All Of It with Alison Stewart

The first Record Store Day was held in 2008 to celebrate independent brick-and-mortar music shops. Now in its 16th year, the organization has put together a new list of exclusive releases from Taylor Swift, Wilco, Miles Davis, Brian Eno, Bjork, and many more artists. Cofounders Michael Kurtz and Carrie Colliton join us to talk about this year's Record Store Day, on April 22, and take calls from listeners to shout out their favorite local shops.

James Beard nominated New York City pastry chef Natasha Pickowicz joins us to discuss her debut cookbook! Entitled More Than Cake: 100 Baking Recipes Built for Pleasure and Community, Pickowicz combines her Chinese cultural heritage with her pastry chef expertise to create unique and show stopping recipes. Pickowicz will also take your baking calls!

We continue our National Record Store Day Coverage with a conversation about how to play all that vinyl you'll be collecting over the weekend. We'll talk turntables, speakers carbon mats and more with Wirecutter Senior Staff Writer and Audio specialist Brent Butterworth.

Two white women, Jennifer and Sarah Hart, adopted six Black children. Later, they murdered the children by driving the entire family off a cliff. A new book explores not just the Hart family, but the conditions that allowed for their adoptions to go through despite allegations of abuse. It also tells the stories of the birth families of these children, and how they lost custody despite all efforts to keep their kids. Journalist and author Roxanna Asgarian joins us to discuss her book We Were Once A Family: A Story of Love, Death, and Child Removal in America.

The new biopic "Chevalier" tells the story of composer and violinist Joseph Bologne, a Black man living and working in Revolutionary Era France. Kelvin Harrison Jr. stars as Bologne in the film, which premieres in theaters on Friday. Harrison and director Stephen Williams joins us to discuss.

Transracial adoption can come with profound challenges for both the adoptive parents and the adoptees. Hollee McGinnis, assistant professor at the Virginia Commonwealth University School of Social Work, joins us to discuss some of these challenges, and talk about what parents can keep in mind when deciding to enter into a transracial adoption process. Plus, we'll take calls from listeners, both adoptive parents and adoptees.

One of Spanish master Diego Velázquez's most famous and celebrated paintings is a portrait of a man he enslaved in his own studio. Juan de Pareja was a Black man living in Spain in the 1600s, and was an accomplished artist in his own right. A new exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art spotlights his work, and explores the relationship between enslavement and art in seventeenth century Spain. Co-curators David Pullins and Vanessa Valdés join us to discuss the exhibit, titled Juan de Pareja, Afro-Hispanic Painter. It's on view through July 16th.

Adi Oasis' new album, Lotus Glow, is her most political and personal body of work to date. The French-Caribbean, Brooklyn based artist joins us for a listening party ahead of her Brooklyn Made show tomorrow night.

After 35 years, the curtain closed on "Phantom of the Opera," Broadway's longest running show. New York Times theater writer Michael Paulson joins to talk about its legacy and impact on New York's creative community and we take listener calls.

These days, being a bridesmaid or a groomsman can be more costly and time-consuming than ever, with elaborate parties and showers, expensive attire, and costly gifts. With wedding season coming up, the honor of being included in a bridal party can start to feel like a burden. But it doesn't have to be that way! Gabriella Rello Duffy, editorial director of Brides, joins us discuss how to be a good bridesmaid/groomsman without breaking the bank, and what couples can do to be considerate of their friends' time and money. Plus, we take your calls.