All Of It with Alison Stewart
WNYC
All Of It with Alison Stewart 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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Join us for ALL OF IT with Alison Stewart, weekdays from 12:00 - 2:00PM on WNYC.
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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Join us for ALL OF IT with Alison Stewart, weekdays from 12:00 - 2:00PM on WNYC.
Episodes
Mentioned books
Aug 20, 2024 • 17min
Summer Reading Challenge: What's the Best Book About or Set in New York?
We only have a few weeks left in our Summer Reading Challenge, so we thought we would give you some inspiration for books to read in the category "a book about or set in New York." Producer Jordan Lauf joins us to recommend some of the best New York books, and we take your calls.
Aug 20, 2024 • 33min
Keith Haring Finds the Spotlight (Full Bio)
For our latest installment of our Full Bio series, we speak with Brad Gooch, author of the new book, Radiant: The Life and Line of Keith Haring, a biography about the tragically short life of New York City artist Keith Haring. On today's installment, we learn how Haring's career took off in New York.
Aug 20, 2024 • 22min
An Upstate Drama in 'The Rich People Have Gone Away'
In the early days of the COVID lockdown, newly married couple Theo and Darla to get out of the city and take a break from being cooped up in their apartment. However, tragedy strikes during a hike and their lives are forever altered. Author Regina Porter joins to discuss her latest novel, The Rich People Have Gone Away.
Aug 19, 2024 • 30min
The Short Yet Influential Life of Keith Haring (Full Bio)
For our latest installment of our Full Bio series, we speak with Brad Gooch, author of the new book, Radiant: The Life and Line of Keith Haring, a biography about the tragically short life of New York City artist Keith Haring. On today's installment, we learn about Haring's early life, religious background, and experience with drugs.
Aug 19, 2024 • 18min
How Toxic Beauty Standards Shape Modern Women (Mental Health Mondays)
Author Ellen Atlanta used to work in the beauty industry, so she had a first-hand look into all of the ways that modern beauty standards have negatively affected the lives of women in our modern era. She joins us to discuss her new book, Pixel Flesh: How Toxic Beauty Culture Harms Women, and take calls from listeners. This segment is part of our ongoing series, Mental Health Mondays.
Aug 19, 2024 • 33min
WCBS Newsradio Signs Off For Good
Last week, Audacy announced it is selling its 880 AM frequency to ESPN, marking the end of a local broadcast news institution, WCBS Newsradio 880. To many New Yorkers, WCBS was a staple in the daily routine, from the morning commute, to the cab ride, to the Yankees and Mets games. Jerry Barmash, veteran local broadcaster and author of the book, Here Now the News: An Inside Scoop into New York’s Best-Loved Anchors, reflects on the end of WCBS and we take your calls.
Aug 19, 2024 • 14min
'The Spook Who Sat by the Door' Restored at BAM
The classic 1973 film, “The Spook Who Sat by the Door,” will return to a big screen this week. The restored version will screen at BAM starting this Friday. We speak to Natiki Hope Pressley, daughter of Sam Greenlee, author of the book the film is based on, as well as Doris Nomathandé “Noma” Dixon, daughter of director Ivan Dixon. They both contributed to the restoration and event for BAM.
Aug 16, 2024 • 30min
The Alleged Murderer Known as 'The Witch of New York' (Women Behaving Badly)
[REBROADCAST from July 17, 2024] In 19th century Staten Island, a heavily pregnant woman named Polly Bodine was accused of murdering her own sister-in-law, and her baby niece. The crime and subsequent trials set off a media firestorm in New York, with luminaries like Edgar Allen Poe and Walt Whitman covering the case. We speak with author Alex Hortis about his new book, The Witch of New York: The Trials of Polly Bodine and the Cursed Birth of Tabloid Justice.
Aug 16, 2024 • 22min
How Truman Capote Lost the Love of His 'Swans' (Women Behaving Badly)
[REBROADCAST from July 29, 2024] When author Truman Capote published an excerpt of his unfinished novel Answered Prayers, his high society friends were shocked to learn that Capote planned on airing their dirty laundry in public. Author Laurence Leamer discusses his book, Capote's Women: A True Story of Love, Betrayal, and a Swan Song for An Era.
Aug 16, 2024 • 29min
The Story of 'The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum' (Women Behaving Badly)
*[REBROADCAST from July 8, 2024] First, we discuss the female Jewish mob boss who became a celebrated fence for stolen goods, and the mastermind behind bank robberies in Gilded Age New York. Author Margalit Fox joins us to discuss her book, The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum: The Rise and Fall of an American Organized Crime Boss.
