All Of It with Alison Stewart

With Thanksgiving right around the corner, some of our listeners might still be at a loss of what to cook for an evening celebrating with family and friends. Luckily, Bon Appetit's Test Kitchen director Chris Morocco is here to help, suggesting easy side dishes, a simplified Thanksgiving menu, and the best Friendsgiving dishes to bring to a potluck. He will also take calls from our listeners.

A new documentary explores the life and mysteries of actor Charlie Chaplin. Directors Peter Middleton and James Spinney join us to discuss their film, "The Real Charlie Chaplin," which is in theaters now and on Showtime on December 11.

"Approval Junkie" is running now through December 12th at Audible Theater's Minetta Lane Theater. 

November 19 marks the seventh Women's Entrepreneurship Day. Business consultant, adviser and author Eileen Scully offers tips for women thinking about starting a new business or a new side hustle. 

"C'mon C'mon" follows radio-journalist Johnny, played by Joaquin Phoenix, as he attempts to build a relationship with his young nephew, after they are unexpectedly thrown together. Writer/director Mike Mills, whose previous work includes "20th Century Women" and "Beginners," brings the care and grace he has become known for to a story about kids and parenting, and relationships between adults and children. Mills joins us to discuss the film on its premiere day.

[REBROADCAST FROM NOVEMBER 17, 2020] Jess Walter talks about his latest novel, The Cold Millions. Set in Spokane, Washington, in the early 20th century, the novel depicts the early days of the labor movement in the Pacific Northwest.

The Cold Millions is now available in paperback and earned Walter the Washington State Book Award for fiction.

Fresh off her Pulitzer Prize win for her last novel and 2020 Get Lit with All Of It Book Club selection, The Night Watchman, author Louise Erdrich joins us to discuss her new novel, The Sentence, which tells the story of a haunting at a book store. NPR says The Sentence is “an absorbing and unquiet novel.”

[REBROADCAST FROM MARCH 19, 2021] Dan Pashman, host of the podcast, The Sporkful, discusses a long-running project of his -- to design and develop his own unique pasta shape. He details his journey to making his own pasta shape in a 5-part series called, “Mission: ImPASTAble.”

Since Pashman joined us, TIME Magazine has named his pasta one of the 100 best inventions of 2021.

As of November, out of 188 major employers in Manhattan, only eight percent of office workers are in the office full time. But how long can this hybrid remote model continue? Rani Molla, senior data reporter for Recode, breaks down the latest numbers when it comes to the state of work right now, and looks forward to how workers and CEO's are envisioning the future of work. Plus, we take your calls.