Behind the Scenes of WeWork, Kate Has A Plan, Stories of Con Women, Reggae Legend Miss Pat, Buffy Sainte-Marie's Biography

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Mar 30, 2021

Director Jed Rothstein joins us to discuss his new documentary, “WeWork: Or the Making and Breaking of a $47 Billion Unicorn,” which offers a behind-the-scenes perspective on the infamous rise and fall the once popular co-working venture. The film premieres April 2 on Hulu. 

WNYC planning editor Kate Hinds joins us for our ongoing series, "Kate Has a Plan," to discuss the stories the newsroom is following this week.

Author and podcast host Tori Telfer joins us to discuss her new book, Confident Women: Swindlers, Grifters, and Shapeshifters of the Feminine Persuasion. She hosts the podcast, Criminal Broads, and her first book, which came out in 2017, is titled, Lady Killers: Deadly Women Throughout History.

Who knew the leading global reggae label has been run for decades by a 4’11" grandma named Patricia Chin? In her memoir, Miss Pat: My Reggae Music Journey, Chin details her life in Jamaica with her husband Vincent Chin, who ran Jamaica’s most famous record store and studio called Randy’s Record Mart, as well as how she ultimately moved operations to Jamaica, Queens, NY. Patricia Chin joins us to discuss her incredible career.

Musician and activist Buffy Sainte-Marie joins us to discuss her remarkable life and career. Buffy Sainte-Marie: The Authorized Biography, by Andrea Warner, is now out in paperback.

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