All Of It with Alison Stewart

The new short documentary short, "38 at the Garden," chronicles the story of groundbreaking NBA Knicks star Jeremy Lin, who made waves around the world with "Linsanity" when he dominated during the 2011-2012 season. Director Frank Chi joins us to discuss, alongside Jeremy Lin himself. "38 at the Garden" is streaming now on HBO Max and has been shortlisted for an Oscar nomination.

Is your resolution this year to declutter and organize your life? If so, Matt Paxton is your man. He's a downsizing and decluttering expert and author of the book, Keep the Memories, Lose the Stuff. Paxton joins to share his tips and take listener calls.

[REBROADCAST FROM JANUARY 21, 2019] Lynda Blackmon Lowery joins us to discuss her book, Turning 15 on the Road to Freedom: My Story of the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March, which has been adapted into a play of the same name. The book and play detail what it was like to be the youngest person to participate in the 1965 Selma Voting Rights March.

[REBROADCAST FROM MARCH 30, 2022] We share the third part of our March installment of Full Bio. Today, we learn more about Constance Baker Motley's legal career, as well as her entrance into politics, which would lead her to become a New York State Senator and Manhattan Borough President. Historian Tomiko Brown-Nagin, author of, Civil Rights Queen: Constance Baker Motley and the Struggle for Equality, joins us again.

[REBROADCAST FROM DECEMBER 6, 2022] Rev. Al Sharpton has spent his life saying things people did not want to hear. The new documentary "Loudmouth" chronicles his path from a teenage preacher to a racial justice firebrand on the streets of 1980s New York to becoming a presidential adviser and media elder statesman. Sharpton and director Josh Alexander joins us to discuss. "Loudmouth" closed out last year's Tribeca Film Festival, and is now streaming on Amazon and Apple TV.

[REBROADCAST FROM Jan 18, 2021 & Jan 17, 2020] NPR music critic and correspondent Ann Powers brings her rundown of music for racial justice, from the Civil Rights Movement, to today. Then, WNYC archivist Andy Lanset presents some remarks Dr. King made in New York City, following his acceptance of the 1964 Nobel Peace Prize.

 [REBROADCAST FROM Dec 22, 2022 and Jan 14, 2021] J. Edgar Hoover biographer Beverly Gage's book is called G-Man: J. Edgar Hoover and the Making of the American Century. She explains the infamous FBI director's conflation of the civil rights movement with communist espionage. Then, award-winning director Sam Pollard talks about his film, MLK/FBI, and some of the documents he was able to obtain that shed light on the Bureau's interest in King's movement.

Local author Bushra Rehman's latest book, Roses, in the Mouth of a Lion, follows Razia, a Pakistani-American girl from Corona, Queens, who's rebellious nature with her friends leads to a growing rift between her and her family. When she is accepted to Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan, she meets a girl named Angela, and she begins to feel an attraction that was once unfamiliar, potentially making her relationship with her family and community more complicated. Rehman joins us to discuss the novel.

Fresh off of releasing her memoir last fall, Maybe We'll Make It, musician Margo Price has released her fourth studio album, Strays. She also announced a nationwide tour of the album, and will play in New York at Webster Hall on March 4. Price joins us for a release day Listening Party.

National Bagel Day is this Sunday, and we've got CEO and founder of Bagelfest Sam Silverman here to talk all things bagels and preview the first-ever Bagelfest Winter Games. We will also take your calls.