All Of It
WNYC
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. --- Join us for ALL OF IT with Alison Stewart, weekdays from 12:00 - 2:00PM on WNYC.
Location:
United States
Networks:
WNYC
Description:
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. --- Join us for ALL OF IT with Alison Stewart, weekdays from 12:00 - 2:00PM on WNYC.
Language:
English
Website:
http://www.wnyc.org/shows/all-it
Episodes
Quiara Alegría Hudes on Her New Novel 'The White Hot'
11/10/2025
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and author Quiara Alegría Hudes discusses her new novel, The White Hot. The novel is written in the form of a letter from a mother to her daughter, explaining why, for a brief period, she decided to leave. Hudes is speaking with Lin Manuel Miranda on November 11 at St. Ann's Church with Books Are Magic, and at Joe's Pub on November 24.
Duration:00:18:33
Get Lit Preview: Susan Choi on 'Flashlight'
11/10/2025
Our November Get Lit with All Of It book club selection is the novel Flashlight by Susan Choi. The novel is a finalist for the Booker Prize, and tells the story of a family reeling after the strange disappearance of their father and husband. Click here to find more information about our Get Lit event, and to find out how to borrow your e-copy courtesy of our partners at the New York Public Library.
Duration:00:14:30
Previewing the DOC NYC Film Festival
11/10/2025
November 12 kicks off the start of DOC NYC, a film festival dedicated to exclusively featuring documentary films. All month All Of It will spotlight documentaries featured in the festival. The festival's artistic director Jaie Leplante provides a preview of the exciting slate of films featured at this year's DOC NYC. The festival runs through November 30.
Duration:00:16:14
Alex Rodriguez the Man vs. ARod the Controversial Sports Personality
11/10/2025
Alex Rodriguez was known as one of the best baseball players of his generation. But his career with the New York Yankees was mired in scandal, and he served a lengthy suspension from baseball for using performance enhancing drugs. ARod sits down to discuss his life and career in the new three-part documentary, "Alex vs. ARod." Director Gotham Chopra discusses the documentary, which airs Thursdays on HBO Max.
Duration:00:27:06
Renate Reinsve Stars in 'Sentimental Value'
11/10/2025
The new film "Sentimental Value" stars Renate Reinsve as Nora, a stage actor and the child of a famous and celebrated director, played by Stellan Skarsgård. Nora is semi-estranged from her father, but when she learns that he has written a film specifically for her, their relationship gets even more complicated. Reinsve discusses the film, which is in theaters now.
Duration:00:24:21
Laurie Metcalf Stars In 'Little Bear, Ridge Road'
11/7/2025
Laurie Metcalf stars as a sharp-tongued Aunt Sarah in the new Broadway family drama "Little Bear, Ridge Road." The show follows Sarah as she and her long-estranged nephew Ethan, played by Micah Stock re-connect over the sale of a family home, and the unraveling of that family's history. Metcalf, Stocck and playwright Samuel D. Hunter discuss the play.
Duration:00:26:08
'Peter Hujar's Day' Adapts Discovered Interview Transcript of Influential New York Photographer
11/7/2025
In December 1974, the writer Linda Rosenkrantz recorded a conversation with the influential downtown photographer Peter Hujar, to hear how he spent a day over a 24 hour period. The tape of the conversation has been lost, but a transcript was recently discovered at The Morgan Library & Museum. The transcript has been adapted almost word for word in a new movie adaptation, "Peter Hujar's Day" starring Ben Whishaw playing Hujar and Rebecca Hall as Rosenkrantz. Director Ira Sachs talks about the film, which premieres in theaters on November 7.
Duration:00:23:47
Intergenerational Women Seeking The American Dream In 'Queens'
11/7/2025
The new play 'Queens' follows a group of women spanning multiple generations, living in an illegal basement apartment as they hustle for the American dream, until a young Ukrainian woman looking for her mother forces them to face the difficult choices they made to survive. Actors Anna Chlumsky and Marin Ireland talk about the show, alongside playwright Martyna Majok.
Duration:00:26:00
Fathers, Daughters, And Professional 'Friends' In 'Jay Kelly'
11/7/2025
Filmmaker Noah Baumbach talks about his new coming-of-age dramedy "Jay Kelly," in which an internationally recognized actor, played by George Clooney, encroaches on his daughter's Eurotrip with the help of his "friend" and manager, played by Adam Sandler. The film opens in select theaters Nov. 14 and streams on Netflix Dec. 5.
