All Of It with Alison Stewart

WNYC's Public Song Project celebrates this year's submissions and reveal the winners in a radio special airing Saturday, October 17. All Of It producer Simon Close, who will host the program, previews the on-air event and the winners' songs. The full playlist of 2026 submissions is available to stream at wnyc.org/psp and as a collection in the Internet Archive. The Public Song Project will also be...

On the eve of World Aids Day in 1993, Dr. Anthony Fauci and ACT UP co-founder Larry Kramer participated in a C-SPAN call in program to talk about AIDS policy. The explosive hour of television that followed is now the basis of a play at St. Ann's Warehouse titled " Kramer/Fauci ."  Thomas Jay Ryan and Will Brill , who star as Kramer and Fauci respectively, discuss the show and the story that i...

D.L. Hughley is one of “The Original Kings of Comedy,” and since he has starred in the ABC sitcom "The Hughleys," written New York Times bestsellers, and hosts the national radio program The D.L. Hughley Show. He's talks about his new memoir titled Charlie's Boy , about his career, and his life growing up in South Central L.A. On Sunday, Dec. 6, he’ll join Don Lemon at the Beacon Theatre for an ev...

A new action-thriller stars actor Mahershala Ali as Latif, a devoutly religious hitman who struggles to balance work, faith and fatherhood. Ali joins me alongside writer and director Bassam Tariq in studio to discuss the film, “ Your Mother, Your Mother, Your Mother ," which is playing in theaters now. In September, Lizzy McAlpine released her latest album, Angel . Lizzy began recording the album...

The new American cast of Broadway's “Operation Mincemeat” joins Alison live in The Greene Space at WNYC. Hear performances and discussion with Brandon Contreras, Jessi Kirtley, Amanda Jill Robinson, Jeff Kready, and Julia Knitel . You cab watch the full production livestream recording on YouTube . Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection an...

New York City usually hits peak fall foliage in late October, and leaves on trees around the city will soon start to change colors. The New York City Parks Department keeps a list of the park system's " Great Trees " around the city. In 2025, photographer Alex Kent took thousands of photographs and videos of those Great Trees for a piece in the New York Times. Kent discusses his experience with th...

After the sensational success of her last novel, Demon Copperhead , Barbara Kingsolver returns with a novel that draws on her past experience as a classical pianist. Partita tells the story of Livia, and exceptionally gifted pianist on a scholarship to an elite music conservatory. Her life is soon upended by a love affair that will change the course of her future, and her relationship to music, fo...

New York State does not require that schools teach sex education. A new report from the NYCLU details that, depending on where you live in New York State, the quality of sexual education in local public schools can vary widely, including many districts that the NYCLU finds to be significantly lacking. Aliyah Ansari , NYCLU senior education strategist, and Donna Lieberman , executive director, disc...

Author George Saunders was already considered a modern master of the short story in 2017 when he published his debut novel, Lincoln in the Bardo . Told through an experimental form, the novel is follows Abraham Lincoln as he grieves the loss of his son, Willie, as told by the ghosts in the graveyard who witness his grief. Saunders discussed the novel, which has now been adapted into an opera, for...

Bobby Finger and Lindsey Weber , the beloved hosts of the "Who? Weekly" podcast, have made a career out of analyzing C-list celebrity culture. They discuss their new book on the subject, I Want to Be Famous: When Everybody and Nobody Is a Celebrity . Tom Morello just released Everyone Gets Everything They Want . Coming from a career of making political hardcore music in Rage Against the Machine an...

In his latest book, author and journalist Anand Giridharadas reflects on the 2023 New York City subway chokehold case involving 30-year-old Black homeless man Jordan Neely and 24-year-old White United States Marine Corps veteran Daniel Penny. It also explores fears for public safety and the limitations of our social safety net. It's titled, Man in the Mirror: Hope, Struggle, and Belonging in an Am...

When a family of 9 siblings noticed their mother acting strangely, they chalked it up to depression and alcoholism. But after some of the siblings began to exhibit the same behavior, the family learns that they are carriers of a rare gene mutation that causes frontotemporal dementia, and have a 50/50 chance of inheriting the same condition and passing it on to their kids. Journalist and author Rob...

In his new one man show, actor Jacob Ming-Trent recalls the story of his life through his relationship with the Bard, and his love of poetry. He discusses " How Shakespeare Saved My Life ," running at the Public Theater through October 25. Deesha Philyaw burst onto the literary scene with her hit short story collection, The Secret Lives of Church Ladies . Now, she treads familiar ground in her hot...

