John Flansburgh and John Linnell of They Might Be Giants join to announce their cover of Irving Berlin's "Lazy" for the 2024 Public Song Project. The band will be releasing their song on streaming platforms later this month, and will be putting out limited edition 7" records. They join us with an exclusive preview of the song.

If you'd like to get involved in the Public Song Project -- whether you're a professional musician or a hobbyist, there's still time. Visit our website for more info.

With the deadline for the Public Song Project less than six weeks away, now is the time to get your songs recorded! Submissions can come in all shapes and sizes -- we are more than happy to accept songs recorded entirely on your cell phone or laptop! But if you want to step things up a bit, one great resource is your local public library. Today we're joined by representatives from the Brooklyn Public Library, New York Public Library, and Westport Public Library in Connecticut to hear about free recording studios, an instrument loan program, thousands of sheet music books, and more resources for exploring the public domain and recording your songs. Guests include Christine Schonhart, the director of Brooklyn Public Library's central library; Jenna Li, Lead Media Lab Specialist for New York Public Library; Brendan Toller, Marketing Manager of Verso Studios at the Westport Public Library.

You can find more about these resources on the Public Song Project homepage, as well as more information about how to participate: https://www.wnyc.org/story/public-song-project-2024/.

Yesterday marked the end of the Elite 8 round of the NCAA Women's Basketball Tournament, with Iowa, UCONN, NC State, and South Carolina all advancing to the Final Four. This year's tournament has received more national attention due to Iowa star Caitlin Clark playing in her final March Madness, but also because the competition is packed with stars, including an undefeated South Carolina team. To recap the tournament thus far and preview the Final Four this Friday, we're joined by Carolyn Peck, ESPN commentator, former head coach, and member of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame. Plus, we take your calls.

We air highlights from our March Get Lit with All Of It book club event with author Xochitl Gonzales. We spent the month reading her novel, Anita de Monte Laughs Last, which tells the story of two women, a once-famous artist named Anita de Monte, who died tragically and has been mostly forgotten to history, and Raquel, the student who decides to look into Anita's story for her senior thesis. But the deeper Raquel digs into this story, the more she starts to wonder if her own story is starting to mirror Anita's. Gonzales speaks about the book, and takes questions from our audience. The conversation was hosted by All Of It producer Jordan Lauf.

We air highlights from our March Get Lit with All Of It book club event with author Xochitl Gonzales. We spent the month reading her novel, Anita de Monte Laughs Last. We were also joined for a special performance from Caridad de la Luz, spoken word poet, singer-songwriter, and executive director of the Nuyorican Poets Cafe. The conversation was hosted by All Of It producer Simon Close.

*This episode is guest-hosted by Kousha Navidar.