On the 100th birthday of film legend Orson Welles, we speak with film historian and author Patrick McGilligan, who is in town as part of the Centennial Festivities.
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We preview the Milwaukee Florentine's upcoming production of Donizetti's beloved bel canto comedy "The Elixir of Love."
In anticipation of the upcoming Orson Welles Centennial Celebration in Kenosha, we speak with film historical Joseph McBride, who knew Welles and worked with him.
We preview the next performance in the Fine Arts at First series - a tribute to the great Benny Goodman.
We preview the University of Wisconsin Parkside's production of "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee," which opens this weekend
We talk about a brand new exhibit, Frank Lloyd Wright and the Wasmuth Portfolio (1910), before it opens to the public May 1.
We speak with African-American opera singer Angela S. Brown, who is coming to Kenosha and Racine this weekend form perform her one-woman presentation "Opera from a Sistah's Point of View." Ms.
We'll have several interviews, including one with best-selling novelist Steve Berry, whose latest thriller is titled "The Patriot Threat" - and is based on the intriguing scenario that it might be possible for another nati
We preview Carthage's upcoming performances of the musical "The Man of La Mancha." We'll speak with director Herschel Kruger, as well as several members of the cast.
We preview the next concert of the Racine Symphony by speaking with the most recent winner of their Young Artist Competition, Alex Zhu, and the RSO's composer-in-residence, Jim Stephenson.
Carthage College Professor Art Cyr joins us for his monthly visit to the program, offering his analysis of current events.
Our guest is Roseanne Montillo, author of "The Wilderness of Ruin: A Tale of Madness, Fire, and the Hunt for America's Youngest Serial Killer." Her book explores the fascinating and largely forgotten story of a young boy w
We spend part of the hour with Mary Norris, an editor at The New Yorker magazine, whose new book is called "Confessions of a Comma Queen." Also, Nick Demske talks about the Bonk Performance Series.
Bruce Henderson, author of "Rescue at Los Banos: The Most Daring Prison Camp Raid of World War II." Los Banos was a Japanese civilian prison camp in the heart of the Philippines.
For the monthly visit of the United Environmental Council, Nan Calvert brings to the morning show Dr. James Reinartz, from the Southeast Wisconsin Invasive Plant Consortium.
Our guest is Dr. Harriet Brown, the author of "Body of Truth: How Science, History, and Culture Drive our Obsession with Weight - and What We Can Do About it."
We speak with Bonner Paddock, co-author of an inspiring memoir titled "One More Step" in which he recounts some of the extraordinary adventures he has had - including climbing Mt.
Today's Morning Show is pre-empted by a special edition of Education Matters - as Duane Olsen hosts a forum featuringcandidates for the Racine Unified School Board.
We spend part of the hour with Jennifer Higdon, a highly regarded composer whose "Blue Cathedral" - among the most popular of modern orchestral works - is being played this weekend by the Lake Geneva Symphony Orchestra.
We speak with former Navy SEAL Eric Greitens, author of "Resilience: Hard Won Wisdom for Living a Better Life."
Dr. Vera Tarman talks about her new book "Food Junkies: The Truth about Food Addiction." She contends that some people are victims of food addictions that are every bit as acute a drug or alcohol addiction.
Our guest is Mark Crispin Miller, a media studies professor and historian who is the editor for the Forbidden Bookshelf project, which re-releases important or controversial books that have either fallen out of print or ha
We speak with Dr. Angelo Volandes, author of "The Conversation: A Revolutionary Plan for End-Of-Life Care." Dr.
Postponed from last week: Sasha Martin, author of "Life from Scratch: A memoir of Food, Family and Forgiveness." Ms.
We are rebroadcastng a Morning Show Interview from 2004 with former Carthage football coach Tim Rucks, who died this past week.
Kay Gregory, director of the Racine Literacy Council, joins us to talk about their upcoming fundraiser (Irish Night for Literacy) as well as a new for-fee program they are beginning to offer.
Sasha Martin, author of "Life from Scratch: A memoir of Food, Family, and Forgiveness."Also, a preview of the Florentine Opera's production of the opera "Elmer Gantry."
Milwaukee Symphony concert master Frank Almond, who plays a recital at Carthage Tuesday night. You may remember that Mr. Almond was assaulted and had his priceless Stradivarius violin stolen from him.
We speak with Mark Adams, author of "Meet me in Atlantis: My Obsessive Quest to Find the Sunken City."
In part one of the Morning Show, We preview the upcoming second annual Fine Arts Weekend at Carthage College. Also, Pasquale Laurino from the Racine Symphony Orchestra.
Phil Pospychala talks about this year's Bixfest, honoring the legendary jazz musician Bix Beiderbecke. Also, The Best Selling Fancy Nancy Books Celebrate their 10th Anniversary.
Local author Craig Swanson, author of 'The Selma Campaign: Martin Luther King, Jr., Jimmie Lee Jackson, and the Defining Struggle of the Civil Rights Movement."
From the WGTD's archives, we replay a conversation from ten years ago with Blair Tindall, author of a best-selling memoir titled "Mozart in the Jungle: Sex, Drugs and Classical Music." The book inspired a much-discussed TV
We'll learn more about the so-called Mediterranean Diet, recommended by many physicians as a promising diet both for weight loss and for general health and well-being.
We welcome Carthage professor Art Cyr back into our studios to offer his analysis of current events, as he does once a month.
We spend part of the hour with singer Brandon Jovanivich, who is one of the stars of a Holocaust-related opera premiering Tuesday evening at the Lyric Opera of Chicago, titled "The Passenger."