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.)
The Morning Show
Three participants in the recent Johnson Foundation conference at Wingspread on providing better mental health treatment to young people.
Susan Reyburn, from the staff of the Library of Congress, talks about her latest book: "Football Nation: Four Hundred Years of America's Game."
For the monthly visit of the United Environmental Council, Nan Calvert helps lead a discussion about soil with Dr. Patti Nagoi.
Postponed from last week: local writer and Kenosha poet laureate Angie Aker talks about a recent entry in her blog Angie Up which has gone viral, being shared by thousands of people across the country.
Gateway Technical College President Bryan Albrecht pays his monthly visit to the program - joined by three members of the college's Board of Trustees.
We'll share several interviews, including one with John Schlimm, the author of "The Cheesy Vegan" which explains how it is possible to create and cook with delicious cheese that is entirely plant-based rather than dairy.
We speak with Amy Gail Bauer, a Carthage graduate who is now a best-selling author, who will be back in the area during her alma mater's homecoming to sign copies of her novel "The Butterfly Sister."
Viswa Subbaraman, the new artistic director of Milwaukee's Skylight Music Theatre (formally Skylight Opera) talks about his career, the Skylight, and about the innovative production of Beethoven's "Fidelio" (done in the st
A look back at the construction of America's Erie Canal. Gerald Koeppel's book is titled "Bond of Union: Building the Eric Canal and the American Empire."
Dr. Nancy Davidson is a psychologist whose book is titled "The Secret of Lost Cats: One Woman, 20 Posters, and a New Understanding of Love." Dr.
Most of the program will be devoted to a new book titled "No Plan B: Peyton Manning's Comeback with the Denver Broncos."
We will air several interviews about travel, including a newly recorded conversation with Clare Currie, Managing Editor of DK Travel Guides, which are among the most highly regarded of their kind.
Our guest is Tom Hlavacek, executive director of the Alzheimer's Association of Southeastern Wisconsin.
We spend part of the hour with Rebecca Musser with "The Witness Wore Red," a woman who grew up in a polygamous fundamentalist Mormon sect, who was married off at the age of 19 to the sect's 85-year-old leader Rulon Jeffs-
To commemorate Jury Appreciation Month, we talk with Judge Chad Kerkman, Clerk of Courts Rebecca Matoska Mentink, Assistant District Attorney Drew Burgoyne, and defense attorney Bret Ekes.
We'll speak with a National Geographic representative about their newest initiative, The Great Nature Project, which is designed to encourage Americans to get out into nature with their cameras.
Gateway Technical College President Bryan Albrecht pays his monthly visit to the program. The topic is Apprenticeships.
Emma McLaughlin and Nicola Kraus ("The Nanny Diaries") discuss their most recent book, "The First Affair," which tells the story of the scandal surrounding an affair between a U.S. President and a White House intern.
Dr. Thomas Carr, paleontologist at Carthage College, joins us (along with two students) to talk about the most recent dinosaur dig in Montana.
Dr. Art Cyr, director of the Clausen Center, joins us for his monthly visit to discuss world events.
We speak with Katie Hafner, the author of a highly acclaimed new book titled "Mother Daughter Me: A Memoir." She writes of the challenges involved when she allowed her mother to move in with her and her teenage daughter.
We speak with best-selling author Jerry Oppenheimer about his latest book, "Crazy Rich," which gives a behind the scenes look at the family behind the familiar Johnson & Johnson brand name as well as the Robert Wood Jo
Our guest is Ian Doescher, author of "William Shakespeare's Star Wars," which retells the story from the original Star Wars movie in the language of Shakespeare.
We talk to Peter Lance, author of "Deal with the Devil: The FBI's Secret 30-Year Relationship with a Mafia Killer." The book uncovers the close working relationship between the FBI and a Mafia figure who appears to have us
Our week concludes with Dr. Andrew Delbanco, the Julian Clarence Levi Professor of Humanities and Director of American Studies at Columbia University.
Gateway Technical College President Bryan Albrecht pays his monthly visit to the program, accompanied by Zina Haywood, Executive VP and Provost, and Jane Finkenbine, GTC's Director of College Connection.
In anticipation of the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington - and the PBS American Experience documentary "The March" which airs this week - we'll speak with Rachelle Horowitz, who was transportation director f
From the archives: My guest is S.C. Gwynne, author of " Empire of the Summer Moon," The Rise and Fall of the Comanche Empire.
For the monthly visit of the UEC (United Environmental Council) we meet Mike Goffman, owner of a non-profit business called "Recyclean."
"The Big Disconnect" is a careful look at how our addiction to certain kinds of modern technology (surfing the internet, social media, video games, etc.) is damaging our social fabric and especially the well-being of our f
Dr. Art Cyr, from Carthage College, pays his monthly visit to the program to talk about current issues.
Postponed from last week- a look back at Vince Lombardi's first season as coach of the Green Bay Packers- who at the time were one of the worst teams in the NFL but who would soon be transformed into one of the all-time gr
Dr. Dean Yohnk, from the University of Wisconsin- Parkside, joins us to talk about several things, including the new series replacing Arts Alive.
Benjamin Gilmour, author of 'Paramedico: Around the World by Ambulance." Gilmour is an Australian paramedic who worked as a paramedic all over the world in places like South Africa, Thailand, Pakistan, and Venice, Italy.
Kate Jerome, from Gateway Technical College's horticulture faculty, returns to the program to answer listener questions about lawn and garden care.
Our guest is Joshua Kendall, author of "America's Obsessives: The Compulsive Energy that Built a Nation." He discusses a number of important American innovators and inventors who had obsessive-compulsive tendencies and who
We spend part of the hour with Christian Habermann, co-author of "SEO for 2013: Search Engine Optimization Made Easy." The book outlines various methods by which an individual or a company can show up higher and more promi