All Of It with Alison Stewart

All Of It with Alison Stewart

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All Of It with Alison Stewart episodes

  • Comedian Kate Berlant Is 'Kate'

    Actor and comedian Kate Berlant has had a busy 2022. Her comedy special, "Would It Kill You To Laugh," co-created with John Early, has gotten great reviews. She also appears in the new "A League of Their Own" spinoff series, as well as the Oliva Wilde directed film, "Don't You Worry Darling." Here in New York, she's starring in a one-woman Off-Broadway show, "Kate," which runs through October 8. Berlant joins to preview her show, and everything else she's got going on.

    25 min
  • Making the Music of 'The Lord of the Rings' Series

    The original "Lord of the Rings" trilogy earned composer Howard Shore--who also scored "The Hobbit" films--two Academy Awards for Best Original Score and three Grammy's for Best Score Soundtrack Album. For the new series, "The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power," composer Bear McCreary had to figure out how to build on that legacy and write the sound of a much earlier Middle Earth. McCreary explains how he approached it.

    *This segment is guest-hosted by Kerry Nolan*

    21 min
  • Drummer Terri Lyne Carrington on Her Many Projects

    Terri Lyne Carrington is a drummer, composer, and founder of the Berklee Institute of Jazz and Gender Justice. Her latest album is Live At The Detroit Jazz Festival, a recorded concert featuring Wayne Shorter, esperanza spalding, and Leo Genovese. On September 16, she will release the album New Standards, celebrating compositions by female composers, alongside a songbook and a multi-media exhibition. Carrington joins us to discuss her many projects.

    *This segment is guest-hosted by Kerry Nolan*

    26 min
  • Wildlife Photographer and Cinematographer Bertie Gregory on His New Nature Show

    From the time he was a teenager, wildlife photographer and cinematographer Bertie Gregory has been passionate about capturing nature on film, and has translated that into his work on series like "WILD" and "BBC's Planet Earth." Now, at the age of 29, Gregory has his own show, "Epic Adventures with Bertie Gregory." The series takes viewers behind the scenes, to show what it takes to capture some of the most majestic, and rare, animals on the planet. Bertie Gregory joins us to discuss his career and new series, which premieres on Disney + on September 8.

    *This segment is guest-hosted by Kerry Nolan*

    20 min
  • Melissa Clark's Favorite One-Pan Recipes

    New York Times food reporter and recipe columnist Melissa Clark's latest cookbook, Dinner in One: Exceptional & Easy One-Pan Meals, is a variety of recipes that only require one pot or pan, like Miso-Glazed Salmon with Roasted Sugar Snap Peas, and Gingery Coconut Noodles with Shrimp and Greens. She joins to discuss one-pot cooking and take your calls.

     *This segment is guest-hosted by Kerry Nolan*

    Blueberry Lime Crunch Cake with Demerara
    This might just be the easiest and crunchiest coffee cake you’ve ever made. It’s also one of the best—filled with soft, juicy blueberries that are flavored with tart bursts of lime zest and nestled into a cinnamon-scented batter. Instead of a classic crumb topping, the surface is strewn with Demerara sugar and sliced almonds, which bake into a gorgeously crisp contrast to the velvety crumb below. It will keep at room temperature for up to 3 days, though the topping does lose a little texture the longer it sits. But with a cake this good, its keeping qualities may be beside the point. 
    SERVES 8
    12 tablespoons (1½ sticks / 170 grams) unsalted butter, melted and cooled, plus more for the pan
    1½ cups (337 grams) sour cream, at room temperature
    4 large eggs, at room temperature1 teaspoon fine sea salt
    1¼ cups (250 grams) granulated sugar
    1 tablespoon finely grated lime zest (from 2 limes)
    1½ teaspoons baking powder½ teaspoon baking soda
    1 teaspoon ground cinnamon
    2½ cups (312 grams) all-purpose flour
    1½ cups (200 grams) fresh blueberries (or frozen, unthawed)
    ⅔ cup (57 grams) sliced almonds (or chopped walnuts or pecans)
    2 tablespoons Demerara Sugar
    1. Heat the oven to 350ºF and butter a 9 × 9-inch metal pan. If you like, you can line the pan with parchment paper, leaving an overhang on two sides so you can lift the cake out after it cools. But if you plan to serve the cake directly from the pan, you don’t need to do this.
    2. In a large bowl, whisk together the sour cream, butter, eggs, and salt until everything is well combined. Whisk in the granulated sugar and lime zest. Whisk in the dry ingredients in this order: baking powder, baking soda, and cinnamon. Then whisk in the flour until just combined. Fold in the blueberries.
    3. Scrape the batter into the prepared pan, smoothing the top. Sprinkle with the almonds and Demerara sugar. Bake until the top is golden and puffed, and a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean, 50 to 60 minutes. Transfer the cake to a wire rack and let it cool still in the pan.
    SWAP IT OUT
    You can substitute full-fat Greek yogurt for the sour cream. And other spices, like cardamom, ginger, or pumpkin pie spice, can replace the cinnamon. Or leave out the spice for a more subtle cake
    29 min
  • Jackie Robinson's Final Years

    [ORIGINALLY BROADCAST ON May 6, 2022] Inspired by the opening of the Jackie Robinson Museum in New York today, we reair our Full Bio conversation with Kostya Kennedy, author of a new biography about Jackie Robinson, called, True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson. The book comes almost 75 years after Robinson made his professional baseball debut. For this installment, we talk about Robinson's family and their time spent in Stamford, Connecticut, his activism, and how Robinson should be remembered today.

    18 min
  • Jackie Robinson and the Media

    [ORIGINALLY BROADCAST ON May 4, 2022] Inspired by the opening of the Jackie Robinson Museum in New York today, we reair our Full Bio conversation with Kostya Kennedy, author of a new biography about Jackie Robinson, called, True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson. The book comes almost 75 years after Robinson made his professional baseball debut. For this installment we talk about how Robinson handled the intense media attention and scrutiny on him and his family.

    14 min
  • The Twilight of Jackie Robinson's Career

    [ORIGINALLY BROADCAST ON May 5, 2022] Inspired by the opening of the Jackie Robinson Museum in New York today, we reair our Full Bio conversation with Kostya Kennedy, author of a new biography about Jackie Robinson, called, True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson. The book comes almost 75 years after Robinson made his professional baseball debut. For this installment, we talk about the twilight of Robinson's career, his disagreements with Dodgers management, and his decision to retire.

    17 min
  • Jackie Robinson Debuts for the Dodgers

    [ORIGINALLY BROADCAST ON MAY 3, 2022] Inspired by the opening of the Jackie Robinson Museum in New York today, we reair our Full Bio conversation with Kostya Kennedy, author of a new biography about Jackie Robinson, called, True: The Four Seasons of Jackie Robinson. The book comes almost 75 years after Robinson made his professional baseball debut. For this installment, we talk about Robinson's playing career in Canada, and how he first suited up for the Brooklyn Dodgers.

     

    CORRECTION: The introduction to this segment calls Branch Rickey the manager and team president of the Brooklyn Dodgers. He was actually the general manager and team president.

    17 min

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