NY Toy Fair, Martha Plimpton, Tovah Feldshuh, Protesting the Whitney Museum

All Of It with Alison Stewart | Feb 18, 2019

Sean McGowan, a managing director of the Liolios Group, and Ali Mierzejewski, editor-in-chief of The Toy Insider, talk about the New York Toy Fair, which is currently at the Jacob K. Javits Center. Chris Cander talks about her new novel, The Weight of a Piano. Martha Plimpton discusses her performance in “All the Presidents Mann,” a tribute to singer-songwriter Aimee Mann. Tovah Feldshuh discuss her return to Feinstein’s/54 Below in "Tovah Feldshuh is Leona Helmsley in 2019." Hyperallergic's Jasmine Weber, an associate editor, and Hrag Vartanian, the site’s editor-in-chief and co-founder, explain the recent protest at the Whitney Museum and what some of the museum's staff and activists are demanding from the institution.

 

This episode is guest-hosted by Charlie Herman.

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