A Day of Producer Picks: David Cone, 'Shout,' John Cameron Mitchell, Nicholas Britell, Glitter!

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Aug 23, 2019

[REBROADCAST] Former New York Yankees and New York Mets pitcher David Cone and author Jack Curry join us to discuss their new book, Full Count: The Education of a Pitcher.

[REBROADCAST] Laurie Halse Anderson, author of the bestselling young adult novel, Speak, discusses her new memoir, Shout. 

[REBROADCAST] John Cameron Mitchell discusses his new musical podcast, Anthem: Homunculus, produced by Topic, currently available via Luminary.

[REBROADCAST] Academy Award-nominated composer, pianist, and producer, Nicholas Britell, joins us to talk about Barry Jenkins's new film, "If Beale Street Could Talk," for which he composed the soundtrack.

[REBROADCAST] Caity Weaver joins us to discuss her article for The New York Times, “What is Glitter? A strange journey to the glitter factory.”

These segments were selected by our producers Jordan and Pilar. 

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