All Of It with Alison Stewart

New York City has always drawn residents from all over the world and it didn't end because of the pandemic. The New York Times Magazine recently dedicated an entire issue to those who recently arrived. We'll speak to Adrienne Green, the editor of the issue, plus take listener calls about what inspired them to move to NYC.

The House committee investigating the January 6th, 2021 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol is ready to hold public hearings on its findings, and the first starts tonight at 8pm. Karen Greenberg, the director of the Center on National Security at Fordham University School of Law, discusses what we might learn.

[REBROADCAST FROM MAY 26, 2020] Former Vogue creative director André Leon Talley discusses his new memoir, The Chiffon Trenches. Talley, who worked closely with Anna Wintour, passed away in January at the age of 73.

For the latest installment of our ongoing Full Bio series, we speak with Amy Odell, author of a new biography about Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, called, Anna: The Biography. On day three, we discuss Anna Wintour's route to becoming Vogue editor-in-chief and her leadership style.

A new play at the Vineyard Theatre dramatizes a 1971 interview between Nikki Giovanni and James Baldwin. Before hearing about that play, we wanted to first discuss the influence of both writer's works, including a reading list to those who may not be familiar. Lynn Lobash, assistant director of Reader Services at New York Public Library, joins us to discuss.

"Lessons in Survival: 1971," is a play based on a 1971 interview between poet Nikki Giovanni and author James Baldwin, which took place on the public television show, "Soul!" Director Tyler Thomas and stars Carl Clemons-Hopkins and Crystal Dickinson talk about the play and production process. "Lessons in Survival: 1971" is playing at Vineyard Theatre through June 30.

The new musical, "Bedwetter," is an adaptation of comedian Sarah Silverman's memoir of the same name, and focuses on a transitional period in Sarah's life. As Sarah turns 10, her parents are divorced, she's struggling to make friends at a new school, and is trying to hide from her classmates that she still wets the bed. Silverman wrote the music with the late Adam Schlesinger. We're joined by Tony Award winner Bebe Neuwirth, who stars as Silverman's grandmother, and director Annie Kauffman to discuss the show, which is running at the Linda Gross Theater through July 3.

For the latest installment of our ongoing Full Bio series, we speak with Amy Odell, author of a new biography about Vogue editor-in-chief Anna Wintour, called, Anna: The Biography. On day two, we discuss Anna Wintour's entry into the magazine business, early successes and failures, and her path to New York.

NOTE: This segment has been edited. The original version, which aired on the radio, stated that Anna Wintour became Vogue's editor-in-chief in 1998. The correct year was 1988.

In honor of Pride Month, a new photography project from SAGE called, Trans Aging: A Legacy of Visibility, seeks to celebrate one of the most marginalized populations within the LGBTQ+ community: transgender elders. The photo gallery is available virtually, and had a live in-person showing on June 3 at SAGE Center Brooklyn at Stonewall House. Photographer viento izquierdo ugaz and Kylie Madhav, SAGE's senior director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, join us to discuss the project.

We continue our series highlighting debut authors, with a novel written when the author was just 17. Nightcrawling tells the story of a teenage girl Kiara struggling to support her family in Oakland. When a turn of events leads her into the world of nightcrawling, Kiara accidentally becomes a witness in a scandal within the Oakland Police Department. Author Leila Mottley, who is the former Youth Poet Laureate of Oakland, joins us to discuss.