All Of It with Alison Stewart

A new exhibition at The Brooklyn Museum celebrates the life and work of Nellie Mae Rowe, a Black female artist who created while living in the Jim Crow American South. Really Free: The Radical Art of Nellie Mae Rowe, displays Rowe's drawings, sculptures, and paintings, and tells the story of how she made art in a dangerous period for Black people in the South. Co-curators Catherine Morris and Jenée-Daria Strand are with us to talk about the life of Nellie Mae Rowe, and why her art is important to engage with.

The winner of this year's highest award at Cannes is the controversial, and somewhat gross, dark comedy about the one percent, "Triangle of Sadness." Director Ruben Östlund joins to discuss the film, which is his second Cannes win, and first film in English.

This weekend, our sister station, WQXR will hold its 4th Classical Kids Fair, this time in Queens. Chief Content Officer Ed Yim joins to preview the event.

Rasheed Newson is a writer and producer who has worked on shows like "Narcos," "The Chi," and "Bel-Air," and now he's published his debut novel. My Government Means to Kill Me follows the story of a wealthy Black teenager who moves to New York in the 1980s, and becomes involved with the fight against HIV and the ACT UP movement. Newson joins us to discuss the novel as part of our series, "2022 Debuts."

On Friday, Swedish pop musician Tove Lo released her fifth album, Dirt Femme, which is also her first LP release on her independent label, Pretty Swede Records. The hit singer and songwriter joins us for a Listening Party.

The latest novel from Hamnet author Maggie O'Farrell tells the story of Lucrezia de Medici, a young girl who is betrothed to a duke against her will. And though at first her new husband seems charming, Lucrezia soon comes to suspect that he means to kill her. O'Farrell joins us to discuss her new novel, The Marriage Portrait.

Event: O'Farrell will be speaking tonight at a Books Are Magic event at St. Ann's Church at 7 pm.

We present the full conversation of October's installment of our Full Bio series. Author David Maraniss about his biography of legendary athlete Jim Thorpe, Path Lit By Lightning: The Life of Jim Thorpe.

[REBROADCAST FROM June 25, 2021] Musician Jill Sobule joins us to discuss "F*CK7THGRADE," a concert film based on stories from Sobule’s childhood and music career. She first told us about the show at our January 2020 Get Lit. A new production of the musical opens in New York at wild project tonight. 

The Manhattan Vintage show is this weekend. We will get a preview with the host of the podcast "PRE-LOVED" Emily Stochl, who has been a stylist at The Manhattan Vintage show. We will take your calls on your favorite vintage store and vintage store find.

As we get deeper into spooky season, we check in with Matt Barone, the Director of Programming for the Brooklyn Horror Festival, who will walk us through this year's slate of scary films.