A Surge in Breast Reductions, 'Band People,' Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna Star in 'La Máquina' and Latinx Art Survey at El Museo del Barrio
All Of It with Alison Stewart | Oct 11, 2024
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Recently, New York Times reported a 64-percent surge in elective breast-reduction surgeries among women since 2019. New York Times correspondent Lisa Miller wrote the piece, titled "The Power of a Smaller Breast," and joins us to discuss her insights.
Writer and musician Franz Nicolay's new book, Band People: Life and Work In Popular Music, highlights the people you might not think of when you think of your favorite bands —the people who comprise the rhythm and horns sections, side-of-stagers, backup singers, and others like them whose stories rarely get told. Publisher's Weekly calls it "a captivating look at what it means to occupy the complicated space 'between a career and a calling.'” Franz Nicolay joins us to discuss.
Gael García Bernal and Diego Luna discuss starring together in the new Hulu series, "La Máquina," about a boxer and his manager trying to get him back in the ring for one last fight. The show is out now on Hulu.
El Museo del Barrio’s second large-scale survey of Latinx contemporary art, Flow States – LA TRIENAL 2024 features 33 participating artists working across the United States, Puerto Rico, The Philippines and the United Kingdom. Susanna Temkin, curator at El Museo del Barrio and María Elena Ortiz, curator at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, co-curated the show alongside Rodrigo Moura, chief curator at El Museo del Barrio. Tempkin and Ortiz join us to discuss the show on display through Sunday, February 9, 2025.
El Museo del Barrio’s second large-scale survey of Latinx contemporary art, Flow States – LA TRIENAL 2024 is on display through Sunday, February 9, 2025. Mark Menjívar, San Antonio-based artist and associate professor in the School of Art and Design at Texas State University, has a piece featured in the show reflecting on the topic of migration through birds. He joins us to discuss before leading a bird walk tomorrow in Central Park at 9:30 a.m.
