All Of It with Alison Stewart

We speak to the winners of the Public Song Project and hear to their submissions. Kat Lewis discusses her summer-fun rewrite of “(I Scream, You Scream, We All Scream for) Ice Cream.” Alice Lee explains her modern take on the archetypal country hit, “The Prisoners Song.” And Chloe and Lily Holgate, who perform as sybil, share the inspiration for their musical setting of the Edna St Vincent Millay poem, “Afternoon on a Hill.”

Then we take a tour through highlights from the just-launched listener-generated WNYC Public Songbook, and hear more creative submissions. Public Song judges Paul Cavalconte (host of New Standards), Shanta Thake (chief artistic officer of Lincoln Center), and musician DJ Rekha join us to reflect on the project and some favorite tunes.

NOTE: This segment has been edited to remove an instance of a song that was mistakenly played twice on the air.

Sumner Redstone ran the Viacom media network for decades before his health began to fail. A new book takes you inside his family's world, which has been called a "real life 'Succession.'" Authors James B. Stewart and Rachel Abrams worked on Unscripted for the last three years and join to discuss the book, their reporting, and take listener calls.

The new film, "Argentina, 1985," has been nominated for an Oscar for its portrayal of the legal team that dared to take on Argentina's military dictatorship in the 1980s. Director Santiago Mitre joins us to discuss the film, alongside Luis Moreno Ocampo, the lawyer whose story inspired the movie. "Argentina, 1985" is available to stream now on Amazon Prime.

As we wrap up our Black Art History month series, we meet Nicola Vassell, one of the only black female gallery owners in New York City. She opened her eponymous gallery in Chelsea in 2021. She came to the U.S from Jamaica at just 17 and worked her way up through the art world, working for big names like Pace, and has also helped curate The Dean Collection. We hear her story and what she has planned for 2023.

Correction: in the introduction to the segment, the host refers to Nicola Vassell as the first Black female gallery owner in Chelsea. We know of at least one other – June Jenkins-Johnson operated a gallery in Chelsea that closed 9 years ago.

Art and poetry collide in the new book from poet Reginald Dwayne Betts and artist Titus Kaphar. Titled, Redaction, the book combines words from Betts and art from Kaphar to explore how incarcerated people are treated by American society. It's an expansion on their MoMA PS1 show of the same name. Betts and Kaphar join us to discuss.

Nitehawk Shorts Festival runs March 1-5, featuring dozens of shorts spread between seven categories. Director of programming Cristina Cacioppo joins us alongside filmmakers Leah Shore and Jude Dry to preview the festival.

[REBROADCAST FROM October 18, 2022] In the summer of 1955, 14-year-old Emmett Till was brutally murdered while visiting his cousins in Mississippi for allegedly offending a white woman. A new film, "Till," focuses on his mother Mamie Till-Mobley's dogged pursuit for justice for her son and for the country to reckon with its racism. Director Chinonye Chukwu, who was nominated for best director at the NAACP Image Awards, joins to discuss the film.