Duration:00:25:07
Small Stakes, Big Opinions: When Is Too Early (And Too Late) For Holiday Cheer?
11/6/2025
All Of It producers Jordan Lauf, Luke Green and L. Malik Anderson all have big opinions about the acceptable cadence for autumn and winter holiday decorations. Do you have to wait until after Thanksgiving to get a Christmas tree? How long after Halloween is it OK to leave your spookies up? They, and listeners, share their Small Stakes, Big Opinions on the matter.
Duration:00:20:59
Your Favorite 'Little Treat' in NYC
11/6/2025
Gen Z loves "little treats," the routine of rewarding yourself with smaller, cheaper snacks throughout the day that provide little moments of joy. Nikita Richardson, editor in the Food section of The New York Times, discusses a new article her team has put together, "New York City Loves a Little Treat. Here Are Our 46 Favorites." She brings us inside "little treat culture" and listeners share their favorite "little treat" in New York.
Duration:00:28:46
Love & War' Follows A Photojournalist On The Battle Front, And The Home Front
11/6/2025
Conflict zone photographer Lynsey Addario is the subject of a new documentary premiering on the National Geographic Channel tonight called "Love & War," about balancing her home life with her demanding and often dangerous career. She talks about her life and work.
Duration:00:21:37
Ariana DeBose Stars As "The Baker's Wife"
11/6/2025
Ariana DeBose talks about the tangled romances and French-inspired music of Stephen Schwartz and Joseph Stein's 1976 musical "The Bakers Wife," which is getting an off-Broadway revival at Classic Stage Company. DeBose stars in the titular role.
Duration:00:29:37
The Lowdown' Season Finale
11/5/2025
[REBROADCAST FROM September 19, 2025] The new FX series "The Lowdown" stars Ethan Hawke as an amateur sleuth who becomes obsessed with getting to the bottom of a mysterious death in Tulsa. The show's creator, writer, director, and executive producer Sterlin Harjo discusses the series, which aired its season finale yesterday.
Duration:00:20:58
'Seat Of Our Pants,' A Musical Adaptation of a Thornton Wilder Classic
11/5/2025
A new, musical adaptation of Thornton Wilder's "The Skin Of Our Teeth" called "The Seat Of Our Pants" follows the existential dreads and absurdist twists of the 5,000-year old Antrobus family. Ethan Lipton adapted the show and wrote the music. He talks about the new musical, along with members of the cast. "The Seat Of Our Pants" is playing at The Public until Nov. 30.
Duration:00:28:40
The Politicization of Adoption in America
11/5/2025
Sociologist Gretchen Sisson has spent a decade interviewing women who gave up their parental rights. She discusses her new book, Relinquished: The Politics of Adoption and the Privilege of American Motherhood.
Duration:00:12:24
Recapping Yesterday's Local Elections
11/5/2025
New Jersey's new governor-elect is Mikie Sherrill. New York City's mayor-elect is Zohran Mamdani. Not to mention the ballot initiatives. WNYC/Gothamist reporters Liz Kim & Karen Yi recap Election Day, and listeners call in to react to the Election Night results.
Duration:00:39:21
Hannah Frances 'Nested in Tangles' in CR5
11/4/2025
Paste Magazine calls Hannah Frances's new album Nestled in Tangles one of "proggy, jazzy, natural abundance" that is "snared with familial trauma." She shares its story, explains its abundance, and plays live in our studio.
Duration:00:27:24
A Mother On A Mission In 'A Guardian And A Thief'
11/4/2025
The latest novel from New York Times bestselling author Megha Majumdar, A Guardian and a Thief, follows an Indian mother whose plans to immigrate to the U.S. are stalled by the theft of her identification documents. Majumdar discusses the book.
Duration:00:22:15
Love Hurts (And So Does This Music)
11/4/2025
Lily Allen is the latest musician to work out her private heartbreak in a public way. We talk about the music you want to listen to when you aren't okay, with Matthew Schnipper, the culture editor for WNYC and Gothamist. Hear some music, prepare your tissues tissues on air, and call in with your picks for best breakup songs.
Duration:00:26:09