All Of It with Alison Stewart

As the weather warms up and the days get longer, many will be aiming to spend more time in the city's parks, or other local greenspaces. Reveler's should know that parks can be about more than outdoor recreation — they can also be designed to help fight the effects of climate change, like flooding, and the heat islands that form in urban spaces. Michelle Mueller-Gamez is the Central Park Conservancy's manager of climate change research, who will explain what climate change means for parks, and what parks mean for climate change resilience.

[REBROADCAST FROM January 27, 2023] Dan Auerbach-fronted band The Arcs are out with the soul and psych rock-inspired sophomore album, Electrophonic Chronic, after an eight-year wait. The album features contributions from late Arcs and Black Keys bandmate Richard Swift. Auerbach and Leon Michels join for a release day Listening Party.

This segment is guest-hosted by Tiffany Hanssen.

A new exhibition on view at Poster House looks at the branding and graphic language of the Black Panther Party, and the historical context that informed how the party went about portraying itself in posters, advertisements, and slogans. Black Power to Black People: Branding the Black Panther Party features 37 works from the years 1932 to 1980, with newspaper clippings, campaign posters, and images of Party leaders. Curator Es-pranza Humphrey tells us more about the history and the exhibition, which is on view until September 10.

This segment is guest-hosted by Tiffany Hanssen.

New York City officials have launched a new ad campaign that looks a lot like an old ad campaign, but Mayor Adams says it's not aimed at tourists. WNYC/Gothamist reporter Elizabeth Kim tells us about We ❤️ NYC and her reporting on the campaign.  

This segment is guest-hosted by Tiffany Hanssen. 

With more Millennials and Gen Z 'zoomers' living at their parents' houses longer into young adulthood for financial and cultural reasons, the family dynamics can become more fraught and challenging to navigate. Satya Doyle Byock, a psychotherapist and author of the book, Quarterlife: The Search for Self in Early Adulthood, and Mike Dang, a New York Times personal finance editor who has reported around this generational and economic phenomenon, join to discuss the trend, and share tips for healthy relationships between parents and their offspring-roommates.

This segment is guest-hosted by Tiffany Hanssen.

Today is the 20th anniversary of the U.S invasion of Iraq, which marked the beginning of the Iraq War. Amir ElSaffar is a classically trained Iraqi-American trumpeter, vocalist, composer, and Satur player, who returned to his father's native country before the war to study with masters of Iraqi Maqam, the classical musical tradition of Iraq. Inspired by the 20th anniversary of the invasion, ElSaffar is performing a string of concerts with his ensembles to mourn the suffering of the Iraqi people, and celebrate Iraqi culture. He joins to preview the concerts and talk about his music. ElSaffar will be performing at Drom NYC on April 2, Rutgers-Newark on April 10, and Symphony Space on April 14.

This segment is guest-hosted by Tiffany Hanssen.

[ORIGINALLY BROADCAST ON March 17, 2023] For our Full Bio selection this Women's History Month, we're learning about political trailblazer, New York congresswoman and presidential candidate Shirley Chisholm. We continue our discussion with Anastasia C. Curwood, author of the new biography Shirley Chisholm: Champion of Black Feminist Power Politics. On the final day, we learn about Chisholm's run for president and her final years.

[ORIGINALLY BROADCAST ON March 14, 2023] For our Full Bio selection this Women's History Month, we're learning about political trailblazer, New York congresswoman and presidential candidate Shirley Chisholm. Today, we learn about her family connection to Barbados, moving to Brooklyn and how Chisholm's childhood heroes shaped her worldview and self-image. We're speaking all week with Anastasia C. Curwood, director of the Commonwealth Institute for Black Studies and Interim Chair and Professor of History at the University of Kentucky, who authored the new biography Shirley Chisholm: Champion of Black Feminist Power Politics.

[ORIGINALLY BROADCAST ON March 15, 2023] For our Full Bio selection this Women's History Month, we're learning about political trailblazer, New York congresswoman and presidential candidate Shirley Chisholm. We're speaking all week with Anastasia C. Curwood, director of the Commonwealth Institute for Black Studies and Interim Chair and Professor of History at the University of Kentucky, who authored the new biography, Shirley Chisholm: Champion of Black Feminist Power Politics. Today, we hear about how she made the leap from educator to elected official and how she became the first Black woman in Congress.