Part one: Jonathan Winkle, Executive Director of the Racine Symphony. Part two: Lauren Cochrane, author of "The Ten: The story behind the fashion classics."
The Morning Show
Melissa Kaprelian and CJ Rouse - mother and son - who both currently serve on the Racine City Council.
Curtis Wilkie, author of "When Evil Lived in Laurel: the 'White Knights' and the murder of Vernon Dahmer."
Rocco Constantino, author of "Beyond Baseball's Color Barrier: the Story of African-Americans in Major League Baseball Past, Present and Future."
Carlo Nevicosi, Deputy Director of the Walworth County Department of Health and Human Services, with a COVID update.
Patrick O'Donnell discusses his newest book, "The Indispensables: The Diverse Soldier-Mariners who shaped the country and rowed Washington across the Delaware."
No broadcast because of Memorial Day- but via Podcast: Patrick O'Donnell, author of "The Unknowns: The untold story of America's Unknown Soldier and World War II's most decorated heroes who brought him home."
Jeremy Fuchs (from Sports Illustrated), author of "Total Olympics: Every Obscure, Hilarious, Dramatic, and Inspiring Tale Worth Knowing."
Dr. Art Cyr, Clausen Distinguished Professor of Political Economy and World Business at Carthage College, offers his analysis of current events and issues.
Lawrence J. Haas, author of "The Kennedys in the World: How Jack, Bobby and Ted Remade America's Empire."
Michelle Miller-Adams, author of "The Path to Free College: In Pursuit of Access, Equity and Prosperity."
Part one: Dr. David Tolin, author of "Face Your Fears: A Proven Plan to beat Anxiety, Panic, Phobias, and Obsession." Part two: Leslie Ehm, author of "Swagger: Unleash everything you are and become everything you want."
Gateway Technical College president Bryan Albrecht. Today's program previews this weekend' commencement events.
Gaylon White, author of "The Best Little Baseball Town in the World: The Crowley Millers and Minor League Baseball in the 1950s."
Sarah Colt, director of "Billy Graham," the newest documentary film for American Experience, airing tonight on PBS.
Nan Calvert - and Samantha Katt, Storm Water Specialist with the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
Part 1- a preview this Sunday's opera concert at Carthage. Part 2- Livia Blackburne, author of "The Dream of Popo." The Blackburne is best known as a best-selling author of young adult fantasy fiction- but this is a children's book based in large part on her own real life experience as someone who emigrated from Taiwan to the U.S. when she was a young girl - leaving behind her beloved grandmother Popo.
William Kuhn (former history professor at Carthage) author of "Jackie Stories," about the friends of Jacqueline Kennedy Onasssis.
Change of Program: Sean Manning, editor of "Bound to Last: 30 Writers on their most cherished book."
Part One: Adam Koenig, Director of Advancement and Alumni Programs at Carthage College. We talk about the innovative commencement event that Koenig designed. Part Two: Local life coach Andrea Schuermann.
"61: The Story of Roger Maris, Mickey Mantle, and One Magical Summer." It was 50 years ago this summer when Maris broke Babe Ruth's longtime record for most home runs hit in a single season.
Fern Schumer Chapman, author of "Brothers, Sisters, Strangers: Sibling Estrangement and the Road to Reconciliation."
Lisa Phillips, author of "Public Radio: Behind the Voices." (Today is the 50th anniversary of the first broadcast of NPR's All Things Considered.)
Postponed from last week- Amy Hart, Behavioral Health Division Manager with Walworth County Health and Human Services - and Sonia Hill, Supervisor of the Crisis Program. We discuss a new program in which mental health specialists can come along with police officers to certain crisis situations where their help might be most needed and beneficial.
Michael Blanding, author of "North by Shakespeare: A Rogue Scholar's Quest for the Truth behind the Bard's Work."
Tom Clavin, co-author of "Blood and Treasure: Daniel Boone and the Fight for America's First Frontier."
A conversation about domestic violence with Pam Handrow, Executive Director of the Women's Resource Center and of the Bethany Apartments. We'll also be talking about the Domestic VIolence Speaker Series titled "The state of domestic violence in southeast Wisconsin."
Program Change: James Hart (a former husband of singer Carly Simon) discusses his illuminating memoir "Lucky Jim."
Part 1- Allan M. Brandt, author of "The Cigarette Century: The Rise, Fall, and Deadly Persistence of the Product that Defined America." Part 2- Greg Tate, author of "Everything but the Burden: What white people are taking away from black culture."
For National Poetry Month, Mark Eleveld, editor of "The Spoken Word Revolution: Slam, Hip Hop, and the Poetry of a New Generation."
Previewing "American Oz," an American Experience documentary about L.Frank Baum, the author of "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz."
Judy Batalion, author of "The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos."
Suneel Gupta, author of "Backable: The surprising truth behind what makes people take a chance on you." In part two a preview of Gateway's Earth Day/Eco Fest celebration. In Part Three from the archives, Jason Fine, editor of "Cash," Rolling Stone's celebration of the legendary Johnny Cash.
Nan Calvert, with Mariette Nowak, author of "Birdscaping in the Midwest: a guide to gardening with native plants to attract birds."
Dr. James Ripley, Carthage music faculty - talking about this weekend's concert by the Carthage bands, titled "Honoring Loved Ones" - and about Carthage's decision to open up music performances to the public (with limited seating) for the remainder of the spring semester.
Legendary documentarian Ken Burns talks about his new film "Hemingway" in part one of the show. In part two; "Where the Birds Are" and "The Songs of Insects" (for National Wildlife Week.)