All Of It with Alison Stewart

Brooklyn Poetry Slam, a monthly poetry competition and open mic night hosted by writer and community organizer Mahogany L. Browne and author and DJ Jive Poetic, returns to BRIC House on April 26. Browne joins us to talk about the event and being the first poet-in-residence at Lincoln Center.

The latest play from writer and actor Tracy Letts follows a small-town city council meeting that begins to reveal that all might not be well in the town of Big Cherry. Letts joins us to discuss his show, "The Minutes," which is on Broadway through July 24.

The American Composers Orchestra and The Apollo have collaborated to revive the ritual of the "Ring Shout" and bring it to a new generation. We speak with Melissa Ngan, American Composers President/ CEO and Leatrice Ellzy, Apollo's Senior Director of Programming.

"The Daily Show" correspondent Jordan Klepper's new special, "Jordan Klepper Fingers the Pulse: Into the MAGAverse," features him going to Hungary to explore why some U.S conservatives think of the European country as a far-right utopia. Klepper joins us to preview the special, which premieres on Comedy Central tonight.

In a thrilling new novel, a young woman named Ruby stands accused for the murder of her husband... and the deaths of three other people. Ruby maintains that she is innocent in her husband's death, but she has a secret: she is guilty of the other three murders. How can she prove she loved her husband and would never hurt him? And what drove her to kill three other people? All is revealed in the debut novel from Emmy-nominated screenwriter Sascha Rothchild, titled, Blood Sugar. She joins us to discuss as part of our series, "2022 Debuts."

Late Monday afternoon, a federal judge in Florida struck down the Biden administration's federal mask mandate applied to public transportation, causing confusion among commuters. WNYC's Gwynne Hogan joins us to explain the new ruling and how it affects travelers on the subways, trains, and planes. 

Did you know that, according to David George Haskell, for almost three billion years, life on Earth was almost silent? Haskell, a professor of biology at The University of the South, writes about the history and evolution of sound on Earth, in his book, Sounds Wild and Broken: Sonic Marvels, Evolution's Creativity, and the Crisis of Sensory Extinction. The book challenges us to not take the beauty of our favorite sounds on earth for granted, as climate change could mean some sounds disappear sooner than we expect. Haskell is with us to discuss. Plus, we'll take your calls.

As we approach the warmer months, more companies are starting to think about when, and how, their employees should return to the office-- if at all. The pandemic has made us all reconsider how we best work. But what questions should workers, and employers, be thinking about as we head into summer? Kevin Delaney, co-founder and CEO of Charter, a company dedicated to thinking about the future of work, joins us to discuss where he thinks the workplace is headed, and take calls from listeners.

Academy Award-winning actress Dame Helen Mirren stars in the new film, "The Duke," a true story about a heist of a precious painting by an elderly man in London. She's with us to discuss her role in the film as well as what's next in her career.

Building the Bronx, a new exhibit at the New York City Transit Museum's Grand Central gallery, traces more than 350 years of the borough's transportation system, from horses, to steam engines, to a monorail (yes!), and to the subway. Jodi Shapiro, one of the curators of the exhibit, joins us to discuss the history of public transit in the Bronx.