Podcast Episodes

Summer Reading Challenge Check-In: Beach Read Recommendations

Episode 1383

Our second Summer Reading Challenge is underway! This week, All Of It producer Jordan Lauf discusses some beach reads that could fit in the five Summ…

11 months ago

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Summer Television Preview

Episode 1382

We are previewing the sights and sounds of summer. We've talked about movies, music, and podcasts. Now Vulture critic Kathryn VanArendonk joins us to…

11 months ago

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Diane Arbus Turned Her Camera on New York

Episode 1381

This summer, you can see the largest New York exhibition ever put together about local post-war photographer Diane Arbus. For "Diane Arbus: Constella…

11 months ago

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'Charles Sumner: Conscience of a Nation' (Full Bio)

Episode 1372

For this month's installment of Full Bio, we learn about the life of Senator Charles Sumner with Zaakir Tameez, author of the new biography, Charles …

11 months, 1 week ago

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Fredrick Douglass Full Bio: "What To The Slave Is The 4th Of July?"

Episode 1380

Today for the Fourth of July, we learn about the life of Frederick Douglass, the abolitionist born into slavery who famously asked, "What to the Slav…

11 months, 1 week ago

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Local Art Alert: Amy Sherald

Episode 1377

[REBROADCAST FROM April 9, 2025] New York-based artist Amy Sherald is best recognized for her famous portraits of First Lady Michelle Obama and Breon…

11 months, 1 week ago

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Local Art Alert: Nanette Carter

Episode 1377

[REBROADCAST FROM May 28, 2025] Artist Nanette Carter grew up in Montclair, the daughter of the city's first Black mayor, Matthew G. Carter. The Mont…

11 months, 1 week ago

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Local Art Alert: Jesse Krimes

Episode 1378

[REBROADCAST FROM May 5, 2025] Jesse Krimes was interested in art at an early age, but got caught up in the criminal justice system in his early 20's…

11 months, 1 week ago

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Local Art Alert: The Frick Has Reopened!

Episode 1379

[REBROADCAST FROM April 14, 2025] Curator Aimee Ng discusses the reopening and renovations of the venerable Frick Collection, including what exhibits…

11 months, 1 week ago

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Local Art Alert: Rashid Johnson

Episode 1379

[REBROADCAST FROM April 18, 2025] Today is the opening of the Guggenheim's major survey of artist Rashid Johnson, who was born in Chicago in the late…

11 months, 1 week ago

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