All Of It with Alison Stewart

A new graphic book explores the protections… and limitations… of free speech in America. Author and Brooklyn College media law professor Ian Rosenberg joins us to discuss Free Speech Handbook: A Practical Framework for Understanding Our Free Speech Protections, and to give some insight into what role free speech protections played in the indictments of January 6th insurrectionists.

The January 6 uprising was stoked, in part, by the false belief that the election was "stolen," a theory spouted by some right-wing media and talk show hosts. New Yorker staff writer Evan Osnos profiled one of those personalities, radio host Dan Bongino. He joins us to discuss Bongino's power and influence, and break down his piece "Dan Bongino and the Big Business of Returning Trump to Power."

The novel The Atmospherians tells the story of a former beauty influencer who teams up with her best friend to start a group aimed at de-programming men who suffer from ‘toxic masculinity.’ But the program ends up causing as many problems as it solves. Author Alex McElroy joins us to discuss the novel, which Kirkus calls an “edgy, addictive” debut.

Our resident TV expert, Vulture staff writer Kathryn VanArendonk, comes on the show to talk the TV we may have missed, or that went under the radar, in 2021. Plus we take calls on your picks for the underrated and under-watched shows of the last year.

With a new year beginning, maybe you're hoping to revamp your love life, put yourself back out there, and start dating... or maybe the year has come with a breakup or divorce. Whatever your relationship status, dating experts and hosts of the Date/able podcast Yue Xu and Julie Krafchick are here to help! As a part of our "Taking Care of You in 2022" series, Xu and Krafchick will take calls from listeners and share some of the dating tips and tricks they've learned as a former dating coach and a meet-up app technologist, respectively.

A new debut novel tells the story of a Nuyorican wedding planner whose life changes when her absent mother, a former member of the Young Lords who turned radical, comes back into the picture. Author Xochitl Gonzalez, herself a former New York City wedding planner, joins us to discuss her first novel Olga Dies Dreaming, as part of our series "2022 Debuts."

New Years is a time for celebrating the end and looking forward to the new with friends and family. But it's also a time for another thing: proposals. Charanna Alexander, weddings editor for the New York Times, joins us to discuss the ever-changing landscape of relationships and the new "Mini-Vow" submission guide for the paper. 

"Don't Look Up," the latest film from writer and director Adam McKay, stars Jennifer Lawrence and Leonardo DiCaprio as two scientists struggling to convince the world that a giant comet is heading towards earth. Starring alongside the two leads are some of the biggest names in Hollywood, from Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett, and Jonah Hill, to Tyler Perry and Timothée Chalamet. McKay, who is also an executive producer of "Succession," joins us to discuss the film, streaming now on Netflix.

Slate’s Slow Burn: The LA Riots revolves around the events leading up to the biggest civil disturbance in American history including the police-beating of Rodney King, the killing of 15-year-old Latasha Harlins and racial-ethnic tensions in Los Angeles. Host Joel Anderson joins us to talk about the podcast and legacy of the six-day unrest.

A new play at the Atlantic Theater is charming critics and viewers alike. It's called "Kimberly Akimbo" and it's about a young girl with a rare disease that causes her to age over 4x faster than normal. We'll speak to its lead Victoria Clark, and director Jessica Stone.