All Of It with Alison Stewart

Author and CNN national security analyst Peter Bergen joins us to discuss his new book, The Rise and Fall of Osama Bin Laden, a biography of the man who helped orchestrate 9/11 and changed the course of American history forever. The conversation will air as part of our “Full Bio” series.

On today's installation, we learn how Bin Laden became a religious zealot as a young man, the only of his 54 siblings to embark on that route. We also hear how the Bin Laden family became wealthy, and how Bin Laden himself used that wealth to fund his projects.

Big Red Machine is the collaborative project between The National’s Aaron Dessner and Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon. Their new album, How Long Do you Think It’s Gonna Last?, features contributions from other artists, many of whose albums Dessner has produced, such as Taylor Swift, Ben Howard, and Sharon Van Etten. Dessner joins us for a Listening Party.

WNYC planning editor Kate Hinds joins us to discuss the stories the newsroom is following this week in our ongoing segment 'Kate Has a Plan.' 

Jake Cohen, author of Jew-ish: A Cookbook: Reinvented Recipes from a Modern Mensch, joins us to discuss recipes for Rosh Hashanah, and take calls from listeners.

[REBROADCAST FROM April 23, 2019] Singer-songwriter and playwright Anaïs Mitchell, director Rachel Chavkin, and actor André De Shields discuss the Broadway musical, “Hadestown.”

"Hadestown" resumed performances on September 2.

[REBROADCAST FROM July 26, 2021] The play, "Pass Over," was written by Antoinette Nwandu whose work on the piece was partially in reaction to news coverage of George Zimmerman's trial in the wake of Trayvon Martin's death. Director Danya Taymor and actor Namir Smallwood join us to discuss the production.

"Pass Over" is running on Broadway through October 10.

[REBROADCAST FROM MARCH 15, 2019] Irene Sankoff and David Hein, creators of the hit Broadway musical, “Come From Away,” and actors Joel Hatch and Alex Finke join us on the two-year anniversary of the show to discuss the success of the musical, which is about a group of travelers whose planes were diverted to Newfoundland on 9/11.

Broadway performances of the show resume starting September 21.

[REBROADCAST FROM SEPTEMBER 11, 2019] Producer Peter Gentile, Oz Fudge, a police officer from Gander, Newfoundland, and Nick and Diane Marson, the couple that met and fell in love while they were stranded there, join us to discuss the documentary, “You Are Here: A Come From Away Story.” The film details the real life events depicted in the musical, “Come From Away,” about the hospitality of the citizens of Gander on September 11, 2001.

[REBROADCAST FROM AUGUST 19, 2021] Director Oren Jacoby joins us to discuss his new documentary, "On Broadway," which opened in NY on August 20. The film explores the inside story of Broadway’s last self-reinvention as told by an all-star cast including Helen Mirren, Christine Baranski, August Wilson, Hal Prince, James Corden, Alec Baldwin, John Lithgow, Tommy Tune, Hugh Jackman and Ian McKellen.

We air highlights from the audience Q&A portion of our August "Get Lit with All Of It" book club event with Nghi Vo, author of The Chosen and the Beautiful, a magical retelling of The Great Gatsby from Jordan Baker’s perspective.

Missed the event? Watch it in full here.

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