All Of It with Alison Stewart

Craig Marks and Rob Tannenbaum, the authors of a book titled, I Want My MTV: The Uncensored Story of the Music Revolution, join us to discuss MTV's 40th Anniversary, and we'll take calls from listeners. The documentary version is available to stream via A&E.

Actor, comedian, and writer Casey Wilson joins us to discuss her new collection of personal essays titled, The Wreckage of My Presence. 

Science journalist Melinda Wenner Moyer joins us to provide parenting tips to help ensure that your kid grows up to be a good person. Her new book How to Raise Kids Who Aren’t Assholes: Science-based Strategies for Better Parenting–from Tots to Teens is available now.

Chef and restauranteur Emily Scott joins us to discuss her new cookbook, Sea & Shore: Recipes and Stories from a Cook and Her Kitchen in Cornwall, featuring over 80 simple and seasonal recipes from England's southwest coast. 

Recipe: Monkfish, Cornish chorizo and sun blush tomatoes on rosemary skewers

Serves 8

MONKFISH, or lotte in French, is known as the poor man’s lobster. It is a delicious, robust and wonderful ingredient that I love to cook and eat. It works so well with bolder flavours, such as curries, or can be cooked over fire or even refined by serving as a ceviche. Here, the combination of monkfish, chorizo and sun blush tomatoes is delicious. Threading them on to rosemary skewers is pretty and adds a depth of flavour to the fish.

1 x 200 g (7 oz) jar sun blush tomatoes, drained, reserving the oil

1 medium chorizo, about 225 g (8 oz), cut into

1 cm (1/2 in) rounds

650 g (1 lb 7 oz) monkfish fillet, cut into chunks

12 long rosemary sprigs, plus extra leaves for sprinkling

100 ml (31/2 fl oz/scant 1/2 cup) olive oil

Cornish sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

To serve

handful of rocket (arugula) leaves

hot buttered Cornish new potatoes

mixed leaf salad with edible flowers

Preheat a barbecue or grill (broiler) to high.

Place the sun blush tomatoes in a large bowl and add the sliced chorizo. Using a skewer, pierce a hole through each piece of monkish, then toss in the bowl with the tomatoes and chorizo. Thread alternately onto rosemary skewers, allowing 3 pieces of each ingredient on each skewer.

Barbecue or grill (broil) the monkfish skewers on all sides, keeping them moving, for a total of 6 minutes, or until browned at the edges. Drizzle with with olive oil and sprinkle with salt, pepper and rosemary leaves.

Lay the grilled monkfish skewers on rocket leaves and serve with hot buttered Cornish new potatoes and a kitchen leaf salad with summer flowers.

Excerpted from Sea & Shore: Recipes and Stories from a cook and her kitchen in Cornwall by Emily Scott, published by Hardie Grant, June 2021

Academy Award-winning director and screenwriter Tom McCarthy joins us to discuss his new film “Stillwater,” which stars Matt Damon as an American father attempting to secure the release of his daughter from prison in France.

The film premieres in theaters July 30.

As part of our ongoing “Review/Preview” series, Switched on Pop podcast hosts Nate Sloan and Charlie Harding share their favorite releases of the summer.

Spotify launched in the United States ten years ago this month, ushering in the era of streaming and instant digital access to an unprecedented catalogue of music. But what happens to the music we have when the way we consume it changes? Joe Pinsker, staff writer at The Atlantic and author of the recent article, “What Will Happen to My Music Library When Spotify Dies?,” joins us to talk about the impermanence and future of music playlists.

Electronic musician Holly Herndon recently launched Holly+, a website where users can upload audio and get it back in Herndon’s voice using AI. Herndon, who has a PhD from Stanford’s Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics and whose last album PROTO was made in collaboration with a neural network, joins us to talk about the new project, audio deepfakes, and the future of music.

Eater senior critic Robert Sietsema joins us for a call-in about the best breakfast spots in NYC. We'll get his recommendations, and hear from our listeners who share their own ... plus their usual orders. 

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, which begins previews at Broadway's August Wilson Theatre August 4.