos on the streets. What followed was an extensive career, including becoming the first black woman to have her work acquired by MoMA. Projects: Ming Smith, examines the unique methods in which Smith approaches her photography, and runs through May 29. Ming Smith, alongside Thelma Golden, director and chief curator of The Studio Museum, and Oluremi C. Onabanjo, MoMA associate curator, join us to discuss the exhibition.

Musicians Langhorne Slim and Hiss Golden Messenger have long been open about their mental health in their music. Now they are taking those songs to Brooklyn for the Sound Mind Music Festival For Mental Health, happening for free on Saturday, May 20 at House of Yes. Both artists join us to discuss their mental health journeys, and how music has helped, as part of our series Mental Health Mondays.

In a new film, actor Judd Hirsch plays a Holocaust survivor that learns how to use an iPhone from a tech-savvy young person. He joins us to talk about his career and role in "iMordecai," now available on-demand.

Actor Sean Hayes has been nominated for a Tony for his role as musician and talk show mainstay Oscar Levant in the new play, "Good Night, Oscar." Hayes joins us to discuss the role, which allows him to show off his skills as a classically trained pianist. The play follows Levant after he leaves a mental hospital to appear on Jack Paar's show.

Author Sam Irby's new collection of essays, Quietly Hostile, dives into the experience of being a famous writer with Irby's signature humor and wit. Irby joins us to discuss the book ahead of her Symphony Space event on Wednesday with Cynthia Nixon, Ilana Glazer, Aminatou Sow and Jia Tolentino.