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The Morning Show

Philip Stead, author of "The Purloining of Prince Oleomargarine." 

Jack Rose, from the Kenosha chapter of NAMI- the National Alliance for Mental Illness. 

More from Lewis Sorley, author of "A Better War:  The Unexamined Victories and Final Tragedy of America's Last Years in Viet Nam."   

Bryan Albrecht;, President of Gateway Technical College 

Dr. Eduardo Garcia-Novelli, conductor of the Carthage Choir,

Martha Brockenbrough, author of "Alexander Hamilton:  Revolutionary."

Barbara Brattin,  director of the Kenosha Public Library, and Angie Aker, vice president of the Kenosha Public Library Foundation.  

from the archives:  military historian and veteran Lewis Sorley, talking about his biography of General John Westmoreland, one of the most infamous figures from the VietNam War.  

The Kenosha Writers' Guild.

Carthage professor Art Cyr pays his monthly visit to the program

James Gleick, author of "Time Travel." Part two; Steve Rogstad from Preservation Racine. 

Novelist and historian Ralph Peters, author of "Judgement at Appomattox." 

Jessica DeBoer,  previewing this new season of Fine Arts at First at First United Methodist Church in Kenosha. 

Shritha Reddy, a middle school Prairie School student and founder of a non-profit organization called SHOW (Start Helping our Water sources.) 

Dav Pilkey (Captain Underpants)- author of Dog Man: A Tale of Two Kitties.  Also, Margarita Engle, author of a children's book called "All the way to Havana."  

Sanford and Cynthia Levinson, co-authors of "Fault Lines in the Constitution:  The Framers, their Fights, and the Flaws that affect us today."    

Jessica DuLong- "Dust to Deliverance: Untold stories from the maritime evacuation on September 11th"  

Part One: Joshua Levine, author of "Dunkirk: The History behind the Major Motion Picture."  Part Two:  India Hicks, one of the bridesmaids for Princess Diana. 

Andrew Gross, author of "The Saboteur."

Three stories from Harvey. Kurt Oian, former tech. director at the RTG, and Brett Harmeling and Matt Thome, Carthage graduates. 

Hospice Alliance of Kenosha

No program because of Labor Day

UW-Parkside Chancellor Debbie Ford.

Nancy Pearl, affectionately known as "America's Librarian." 

Dr. Wayne Thompson, Associate Professor of Sociology and Criminal Justice at Carthage- talking about the state of race relations in the United States. 

Joan Brady, author of "Alger Hiss: Framed: A new look at the case that made Nixon famous." 

The opioid epidemic.Part One:  Gregg Albright, Chronic Disease Management Pharmacist at Ascension Wheaton Franciscan in Racine; Part Two; Ramsen Kasha, executive director of the Hazelden Betty Ford Center in Chicago.

Gateway Technical College president Bryan Albrecht. 

Nan Calvert- and local wheat farmer Charlie Tennessen.

Rev. Lauren Miller, a pastor in Charlottesville, VA about recent events there. Also, Crystal Pariseau; a Racine native who now resides in Charlottesville. 

Part One: The Rehabilitation of the baseball field at Case H.S. in Racine. Part Two: An excerpt from "Dust and Deliverance" 

Dr. Julie Dahlstrom, chair of the physics and astronomy departments at Carthage-  discussing the Solar Eclipse. 

Joseph Wheelan, author of "Midnight in the Pacific: Guadacanal- The World War Two Battle that Turned the Tide of War." 

More previews of this weekend's Harbor Park Jazz Rhythm and Blues Festival in Kenosha. 

Mary Radigan, executive chef at Sazzy B's in downtown Kenosha.   

Dr. Art Cyr, director of the Clausen Center at Carthage discusses the rising tension between the United States and North Korea. 

"Two Towns of Jasper." This powerful 2003 documentary is  receiving an encore airing on PBS's POV this week. 

Guida Brown,  executive director of the Hope Council on Alcohol and other Drug Abuse, discusses the opioid drug epidemic sweeping the country. 

Dr. John Swallow,  the new president of Carthage College. 

Kathleen Dunn, longtime program host on WPR's Ideas Network.  She is retiring, and our interview airs the day before her final show. 

Best-selling novelist C.J. Box discusses his latest book "Paradise Valley." 

Mike Crane, director of Wisconsin Public Radio. WPR is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. 

Part 1: Previewing Racine's Starving Artist's Fair. Part 2: Lynda Schuster, Dirty Wars and Polished Silver: The Life and Times of a War Correspondent Turned Ambassadrix 

Previewing this weekend's Pike River Rendezvous.

Kenosha County Executive Jim Kreuser and Kenosha Parks Director Matt Collins, talking about the 90th anniversary of Kenosha County Parks.

John Eisenberg, author of "The Streak:  Lou Gehrig, Cal Ripken Jr. and Baseball's Most Historic Record."   

Carthage Physics professor Kevin Crosby discusses research projects for NASA. 

Gateway president Bryan Albrecht discusses the impact of Foxconn coming to the region. 

Dr. Art Cyr, director of the Clausen Center at Carthage College. Dr. Cyr will offer his analysis of various current events. 

Nancy Davies, former Chicago publicist for Ringling Brothers.