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We play excerpts from several different interviews in honor of Martin Luther King Day.

A repeat broadcast: An interview with H. Howard Blumenthal, former member of President Jimmy Carter's cabinet.

A repeat broadcast: An interview with Howard Sounes, author of "27: A History of the 27 Club through the lives of Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, and Amy Winehous.

We speak with a legendary local music teacher, Henrietta Welch, who just celebrated her 100th birthday.

We speak with Betsy Connor Bowen about the book "Back from Tobruk" which was written by her father, Boswell Bowen- who was a photojournalist and volunteer ambulance driver during the second world war.

Arctic explorer Tim Jarvis, author of "Chasing Shackleton: Recreating the World's Journey of Survival."

Repeat Program: A judge, a court clerk and 2 lawyers discuss the jury system.

Repeat Program: Interview with Sam Wasson, author of "5th Avenue, 5 A.M," which talks about the making of the film "Breakfast at Tiffany."

Repeat Program: Interview with the cast and playwrights for the stage-play " And on the Eight Day," which depicts the 1925 Scopes "Monkey Trial.

A Repeat Program: Interview with Geoff Greeley

In segment one: Greg's guest is Roman Krznaric, author of "How Should We Live?".

Television chef Curtis Stone (host of "The Take Home Chef") - and Tim Federle, Broadway veteran and author of "Better Nate than Never."

Catherine Stewart Adair, author of 'The Big Disconnect."

Benjamin Gilmour, author of 'Paramedico."

Kenosha author Michael Schumacher, talking about his most recent book: "Al Capp: A Life to the Contrary."

Rochelle Horowitz, transportation coordinator for the historic March on Washington. (The 50th anniversary of that event was celebrated back in August.) Ms.

Composer and hammer dulcimer artist Malcolm Dalglish joins James Schatzman to talk about his collaboration this weekend with the Choral Arts Society of Southeastern Wisconsin.

The United Environmental Council pays its monthly visit to the program.

Bryan Albrecht, president of Gateway Technical College, pays his monthly visit to the program, exploring the theme of "Giving Back" with the CEO for the United Way of Kenosha.

We have several interviews: David Shoemaker, author of "The Squared Circle: Life, Death, and Professional Wrestling" ..... UW-Parkside English professor Teresa Coronado, talking about Edgar Allan Poe ....

John Stulligross and Jessica Retlzaff, Outreach and Enrollment Specialists for the Kenosha Community Health Center return to the morning show to update us on the implementation of the Affordable Health Care Act - and phone

Carthage professor Art Cyr joins us to discuss current events

Gateway Technical College writing instructor Barbara McCloskey talks about her novels, which are set during World War II.

Dr. Jonathan Shailor and Haisan Williams discuss a program on Saturday, December 7th at 2 p.m.

Patrick O'Donnell, author of "Dog Company: the Boys of Pointe-du-Hoc; the Rangers who accomplished D-Day's Toughest Mission and led the Way."

Dr. Kevin Casas-Zamora, head of the Secretariat for Political Affairs for the OAS - the Organization of American States.

We'll have several interviews, including one with Simon Garfield, author of "To the Letter: A Celebration of the Lost Art of Letter Writing."

For the monthly visit of the UEC (United Environmental Council) Nan Calvert brings us Tami Ryan, with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, who is current president of the Wisconsin chapter of the Wildlife Society

From the archives: Alexandra Zapruder, talking about the book "Salvaged Pages," a collection of Holocaust diaries written by young people, which she edited. Ms.

Journalist Robert MacNeil, author of "Looking for my Country: Finding Myself in America." The memoir includes his recollections of what unfolded in Dallas on November 22nd.

Ellen Fitzpatrick, author of "Letters to Jackie: Condolences from a Grieving Nation." She is the first historian to carefully examine many of the letters that were sent to Mrs.

Two counter-factual books which imagine how history might have played out had JFK survived the assassination attempt in Dallas. Jeff Greenfield talks about his book "The Second Term of John F.

Terry Galway, author of "Let Every Nation Know: John F. Kennedy In His Own Words."

Enrollment specialists from the Kenosha Community Health Center will talk about how citizens can get help in enrolling in the marketplace of the Affaordable Health care Act.

Our guests include Gateway Technical College President Dr.

Dr. Thomas Noer, Professor of History at Carthage, is with us to talk about John F. Kennedy.

Dr. Art Cyr, director of the Clausen Center, joins us to talk about current events.

We preview the upcoming American Experience documentary "JFK," which airs early next week. (This is the first of ten morning shows which in one way or another will touch upon the legacy of John F.

We speak to several guests, including the author of "Soup Night," a book which celebrates the endless variety to be found in soups and what a wonderful choice it is when people want to gather together around food.

We speak with Hank Greenspan (brother os Racinian Ellen Cardwell) who is a professor and playwright at the University of Michigan - talking about the experience of interviewing and re-interviewing Holocaust victims over th

Among several interviews will be one with the author of "The Everything Store," which examines the story of Amazon.com and its founder, Jeff Bezos.

Because of technical difficulties during Thursday's Morning Show, we are rebroadcasting the interview with world renowned nature photographer Carl Sams, who is making an appearance in Lake Geneva this coming Saturday.

Former child actress Melissa Francis ("Little House on the Prairie") talks about her recently published memoir, "Daughter of a Stage Mother."

Journalist Joanna Lipman, co-author of the best-selling book "Strings Attached," which tells the inspiring story of a Ukrainian-born music teacher whose relentless insistence on excellence left a powerful and lasting impre

We preview an outstanding American Experience documentary airing tonight on PBS which looks back 75 years to the "War of the Worlds" radio broadcast by Orson Welles and the Mercury Theater of the Air- a broadcast which thr

Gregg Albright, Disease Management Pharmacist for Wheaton Franciscan Health Care-All Saints - talking about the practice and evolution of pharmacy (what did pharmacists used to do and what do they do now) - how medications

Jennifer Holland - "Unlikely Loves" - stories and photos of surprising affection between different kinds of animals.

Paolo Szot, the star of the Metropolitan Opera's current production of "The Nose" by Shostakovich, which is seen in the Met's next High Definition simulcast this Saturday.

Acclaimed children's author Lauren Stringer, "When Stravinsky met Nijinsky." Also, Stanley Weitraub: "The Young Mr. Roosevelt" (about FDR's tenure as assistant secretary of the navy during World War One.)