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Local actor Gary Stamm - he is at Hyde Park, the home of FDR, portraying our 32nd president for a special observance of the 75th anniversary (to the day) of the visit of the King George and his wife to Hyde Park.

Dr. Art Cyr, Carthage College- analysis of current events

Carthage professors and soccer enthusiasts Steve Udry and Jon Bruning give a preview to the upcoming World Cup Soccer competition, which begins on June 12th.

Ray Forgiani talks about the Harbor Market.

Local author George Clarke- "Nobody Wants to Talk about it." A book about how to plan for the end of one's life,funeral planning, etc.

Janell Burley Hofmann- "iRules: What Every Tech-Healthy Family Needs to Know about Selfies, Sexting, Gaming, and Growing Up."

Nicholas Carr - "The Shallows: What the Internet is Doing to our Brains." Carr's book charts the history of how human beings have taken in and interacted with information - and how drastically that process in changing now

Peter Stark - "At the Mercy of the River" - recounting his experience of being part of a 5-person party that paddled down one of the last unexplored, uncharted rivers in the world.

Peter Stark, author of "Astoria: John Jacob Astor and Thomas Jefferson's Lost Pacific Empire: A Story of Wealth, Ambition, and Survival."

Postponed from last Thursday - the United Environmental Council's monthly visit to the program. Segment 2 will be a re-broadcast of an interview with poet Maya Angelou, who passed away Wednesday, May 28th.

Jacob Dinauer, Head Athletic Trainer at Carthage and an adjunct EMS instructor at Gateway Technical College, talking about a new EKG screening of athletes at Carthage.

Siva Vaidhyanat, author of "The Googlization of Everything (and why we should worry)

We'll talk about Kenosha's new baseball team, the Kenosha Kingfish.

It's the monthly visit of the United Environmental Council.

Kate Jerome, from the horticulture department at Gateway Technical College, joins us to answer listener questions about the lawn and garden.

We speak with Alan Rabinowitz, a zoologist, conservationist, and author of a new children's book called "A Boy and A Jaguar," which explores the pain of being a young person who stutters.

Best-selling author Ayalet Waldman talks about her latest book, "Love and Treasure," which was inspired in part by the so-called Hungarian Gold Train with which the Nazis managed to carry away incalculable riches from Hung

We celebrate opening night of the Racine Theater Guild's production of "Les Miserables" with director Doug Instenes and several members of the cast.

Art Cyr, director of the Clausen Center and Professor of Political Economy, joins us for his monthly visit to offer analysis of current events.

We preview Friday night's concert by the Choral Arts Society of Southeastern Wisconsin. The concert, titled "Locally Grown," features the work of several local composers (including WGTD's own Gregory Berg.)

Gateway Technical College president Bryan Albrecht pays his monthly visit to the program- joined by two of Gateway's Star Ambassadors.

Matt Geary, talking about Kenosha Craft Beer Week (and American Craft Beer Week.) Matt owns Public Craft Brewing in downtown Kenosha

We spend part of the hour with Dr. James Ripley previewing a special concert this weekend which celebrates the 140th anniversary of the Carthage bands.

Part One: Franz Mohr, the personal piano tuner for Vladimir Horowitz; and Part Two:From the archives: Blair Tindall, author of "Mozart in the Jungle."

Former WGTD general manager Gary Vaillancourt joins us in the studio to talk about a harrowing health scare which he experienced when he was misdiagnosed with a serious, life-threatening illness ...a misdiagnosis he lived

As part of a series of Morning Show interviews in honor of Shakespeare's 450th birthday, we replay an earlier conversation with James Shapiro, author of "A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare: 1599." The book focuses o

Dennis Dechene from the Kenosha Convention and Visitors Bureau.

Our guest is Jason Gorman, the new chef at Mangia.

The topic is parenthood and its challenges. Our guest is Jennifer Senior, author of "All Joy, No Fun: The Paradox of Modern Parenthood."

Local Frank Lloyd Wright expert Mark Hertzberg joins us to talk about the famous Research Tower at Johnson Wax ... which is about to be opened up for public tours.

We preview the University of Wisconsin-Parkside's production of Shakespeare's "Taming of the Shrew."

We observe Holocaust Remembrance Day by replaying some past interviews on the topic.

Neil Scharmick from Carthage College, who will talk about "Dirty Rotten Scoundrels."

Greg's guest is Dr. Terence Roehrig. Dr. Roehrig is a Professor in National Security Affairs and the Director of the Asia-Pacific Studies Group at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island.

Frank Parise, talking about the upcoming autism benefit.

James and Susan McKeever: The 40th Anniversary of the McKeever Piano Duo.

My guest is the author of "An Idea Whose Time Has Come: Two Presidents, Two Parents, and the Battle for the Civil Rights Act of 1964."

Gateway Technical College president Bryan Albrecht pays his monthly visit to the program.

Carthage professor Art Cyr offers analysis of current events.

We speak with Randy Lewis, the author of "No Greatness without Goodness." As an executive at Walgreen's, Green created employment policies that would open up unprecedented opportunities for people with disabilities.

Carthage professor Yuri Maltsev offers some historical background on the volatile situation with Russia and Ukraine.

"The Sugar Season" - an examination of the maple industry in New England - how new technologies are clashing with the tradition of tapping trees the old fashioned way - and of how climate change is threatening the well-bei

Monthly visit of the UEC - the United Environmental Council.

Michael Milligan, creator and star of the highly-acclaimed one-man drama "Mercy Killers" - which tells the story of how one man's life is devastated when a loved one faces life-threatening illness without access to adequat

"Lost in the Pacific" - true-life first-person accounts from World War Two of American pilots shot down in the Pacific theater and how they survived.

Bryant Ambelang, CEO of NatureSweet.

A preview of the Racine Theater Guild's production of "The Miracle Worker."

Kenosha author Michael Schumacher, author of "Al Capp: A Life to the Contrary." (Repeat)

Jazz pianist/vocalist Patricia Barber.

Howard Soons, author of "The 27 Club," which tells the story of a number of notable rock musicians - including Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, and Amy Winehouse - who all died at the age of 27.