All Of It with Alison Stewart

We continue our series 2022 Debuts, spotlighting debut authors, by speaking with Vauhini Vara, contributing writer for The New Yorker. Her debut novel, The Immortal King Rao, tells the story of a daughter of the most famous tech CEO in the world, who decides to try to band together world business leaders to combat climate change. Vara joins us to discuss.

*This segment is guest-hosted by Matt Katz*

Cecilia Vicuña: Spin Spin Triangulene, is a new exhibition at the Guggenheim that focuses on the life and work of Cecilia Vicuña, a Chilean artist who didn't return to her native country for a long time after the Pinochet-led coup and takeover in 1973. The show will display work of Vicuña's from the late 1960's, to the 1980's when she settled in New York, and to work she's still creating today. Vicuña and curator Geaninne Gutiérrez-Guimarães and join us to preview the show, which is on display until September 5.

*This segment is guest-hosted by Matt Katz*

As we head into summer, and as many of us start getting out of the house more, we face the start of un-cuffing season, when couples everywhere are breaking up. Date/able podcast hosts Yue Xu and Julie Krafchick join us to discuss tips for getting over a breakup, how to dump someone with dignity, and putting yourself back out there after a relationship ends. Plus, we take your calls.

Fashion editor Susan Kaufman has released a lush book of photographs taken on her walks around New York City, called, Walk With Me: New York. She stops by to talk about her book, give some of her favorite walking routes in the city, and take listener calls.

Our Laundry, Our Town is playwright and educator Alvin Eng's new memoir about growing up as a first generation Chinese-American in Flushing, Queens in the 1970's, before the neighborhood was a center of Chinese cultural life in New York. Eng joins to discuss the book and his journey.

The Cannes Film Festival is glamorous and often the harbinger of what movies will rise to prominence in the next year. New York Times awards show columnist and friend of the show Kyle Buchanan was in Cannes, and will share his reporting of what films made a splash and what didn't go over as well this year.

[REBROADCAST FROM May 20, 2022] Recently, we were joined by Mollie West Duffy and Liz Fosslien, authors of a new book, Big Feelings: How to Be Okay When Things Are Not Okay. We enjoyed the conversation so much, and had so much more to talk about from the book, that we decided to invite Liz and Mollie back for every show this week to take on one big feeling a day, and take your calls as part of our ongoing series, "Taking Care Of You in 2022" and for Mental Health Awareness month. Today, Liz will join us to discuss comparison.

[REBROADCAST FROM May 16, 2022] Recently, we were joined by Mollie West Duffy and Liz Fosslien, authors of a new book, Big Feelings: How to Be Okay When Things Are Not Okay. We enjoyed the conversation so much, and had so much more to talk about from the book, that we decided to invite Liz and Mollie back for every show this week to take on one big feeling a day, and take your calls as part of our ongoing series, "Taking Care Of You in 2022" and for Mental Health Awareness month. Today, Liz will join us to discuss the dangers of perfectionism.

[REBROADCAST FROM May 19, 2022] Recently, we were joined by Mollie West Duffy and Liz Fosslien, authors of a new book, Big Feelings: How to Be Okay When Things Are Not Okay. We enjoyed the conversation so much, and had so much more to talk about from the book, that we decided to invite Liz and Mollie back for every show this week to take on one big feeling a day, and take your calls as part of our ongoing series, "Taking Care Of You in 2022" and for Mental Health Awareness month. Today, Mollie will join us to talk about burnout.

[REBROADCAST FROM May 5, 2022] Liz Fosslien and Mollie West Duffy, creators of the popular Instagram account @lizandmollie, return to the show to discuss their new book, Big Feelings: How to Be Okay When Things Are Not Okay, a follow-up to their last book, No Hard Feelings: The Secret Power of Embracing Emotions at Work. Liz and Mollie join to give us some tips to deal with complicated and hard feelings.