All Of It with Alison Stewart

[REBROADCAST FROM April 27, 2021] For the second installment in this edition of our "Full Bio" series, Julia Sweig joins us to discuss the Kennedy assassination and how it led to the Johnsons' ascent to the highest office. Sweig is author of the book Lady Bird Johnson: Hiding in Plain Sight and host of the podcast, In Plain Sight: Lady Bird Johnson.

[REBROADCAST FROM November 18, 2020] In the latest installment of our “Full Bio” series, we take an in-depth look into the life of America’s longest-serving First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt, with David Michaelis, who spent 11 years working on his new biography, Eleanor. Today, we pick up the story with FDR’s polio diagnosis, and the family’s road to the White House. Eleanor was reluctant to assume a traditional role of First Lady, and spent the Depression years carving out a new model for the position, as she traveled around the country to hear from Americans directly. We also learn about her greatest love affair, with AP reporter Lorena Hickock.

The Hudson Jazz Festival will run for two weekends between February 16 and 26. Among the performers is bassist Endea Owens, a bandleader and member of The Late Show house band Stay Human. On February 26, her band The Cookout will perform at Hudson Hall for the festival's closing show. Owens joins us to preview the festival, discuss her career, and perform live in the studio.

NOTE: This segment has been edited to correct the introduction to Owen's song "Feel Good" and to include her latest single, "Where the Nubians Grow."

Celebrities like Harry Styles and Bad Bunny have come under fire for "queerbaiting," the act of posing as potentially queer in order to appeal to an LGBTQ audience. But culture writer Mark Harris asks in his latest article for T Magazine, "Is Celebrity ‘Queer Baiting’ Really Such a Crime?" He joins us to discuss and to take calls from listeners.

The second season of the podcast, The Turning: Room of Mirrors pulls back the curtain on the insular world of ballet in New York, and the company created by George Balanchine, revered as one of the world’s greatest choreographers and directors. Host Erica Lanz joins us to discuss the show.

A new twisty thriller seduces audiences into a world where no is who they seem to be on the surface and everyone cares about money. 'Sharper' tells the story of New York City con artists and the people getting conned. Director Benjamin Caron joins us to discuss the film, now streaming on Apple TV+.

The Belgian film, "Close," is nominated for Best International Feature Film at this year's Oscars. It follows the story of two boys, best friends, who are ripped apart by homophobic fears about their friendship. Director and co-writer Lukas Dhont joins us to discuss the film, which is playing now in select New York theaters.

In 1964, one of Lorraine Hansberry's final plays, "The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window," debuted on Broadway, and closed days before Hansberry passed away at the age of 34. Now, the play is being revived at BAM, starring Rachel Brosnahan and Oscar Isaac, who play a married couple in 1960's Greenwich Village with progressive ideals. Brosnahan and director Anne Kauffman join us to discuss their revival of "The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window," which runs at BAM Harvey Theater through March 24.

When comedian Gabe Mollica turned 30, he took stock of his life and realized he had no friends. His desire for connection became, "Solo," his one man show playing at the Soho Playhouse through February 25. He joins to discuss.

A new memoir recounts one person's journey serving as a museum guard at the Metropolitan Museum of Art for a decade. Facing the devastating loss of his brother, Patrick Bringley left his job at The New Yorker to seek solace and escape to work at one of the most famous museums in the world. Bringley joins to discuss his book, All the Beauty in the World, which is out now.