Cynthia Nixon on 'And Just Like That...,' The Post Roe Baby Boom, The Toll of Being MLK, Sustainable Lawncare 101

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Jun 23, 2023

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The first episode of season two of the "Sex and the City" reboot "And Just Like That..." dropped last night. The show focuses on the beloved characters of Carrie, Miranda, and Charlotte, and this season also features a Samantha cameo. Former New York Gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon stars as Miranda, and she also is the executive producer and directed some episodes for season two. Nixon joins us to discuss.

A new episode of USA Today’s documentary series, “States of America” investigates how pregnant women and providers are navigating the health care system a year after the Supreme Court overturned Roe V. Wade. Executive producer Yasmeen Qureshi and senior producer Mona Iskander join us to talk about the the documentary, "The Post Roe Baby Boom: Inside Mississippi’s Maternal Health Crisis" and take calls.
Our June Full Bio selection is King: A Life, the first comprehensive account of Martin Luther King Jr. in three decades, written by Jonathan Eig. Today, we discuss King's relationships and disagreements with activist contemporaries, his blind spots, mental health, and the toll of being arrested nearly thirty times. And finally, we look at King's civil rights efforts and priorities in the last months of his life.

 

It's officially summer, meaning that many of you might be spending a lot of time in the front or backyard, caring for your lawn. There are many different ways to go about lawncare, some of which require more resources than others, like water, fertilizers, and pesticides. But there are also more eco-friendly sustainable ways to grow a lawn. Michele Bakacs and Amy Rowe, Rutgers associate professors and extension agents, join to give us tips for lawncare and take your calls and questions.

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