All Of It with Alison Stewart

In the United States, death is often seen as morbid or taboo, however, many people faced the realities of end-of-life planning during the pandemic. We discuss navigating the emotional, practical, legal and spiritual issues while contemplating or nearing the end of life with death doula and Going With Grace founder Alua Arthur.

Beyond their songs or record sales, the greatest legacy of One Direction, a new book argues, might be their massive, passionate, predominantly female fanbase. Kaitlyn Tiffany, a staff writer for The Atlantic, joins us to discuss her new book, Everything I Need I Get From You: How Fangirls Created the Internet as We Know It, which examines how our lives online are shaped by the behavior of fan communities, and the good and ill that can come from these groups. 

Julius Eastman was a Black, queer composer and a fixture of downtown New York's music scene in the 1970s, who died in 1990 in relative obscurity. Beginning last year, the Los Angeles-based music collective Wild Up has attempted to honor Eastman's legacy by recording and releasing his work in a seven-part series. Members Christopher Rountree and Jiji join us to discuss the second volume, Joy Boy, for an All Of It Listening Party.

The House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021 Capitol insurrection is holding its fourth day of public hearings today, focusing on former president Trump's attempts to pressure state election officials into overturning the election results. WNYC's own Brian Lehrer joins us to preview the hearing and discuss what revelations might be found.

In 2021, The Boy Scouts of America agreed to a $2.7 billion settlement for the hundreds of boys who came forward over the years as victims of sexual and physical abuse. A new documentary, "Leave No Trace," sheds light on the BSA policies that enabled predators to continue their crimes while profiling several victims. Award-winning director Irene Taylor Brodsky joins to discuss the film.

We discuss locations with historical ties to Black communities in New York City with artist, historian and Black Gotham Experience founder and lead creative Kamau Ware.

[REBROADCAST FROM March 1, 2022] A new museum exhibition in Harlem explores African American contributions to our national culinary identity. African/American: Making the Nation’s Table, presented by the Museum of Food and Drink (MOFAD), will run until July 17 at The Africa Center at Aliko Dangote Hall. Curator and culinary historian Dr. Jessica B. Harris (Netflix's "High on the Hog," and recently one of Time's 100 most influential people) joins us to talk about the exhibition. 

This year is only the second time Juneteenth has been a public school holiday in NYC and the first time it has been recognized as a federal holiday. This month, the New York Public Library put together a list of books for educators and parents to help teach kids about this important day as well as significant historical moments in Black History. Shauntee Burns-Simpson, Manager of School  Outreach for the NYPL, joins us to talk about some of the books on this list.

In honor of Juneteenth, we are spotlighting underreported Black history and culture. Author Eric K. Washington will join to talk about his quest to get official landmark status for a building in Chelsea in which Black children were educated in the years following the Civil War, known as "Former Colored School Number 4." 

In 2020, while looking back through his family tree, Grammy-winning musician Fantastic Negrito learned that his seventh-generation grandparents had been a white indentured servant from Scotland and an unnamed enslaved man, living in a common law marriage in 18th-century Virginia. The discovery inspired Fantastic Negrito to write an album about their union, titled White Jesus Black Problems. Fantastic Negrito joins us for a Listening Party.

Fantastic Negrito will perform at BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn! this Saturday.