All Of It with Alison Stewart

NPR's Student Podcast Challenge 2026

It's March (Audio) Madness time. NPR's Student Podcast Challenge [https://www.npr.org/series/662609200/npr-student-podcast-challenge] has released the names of its finalists. Undergrads Syd Walter from Sarah Lawrence College, Luisa Sukkar from Barnard College, and Colby McCaskill from Fordham University discuss their contributions to the challenge, and share selections of their work, which include the sounds of a New York City neighborhood [https://soundcloud.com/syd-walter-791456449/new-york-10019?si=fe627bd729cd40529a7c8a6df0d8f576&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing&utm_source=npr_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20260309&utm_term=10650247&utm_campaign=student-podcast-challenge&utm_id=80443915&orgid=&uniquet=&utm_att1=], the imaginary country created by someone's brother [https://soundcloud.com/luisa-sukkar/joes-world?si=a3374159ee4e4204a1b9025595e87509&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing&utm_source=npr_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20260309&utm_term=10650247&utm_campaign=student-podcast-challenge&utm_id=80443915&orgid=&uniquet=&utm_att1=], and a love letter to aging grandparents [https://open.spotify.com/episode/4Nd4Uv6KkSX2UHwtmCzvrR?si=Rp5DKoP6RJquncXOTnYvvw&utm_source=npr_newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_content=20260309&utm_term=10650247&utm_campaign=student-podcast-challenge&utm_id=80443915&orgid=&uniquet=&utm_att1=&nd=1&dlsi=176457ba141b427c]. Photo by L. Malik Anderson/WNYC

Revamping the Subway's Program for Musicians

For decades, musicians have been playing in the NYC subway system. Now, the MTA is revamping its program for musicians who perform in the subway system. Tina Vaz, head of the MTA's Arts and Design program [https://www.mta.info/agency/arts-design], discusses the changes, and trumpeter [https://www.mta.info/agency/arts-design/collection/eganam-ego-segbefia] Eganam 'ÉGO' Segbefia performs live in studio. Photo courtesy of ÉGO

New Doc About Dance Legend Martha Graham

A new PBS docuseries called "We Are Our Time [https://www.pbs.org/show/martha-graham-dance-company-we-are-our-time/]" explores the life of the legendary dancer and choreographer Martha Graham. Co-directors and co-producers Peter Schnall and Cyndee Readdean talk about the seiries, and Graham's impact on the world of dance, today. Martha Graham Dance Company will be performing at New York City Center [https://marthagraham.org/events/] April 8 through 12. Photo via Bettmann/Getty Images

Special Event: NYC According To 'The Gilded Age's Peggy Scott

Last month, Alison Stewart hosted a conversation in partnership with The Tenement Museum [https://www.tenement.org/] about NYC history, through the lens of the character Peggy Scott, from the hit series 'The Gilded Age.' Scott is an educated young Black woman who comes to the city pursuing her ambitions to become a successful writer, during a historical period that has come to be characterized by wealthy white 'robber barons' like Rockefeller, Carnegie and Vanderbilt. Hear a special presentation of the event, which was held before a live audience in The Greene Space [https://www.youtube.com/live/A-7DQz3NjfM], with Tenement Museum researcher Marquis Taylor, historian Leslie Harris, and Denée Benton, the actor who plays Peggy Scott. Photo courtesy of the Tenement Museum

Mexodus Live In Studio

"Mexodus [https://mexodusmusical.com/]," the musical about the Underground Railroad that lead south to Mexico, has returned to the Off-Broadway stage. Stars and creators Brian Quijada and Nygel D. Robinson return to WNYC to discuss the show, the upcoming audio-based performance of the show coming to Audible [https://www.audible.com/pd/Mexodus-Audiobook/B0FQYL4VYB?srsltid=AfmBOoqEoslasDVnetCCFU-kxMtvkeVd3IxEp5oH6RZQdCIQqnGRkEAN], and to perform songs live in our studio . Photo courtesy of the production