Our guest is Charlotte Jacobs, the author of a book about Hodgkin's Disease and the efforts to find a cure for it. The book focuses in particular on Dr.
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We talk with two young men who crossed America for the sole purpose of finding and correcting as many spelling and punctuation errors as they could find. Their book about the experience is titled "The Great Typo Hunt."
Our guest is Donald P. Ryan, author of "Beneath the Sands of Egypt: Adventures of an Unconventional Archeologist."
Local musician Karel Suchy will tell us about a musical program he'll be presenting with his group "Voices and Verses" this Thursday evening at the Racine Art Museum.
Kenoshan John Hambrock, creator of the comic strip "The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee," which is syndicated to newspapers across the country, including the Kenosha News.
Postponed from two weeks ago: We talk to best-selling novelist Rebecca Wells ("Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood") whose latest novel "The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder" has just been released in paperback.
We welcome organizers of the upcoming Kenosha Relay for Life to benefit the American Cancer Society.
Nicholas Carr talks about his fascinating book "The Shallows," in which he explores how the extensive use we make of computers and other digital technology is altering the way we think and use our minds.
Our guest, Dr. Harlan Hansen, is Professor Emeritus of Childhood Development at the University of Minnesota.
We preview a fascinating and troubling documentary airing tonight on PBS's P.O.V. - "Presumed Guilty" - which examines the corruption-riddled criminal justice system in Mexico.
We speak with one of the most famous and highly regarded elementary teachers in America, Rafe Esquith, who teaches fifth grade at Hobart Elementary School in Los Angeles.
Our guest is best-selling novelist Rebecca Wells ("Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood") whose latest book, "The Crowning Glory of Calla Lily Ponder," has just been released in paperback.
In a timely conversation (given the recent ruling regarding the FCC rules regarding forbidden words on television) we spend most of the hour remembering one of the most influential comedians of modern times, George Carlin.
We conclude our four-day series on the sense of smell by speaking with Dr. Leslie Cameron, Associate Professor of Psychology at Carthage College, who has done extensive study on olfaction. We also speak with Dr.
In part three of our series devoted to the sense of smell, we speak with Susannah Charleson, author of "Scent of the Missing: Love and Partnership with a Search-And-Rescue Dog." The book recounts her experience of training
In our second conversation about the sense of smell, we speak with Bonnie Blodgett, who appreciates her sense of smell because she lost it for a time.
We begin the week with an author from northern Illinois, Fern Schumer Chapman, author of "Is It Night or Day?
Our guests are Frank and Janet Germinaro. Frank recently celebrated an important milestone--the 40th anniversary of his kidney transplant.
We take a look at a unique figure in sports history, George Steinbrenner--with Bill Madden, author of "Steinbrenner: The Last Lion of Baseball."
Our guest is Laney Salisbury, author of "Provenance: How a Con Man and a Forger Rewrote the History of Modern Art." It follows the exploits of two men who engaged in what has been widely described as the most extraordinary
We look back on the Korean War--the so-called "Forgotten War'--with Carthage College's Art Cyr, who is an expert on Korea. This past Friday marked the 60th anniversary of the beginning of the war.
On the 50th anniversary of the beginning of the Korean War, we speak with David Sears, author of "Such Men as These," which recounts the story of Navy pilots and the exceptional dangers they faced in the skies over North K
Bryan Albrecht, the president of Gateway Technical College, pays his monthly visit to the program, and he will be joined by the chancellor of the University of Wisconsin Parkside, Deborah Ford, and the president of Carthag
We are scheduled to speak with singer Brian Stokes Mitchell, a winner of multiple Tony Awards for his work in shows like "Ragtime." He sings a recital this week on the campus of George Williams College as part of their Mus
We talk with Carol Eron Rizzoli, author of The House at Royal Oak: Rebuilding a Life One Room at a Time." Rizzoli and her husband shifted course professionally, abandoning their previous jobs in order to open a bed and bre
We speak to a husband and wife who are also exceptionally talented and noteworthy writers: novelist Michael Chabon, the author of a new entertaining memoir called "Manhood for Amateurs: The Pleasures and Regrets of a Husba
We begin the hour with tennis player/ coach / commentator Patrick McEnroe (younger brother of John McEnroe) - the author of "Hardcourt Confidential." We also speak with sportswriter John Feinstein, author of "Moment of Glo
Our guest is Rev. Jeff Barrow from Racine, who was installed earlier this year as Bishop of the Greater Milwaukee Synod of the ELCA- the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America.
We speak first with Diane Schemo, author of "Skies to Conquer: A Year Inside the Air Force Academy." Our second guest, David Sears, is author of 'Such Men As These' which celebrates the valor of navy pilots during the Kore
Frederick Turner, author of a much-discussed novel titled "The Go-Between: A Novel of the Kennedy Years." The novel tells the story of a down-on-his-luck journalist who stumbles upon the biggest story of his career when he
Author Mary Krome. Her book "Left in His Closet" was inspired by her own personal experience and that of other women she interviewed whose husbands at some point revealed themselves to be gay.
Our guest is journalist Scott Higham, author of "Finding Chandra: A True Washington Murder Mystery."
We'll speak with several faculty from UW-Parkside who have helped to organize the UW-P Community Garden, which was dedicated on May 16th.
David Treadway, who with his wife and two adult sons co-wrote a book titled "Home Before Dark: A Family Portrait of Cancer and Healing." David , a psychologist, was diagnosed in 2005 with Stage 4 Lymphoma.
We spend part of the hour with award-winning author Brad Melzer talking about his most recent book, "Heroes for My Son," in which he celebrates the lives and accomplishments of a surprisingly diverse array of men and women
Our guest is Chris Blaine, a member of the chemistry faculty at Carthate College, who was given the school's most recent Distinguished Teaching Award by her colleagues.
We talk to Barbara Strauch, a science editor for the New York Times, whose newest book is called "The Secret Life of the Grown-Up Brain: The Surprising Talents of the Middle-Aged Mind."
We'll talk with Dan Martino and Joe Cardamone, the two Kenoshans performing the lead roles of Max and Leo in the Racine Theater Guild's production of "The Producers," which closes this weekend.
Our guest is Gordon Grice, author of "Deadly Kingdom: The Book of Dangerous Animals." The book examines creatures of every kind- from whales and bears to tiny spiders and worms and the various kinds of danger they pose to
We speak to Tracey Ryder, co-author of "Edible: A Celebration of Local Foods" and highlight some of the places in our community where locally grown food can be purchased.
Gary Giddins, author of "Warning Shadows: Home Alone with Classic Cinema." Giddins is one of the country's most perceptive film critics. His book focuses on classic films available on DVD.