All Of It with Alison Stewart

When  Nisha Vora  went vegan at the age of 28, she thought her lifelong love affair with food was coming to an end. But after discovering that smoothies and acai bowls did not count as meals, her hunger pushed her to become a much better cook. Now, her latest cookbook, Big Vegan Flavor , is a bestseller. She joins us to discuss how to make flavorful plant-based recipes -- and take listener calls....

The new film "Saturday Night"   dramatizes the creation of the first-ever episode of Saturday Night Live. We speak with writer and director Jason Reitman , along with actor Gabriel LaBelle , who stars as a young Lorne Michaels. "Saturday Night"   is in theaters nationwide Friday. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal...

This week, we're spotlighting local New Jersey artists who are showing work at the Montclair Art Museum as part of the 2024 New Jersey Arts Annual now on view through January 5. We continue with Terrance Cummings , who discusses his piece in the show, "Family," and his story from a childhood in Alabama to settling in the Garden State. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com f...

Author Dinaw Mengestu  joins us for a preview conversation ahead of our October Get Lit with All Of It event. We're spending the month reading his new book, Someone Like Us , about a journalist who returns home to his Ethiopian community in D.C. to uncover family secrets and examine his father's sudden death. To borrow your e-copy, and grab your tickets to our October 30 event, click here. Hosted...

In the latest novel from author Garth Greenwell , a poet's life is upended when he is struck suddenly by serious and intense pain. Greenwell joins us to discuss Small Rain . Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Habibi Festival , the annual celebration of music from the Southwest Asian and North African (SWANA) region, returns to Joe's Pub this week. Organizers Meera Dugal and Alex Knowlton give some highlights alongside Algerian percussionist Karim Ziad , who performs live in our studio. Habibi Festival runs October 8-12. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about...

Grammy-award winning and Bronx born-and-raised vocalist Samara Joy  returns with a new album, Portrait , out this Friday. Joy discusses her whirlwind of a last two years, her approach to this new album, and we get an exclusive listen to some unreleased tracks. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising...

Samora Pinderhughes  releases the first part of his new two-part album, Venus Smiles Not in the House of Tears on October 18, but this week he performs live at Blue Note on Oct. 7-8th. He joins us before his performance to preview the project and to discuss his career as a multidisciplinary artist. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection a...

James Beard Award-winning cookbook author Kristina Cho  discusses her latest cookbook, Chinese Enough: Homestyle Recipes for Noodles, Dumplings, Stir-Fries, and More , which combines her Cantonese roots with her American upbringing. Cho will be speaking at Farm to People with Books Are Magic tonight. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection...

This week, we're spotlighting local New Jersey artists who are showing work at the Montclair Art Museum as part of the 2024 New Jersey Arts Annual now on view through January 5. We continue with Copie Rodriguez , who discusses his piece in the show, "Mom," and how he captures neighbors and community members in his work. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information...

From Marla Mindelle , creator and star of "Titanique,"  comes a new comedy that sees its protagonist, Stacey, trapped inside a musical. Will she find (or sing) her way out? Mindelle joins us to discuss "The Big Gay Jamboree,"   which she co-wrote and stars in. The show is running at the Orpheum Theater through January 19. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for informatio...

Daniel Dae Kim  stars in David Henry Hwang's  farcical play "Yellowface,"   about an Asian American playwright who mistakenly casts a white actor in an Asian role in his own production. Kim and Hwang join us to discuss the production, which runs through November 24. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for adver...

Author Charles Bock  didn't have being a father on his list of high priorities. But when his wife dies of cancer, leaving him a single father to a three-year-old daughter, he realizes it's time to step up. He recounts his experience with single fatherhood in the new memoir, I Will Do Better: A Father’s Memoir of Heartbreak, Parenting, and Love . We discuss with Bock, and take calls from our listen...

This week, we're spotlighting local New Jersey artists who are showing work at the Montclair Art Museum as part of the 2024 New Jersey Arts Annual show now on view through January 5. We start with Maria Mijares , who discusses her piece in the show, "4 Fashion Girls" and her work in public spaces around the Garden State. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information...

In honor of WNYC's 100th birthday, All Of It is celebrating 100 pieces of art in New York City. Each month we'll speak with a tastemaker in the arts world about their favorites. Our October segment features Hyperallergic co-founder and editor-in-chief Hrag Vartanian  who shares 10 pieces he thinks all New Yorkers should see. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for informa...

Beloved New Jersey crossing guard Patrice Jetter i s thrilled when she falls in love with Gary. The couple can't wait to marry. The problem? They both have disabilities, and if they decide to marry, their government benefits will be cut. A new documentary, "Patrice: The Movie"  follows the couple's attempts to fight back against these rules. Director Ted Passon  and subject Patrice Jetter join us...

A new documentary follows a couple who learn that three of their four children have retinitis pigmentosa, an incurable condition which means they will soon lose all of their eyesight. The couple decides to pull their kids from school and journey around the world, showing them all the things that soon they will no longer be able to see. Subjects and partners Edith Lemay and Sébastien Pelletier  and...

We air highlights of the performance half of our September Get Lit with All Of It book club event with author Erik Larson. Songwriter and author David Berkeley and songwriter and producer Ben Parker make up the band Sons of Town Hall . The 19th-century inspired duo perform timeless folk music under the aliases George Ulysses Brown and Josiah Chester Jones. We present our interview with Sons of Tow...

Get Lit is back! We kick off our fall season with best-selling author and historian Erik Larson . He joined us for a live, in-person event to discuss his latest history of the Civil War, The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War . Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal...

Radiolab for Kids Presents: Terrestrials returns for a new season about tree stumps, squirrels, and more! Plus... an album! Producer Ana González  and producer & "Song Bud" Alan Goffinski  join us for a special listening party and talk about the new season, plus take calls from curious young listeners. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collecti...

For this week's installment of Food for Thought Thursdays, hear flavor tips and recipes from a new cookbook from Sarah Kieffer , 100 Afternoon Sweets: with Snacking Cakes, Brownies, Blondies and More . Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Before Roe v. Wade, Dr. Curtis Boyd decided to dedicate his career to providing safe, but illegal, abortions in Texas and New Mexico. It was at one of those clinics that he met his wife, Glenna Halverson-Boyd , who became a counselor to women seeking an abortion. The couple write about their decades of providing abortion care and advocacy in their new memoir, We Choose To: A Memoir of Providing Ab...

Our book club for kids, Get Little, returns with award-winning multihyphenate filmmaker and musician Questlove ! His new picture book, The Idea in You , celebrates creativity in young minds. Questlove joins us to talk about the book and take calls from kids. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

To acknowledge the death of beloved Broadway actor Gavin Creel , we revisit his conversation with Alison about his one-man show "WALK ON THROUGH: Confessions of a Museum Novice," which uses music to document his journey to appreciate the art at the Metropolitan Museum. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for ad...

Despite being a relatively small neighborhood, Greenwich Village has had an outsized impact on music history. A new book chronicles the rise and fall of the music scene in Greenwich Village. We speak with author David Browne  about his book, Talkin' Greenwich Village: The Heady Rise and Slow Fall of America's Bohemian Music Capital . He joins us for the hour, and we take calls. Hosted by Simplecas...