All Of It

It's almost time for the summer season's Perseid meteor showers. Bart Fried, executive VP of the NYC-based Amateur Astronomers Association, joins with tips on the best times and places to catch the falling stars, and more advice on stargazing in and around the light-polluted city.

A new guidebook, 111 Places for Kids in New York That You Must Not Miss,spotlights 111 places to take the kiddos around the city in all boroughs for all budgets. Co-author Rachel Mazor joins and we take listener calls.

Drummer, MacArthur Genius, and composerTyshawn Sorey has had a busy summer. For the past few months, he's been on tour in Europe, and on July 8, he released his latest album, Mesmerism, recorded with his trio. The self-released album includes interpretations of standards of the American Songbook and also lesser known compositions. Sorey joins us for a Listening Party.

Author Katherine J. Chen spent years researching Joan of Arc to prepare to write her fictionalized account of the young warrior's life for her novel, Joan. Chen joins us to discuss.

NYO Jazz is a summer program from Carnegie Hall recognizing talented musicians between the ages of 16 and 19 from across the country. The group just released their first album, We’re Still Here, and this week they'll launch a multi-state tour starting July 28 at Carnegie Hall. Artistic director and bandleader Sean Jones joins us to talk about the program, alongside two teen bandmembers: alto saxophone player Kaela Seltzer and trombone player Melvin Nimtz.

[REBROADCAST FROM MAY 11, 2022]

A new sweeping exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art showcases the work of painter Winslow Homer, with a particular focus on his depictions of conflict from the mid 19th to early 20th century. CuratorsStephanie HerdrichandSylvia Yountjoin us to discuss the exhibit,Winslow Homer: Crosscurrents, which is up at the Met through July 31.

In the late '80s and early '90s, the most powerful drug lords in Queens were also the most influential in the emerging hip hop music scene. A new 3 part docuseries, which premiered at Tribeca, "Supreme Team," begins airing on Showtime this month. We speak to producer/director Peter Scalettar, who worked on this project with hip hop legend, Nas.

It's Pickling Weekend at the New York Botanical Garden. Toby Adams, director of the NYBG's Edible Academy, joins us to talk about what brinetastic events are happening, why -- and how -- to get started pickling, and what the Edible Academy does.

The New York Asian Film Festival celebrates its 20th anniversary this year, and runs through July 31. Executive director Samuel Jamier joins us to discuss the lineup.

The House Committee investigating the January 6th insurrection held its final scheduled hearing last night in prime time, focusing on a minute-by-minute analysis of President Trump's actions during the Capitol riot. Karen Greenberg, the director of the Center on National Security at Fordham Law, discusses what we learned last night, and what future steps the committee, and the Department of Justice, could take.