Elaine Pagels, author of The Gnostic Gospels, joins us to discuss her new book, Why Religion?: A Personal Story. Drawing on the perspectives of neurologists, anthropologists, and historians, as well as her own research, Pagels opens unexpected ways of understanding persistent religious aspects of our culture. On November 7, Pagels has an event at the Barnes & Noble on 82nd Street and Broadway.
 
New York Public Radio’s director of archives, Andy Lanset, joins us for this week’s “Andy in the Archives.”
 
WNYC's planning editor, Kate Hinds, joins us for this week's "Living Here with Kate."
 
L.A. Kauffman joins us to discuss her new book, How to Read a Protest: The Art of Organizing and Resistance, which looks at the history of protest in the US and how the way movements are made affects the impact they have. On November 28, Kauffman will be in conversation with Astra Taylor at Bluestockings.

'Why Religion?,' 'How to Read a Protest'

ALL OF IT is a show about culture and its consumers.

ALL OF IT is a show about culture and context.

ALL OF IT is a show about culture and the culture.


Our aim is to engage the thinkers, doers, makers, and creators, about the what and why of their work. People make the culture and we hope, need, and want the WNYC community to be a part of our show. As we build a community around ALL OF IT, we know that every guest and listener has an opinion. We won’t always agree, but our varied perspectives and diversity of experience is what makes New York City great.


ALL OF IT will be both companion for and curator of the myriad culture this city has to offer. In the words of Cristina De Rossi, anthropologist at Barnet and Southgate College, London:


"Culture encompasses religion, food, what we wear, how we wear it, our language, marriage, music, what we believe is right or wrong, how we sit at the table, how we greet visitors, how we behave with loved ones, and a million other things."


...In other words, ALL OF IT.


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Rabbi Matt Green of Congregation Beth Elohim in Park Slope discusses the story of Passover, and how its lessons about justice and liberation might be applied to the complex conflict in Gaza.

Why Is This Passover Different From Other Passovers?

A new play, 'Las Borinqueñas,' is inspired by an American doctor's plan to test out his new contraceptive pill on Puerto Rican women.

'Las Borinqueñas' Tells the True Story of Unethical Contraceptive Testing in Puerto Rico

BAM is hosting a retrospective film screening series featuring the extensive archive of curator and historian Pearl Bowser.

Honoring Pearl Bowser's Contributions to Black Cinema at BAM

Leila Habib-Kirske continues her family tradition of releasing her own Lebanese cookbook.

A Beloved Lebanese Cookbook Gets an Update 50 Years Later (Food for Thought)

Director Jessica Stone and Shana Carroll, co-choreographer and circus designer, joins to talk about  the new Broadway adaptation of the novel Water for Elephants, running now at the Imperial Theater.

'Why Religion?,' 'How to Read a Protest'

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