Alison Stewart

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Articles

An NYC therapist on ‘Couples Therapy,’ defensiveness and ‘The One’

1 week ago | gothamist.com | Alison Stewart |Zach Gottehrer-Cohen

"Couples Therapy" is back with a new season, featuring four real couples grappling with issues like shame and childhood trauma in weekly therapy sessions. Though the couples are new to the show, psychoanalyst Dr. Orna Guralnik returns to help them better understand and address some of their relationship dynamics. "As a psychoanalyst, our whole training is about reading what's underneath," Guralnik said.
A new NYC thriller examines wealth and privilege on the UWS

2 weeks ago | gothamist.com | Alison Stewart |Kate Hinds

Bestselling author Chris Pavone writes thrillers set in exotic places: Paris, Zurich, Lisbon. His latest thriller, “The Doorman,” is set a little closer to home, in a fictional co-op building on Central Park West named the Bohemia. It's inhabited by the uber-wealthy and staffed mostly by people of color. There are secrets and lies – and overseeing it all is the building's doorman, who gets “caught up in a web of adultery, robbery and murder,” said Pavone.
Dominique Ansel on his new bakery, the Cronut and not selling out

3 weeks ago | gothamist.com | Alison Stewart |Zach Gottehrer-Cohen

Celebrity pastry chef Dominique Ansel’s new French-Asian bakery opens Thursday in Greenwich Village. The shop, called Papa d’Amour (French for “loving daddy”), is meant to honor the heritage of his Taiwanese wife and their kids. It's located at 64 University Pl.“I think the beauty of it is embracing all the cultures and bringing them together to create something new,” said Ansel.
A new off-Broadway play explores the life of a trans rabbi

1 month ago | gothamist.com | Jordan Lauf |Alison Stewart

Rabbi Abby Chava Stein comes from a prominent Hasidic family in Williamsburg and was trained from a young age to be a rabbi. She also knew that she was a girl years before she learned what it meant to be a trans woman.
This NYC editor valued work 'above everything else.' Then she was let go.

1 month ago | gothamist.com | Alison Stewart |Jordan Lauf

Samhita Mukhopadhyay is the former executive editor of Teen Vogue and Feministing magazine. For years, she says, she considered her work to be her identity — until she was laid off from her dream job. Afterwards, Mukhopadhyay felt lost and depressed and realized how much of her self-worth was tied up in her career.
Carrie Coon on the 'White Lotus' finale, commuting to Thailand and learning to say no

2 months ago | gothamist.com | Simon Close |Alison Stewart

The third season of “The White Lotus” came to an explosive end Sunday night, finally answering viewer’s questions about who died and how. Among the show’s many standout stars was New York City-based actress Carrie Coon. She played Laurie, a recently divorced corporate lawyer, on a girls' trip with two of her longtime girlfriends: Jaclyn (Michelle Monaghan), a Hollywood actress; and Kate (Leslie Bibb), a wealthy Texan.
Brooklyn author's new book looks at navigating family estrangement

2 months ago | gothamist.com | Alison Stewart |L. Malik Anderson

Over a decade ago, Brooklyn author Eamon Dolan broke up with his mother after years of physical and emotional abuse. He initially felt guilt and grief over his decision. But after about a year, he began to feel he had made the right choice. "I started to feel that not only I had done the right thing, the necessary thing, but that I had done a brave thing and a thing that other people in my life might take as an example," he said, in a recent interview with WNYC's Alison Stewart.
Alison Stewart’s 9 Favorite Things, 2025

Feb 14, 2025 | nymag.com | Alison Stewart |Liza Corsillo

9 items in this article 2 items on sale! Photo-Illustration: The Strategist; Photo: Rashmi Gill, Joe McKendry If you’re like us, you’ve probably wondered what everyday stuff famous people add to their carts — like hair spray or an electric toothbrush. We asked Alison Stewart, a journalist and the host of WNYC’s “All of It,” about the noise-canceling headphones, curl cream, and coffee maker she can’t live without.
Lin-Manuel Miranda's new album on ‘The Warriors’ brings salsa, hip-hop to the NYC film

Oct 24, 2024 | gothamist.com | Alison Stewart |Jordan Lauf

Lin-Manuel Miranda, the writer and composer behind the Broadway hit "Hamilton," has collaborated with playwright Eisa Davis to create a new concept album, inspired by the 1979 cult classic film, "The Warriors."It features Nas, Billy Porter, Lauryn Hill and Broadway superstars like Philippa Soo, Amber Gray, Jasmine Cephas Jones and more.
Influencer New York Nico dishes on his new 'Guide to NYC' for both locals and tourists

Oct 23, 2024 | gothamist.com | Alison Stewart |Luke Green

Nicholas Heller, known to his millions of followers as New York Nico, calls himself the “unofficial talent scout of New York.” He wanders around the city making videos with quintessential New York City characters and shares them on his popular Instagram and TikTok accounts.