The monthly visit of the United Environmental Council- this month, the League of Conservation Voters
The Morning Show
Rebroadcast: "A Terrible Glory: Custer and the Little Big Horn and the Last Great Battle of the American West."
Our guest, Deborah Nelson, talks about "The War Behind Us," which examines atrocities committed by American troops during the Viet Nam War and how veterans are still trying to come to terms with this part of our history -
Our guests include Jonathan Engel, author of "American Therapy." It chronicles the history of psychoanalysis as it has been practiced here in the United States and how it has always been distinct from what Freud created ar
Our guest, Tyler Gray, talks about his book "Hit Charade," which tells the story of Lou Pearlman, the man who helped make the Backstreet Boys and N'Sync famous - but who also swindled hundreds of people out of millions of
John Stauffer talks about the parallel lives of Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln- and Nina Burleigh discusses how relics from the Holy Land are defaced in an effort to make them appear more valuable.
Kenosha native Margo Hammond, co-author of "Between the Covers: The Book Babes' Guide to a Woman's Reading Pleasures." John Tobin, talkingabout a recent climbing disaster on K-2.
Matthew Goodman, author of "The Sun and the Moon." It tells of the creation of a new kind of newspaper--one designed for ordinary people to read--"The Sun", which began publication in New York City in 1835 Also, a look at
We speak with best-selling author Clive Cussler and his son about their most recent collaboration, "Arctic Drift." We also talk with a writer for Comedy Central, Dennis DiClaudio.
We speak with Kenosha author Michael Schumacher about his latest book, "Wreck of the Carl D." It's a dramatic and moving story of the sinking of the Carl D. Bradley 50 years ago on the waters of northern Lake Michgian.
Our guest is Paul Austin, whose new memoir about his experiences as an ER physician is titled "Something for the Pain." He also writes movingly about the experience he and his wife have had in raising a daughter with Down'
We catch up with famed Kenosha children's author Florence Perry Heide. She and Nan Pollard will be participating in a special Women's Night Out event at Andrea's tomorrow night.
We speak with Adam Shepard, author of 'Scratch Beginnings: Me, $25 and the Search for the American Dream." Right after he graduated from college, he undertook an experiment by relocating himself in an unfamiliar new commun
Our guest is best-selling author Gregory Maguire, best-known for the novel "Wicked" upon which the popular musical of the same name is based. His most recent Oz book is called "A Lion Among Men."
We mark a truly unhappy anniversary today--the 30th anniversary of the Jonestown incident which led to the deaths of more than 900 of his followers.
Terry Lynch talks about his book "But I Don't Want Elder Care!" It's subtitled, "helping your parents stay as strong as they can as long as they can." It springs in part from his real life experience with his own mother, w
Carthage Psychology Prof. Leslie Cameron talks about the research she's undertaking on the sense of smell and how that sense is affected by pregnancy.
UW-Milwaukee Prof. Benjamin Campbell talks about his study of risky behavior among young males and the possibility that hormones are a significant factor in such behavior.
You'll meet the men who are going for their third straight victory in the Racine Literacy Council's annual spelling competition, which is happening Friday night, Nov. 14.
The program is pre-empted so that WGTD can hear an extended version of NPR's "Morning Edition" and its election coverage.
Sarah Lyall talks about her new book "The Anglo Files: A Field Guide to the British." She is a reporter for the New York Times London bureau and has lived in Great Britain for about twenty years.
Our guest is John Warne Monroe, author if "Laboratories of Faith," which examines the rise of seances, table turning, and other kinds of spiritual exploration in the 19th century, specifically in France.
We look back at a critical moment in Abraham Lincoln's life and career--the speech he gave in Peoria, Illinois in 1854 when he first spoke forcefully against slavery.
We talk about the play "Steel Magnolias" being currently presented at the Racine Theater Guild - and also speak with John McKinnon, a Kenosha native who is a curator at the Milwaukee Art Museum and partly responsible for a
We'll speak with the author of "1,000 Recordings you have to listen to before you die." It's a sequel to a similarly titled book about places to visit before you die.
Peter Mansoor, author of "Baghdad at Sunrise: A Brigade Commander's War in Iraq." He was executive officer to Commanding General David Petraeus - and served as commander of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division
We talk with Phoebe Damrosch about her entertaining book "Service Included: Four-Star Secrets of an Eavesdropping Waiter." She was part of the staff of an upscale restaurtant, Per Se, as it opened in Manhattan, but her boo
We begin with the author of "Hello, Everybody- The Dawn of American Radio." Thebook examines the birth of radio and the extraordinary way in which we reshaped America as our very first instantaneous mass media.
We preview the weekend's Kenosha Symphony concert, which is a tribute to Kenosha's new Civil War Museum. We also preview tomorrow's tour of Quilts on Barns in Racine County with Kathi Wilson.
Our guest is Larry Olmsted, author of "Getting into Guinness: One Man's Longest, Fastest, Highest Journey Inside the World's Most Famous Record Book."
We talk about mental illness with Jack Rose, President of the Kenosha County Chapter of NAMI.Also, we speak with Ron Francis, School Resource/ Crime Prevention Officer for the Kenosha Police Department, who has undergone s
We speak with retired librarian Vicki Myron, the author of "Dewey," which tells the true story of the cat who became an integral and even beloved feature of the public library in Spencer, Iowa for almost two decades.
Our guest is Kathy Eden, a Professor of Classics and English Literature at Columbia University, who was a Johnson DIstinguished Visitor to Carthage.
We're joined by Mary Kromme, Associate Professor of Business Adminstration and Jerry Mast, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Carthage College- talking about a timely series of presentations coming up at Carthage'
GTC President Bryan Albrecht pays his monthly visit to the program, and will be joined by Kenosha County Executive Jim Kreuser.
We speak with Mort Zachter, the author of the best-selling book "Dough-A Memoir." Zachter's bachelor uncles, who ran a day-old baked goods store in Manhattan for decades seemed to be just scraping by--but turned out to be
Marcus Leonard, author of "Golden Legacy: How Golden Books Won Children's Hearts, Changed Publishing forever, and Became an American Icon Along the way." Leonard comes to Carthage Tuesday evening at the invitation of the C