Singer-songwriter Jensen McRae is known for her deep voice and confessional songwriting. She performs live in studio from her latest album, "I Don't Know How but They Found Me!" ahead of her set at All Things Go at Forest Hills Stadium on Saturday September 26. (NOTE: After the conversation, the event organizer announced that All Things Go is cancelled due to weather) Writer and director Paula Gon...

In "School Girls: Or, the African Mean Girls Play," a group of students are competing to be selected for the Miss Ghana 1986 beauty pageant. Paulina ( Denée Benton ) thinks she is the shoe-in, and she lets everyone else know. But her reign as queen bee is threatened when a new student, Ericka, transfers in from the United States. Benton discusses the Broadway revival of the play alongside playwrig...

Musician Suki Waterhouse stops by Radio City Music Hall tomorrow night in support of her latest album Loveland . She joins us for a listening party. New York artist Taryn Simon 's new solo show at the Guggenheim is titled "Taryn Simon: Father Country I Do Love You." The show marks the largest display of new work ever to exhibit at the Guggenheim. Simon uses photography to weave the story of her fa...

The new movie "Primetime" follows Chris Hansen and the team behind "To Catch a Predator" as they hunt down one high profile subject at any cost. It is the first narrative feature from director Lance Oppenheim , who discusses the film alongside actor Merritt Wever , who stars as "To Catch a Predator" producer Andie. "Primetime" is in theaters Friday, Sept. 25th. September is Classical Music Month....

Wally Feresten has been holding SNL's cue cards for more than 30 years. Ahead of the premiere of the show's 52nd season, Wally joins us to talk about his career. The Tanya Weddemire Gallery is a black-owned gallery based in Industry City that was founded by Brooklyn native Tanya Weddemire in 2022. This month, the gallery is debuting at The Armory Show , featuring the work of two artists it represe...

Broadway on the Radio’s Fall 2026 season kicks off with this year’s Tony winner for Best Musical: SCHMIGADOON! Alison Stewart talks with key members of the production, live in The Greene Space at WNYC. Hear interviews about the show and live performances from creator Cinco Paul and actors Sara Chase, Isabelle McCalla, Ivan Hernandez, Brad Oscar and Maulik Pancholy . This event is part of All Of It...

Thirty-three years into her career, UK singer-songwriter Beth Orton continues to captivate critics and audiences with her latest album, The Ground Above . She talks about the new record ahead of her show tomorrow night at Le Poisson Rouge at 6:30 p.m. A new performance space called The People's Theater has recently opened in the Inwood/Washington Heights neighborhood of Upper Manhattan. Mino Lora...

The new show " Youth " stars Sharon Horgan as a woman navigating her dating life in the wake of divorce, and as she cares for her ailing parents and her immature son. Horgan discusses the show, which she created, wrote, and stars in. "Youth" premieres on HBO and HBO Max on Sunday, September 20.  A new 118-track box set captures the recordings of blues legend Ma Rainey over a prolific five yea...

[00:00] At just 12 years old, five years after his family fled Vietnam, Ke Huy Quan found himself on the set of "Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom," working alongside Harrison Ford. Decades later, he’s an Oscar winner, known for his role in "Everything Everywhere All at Once," and now he’s telling his story in a new memoir, Never Say Die . Quan talks about making lifelong friendships while film...

[00:00] When writer and actor Nadia Bowers learned that her beloved older sister Sasha died of a drug overdose, she set out to track down the dealer who sold Sasha the fentanyl-laced heroin. Bowers discusses her memoir about the experience, called Dear Dealer . [28:03] Actor, playwright, and director Roger Guenveur Smith first met artist Jean-Michel Basquiat in Los Angeles in the 1980s, beginning...

[REBROADCAST FROM January 12, 2026] In the new post-apocalyptic sci-fi drama, " Pluribus ," author Carol Sturka, the most miserable person on Earth, must save the world from an extraterrestrial virus that forces happiness onto humanity. Actor Karolina Wydra plays Zosia, an infected human who serves as Carol’s chaperone. She discusses her role, and the show’s season finale. Hosted by Simplecast, an...

[REBROADCAST FROM March 2, 2026] In the fourth season of the romantic period drama "Bridgerton," Luke Thompson stars as Benedict, the latest Bridgerton sibling to find love. Thompson discusses the new season. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.