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The Morning Show

E. Dolores Johnson, author of "Say I'm Dead:  A Family Memoir of Race, Secrets, and Love."  

Dr. Ron Cronovich,  Professor of Economics at Carthage College.   

Marc Freeman, author of "Modern Family: The Untold Oral History of one of Television's Groundbreaking Sitcoms." 

Julian Lester, author of "Let's Talk about Race" - a book intended to help parents and teachers talk with children about issues related to race, prejudice, and justice.   Also-  Lawrence Gonzales, author of

Suketa Mehta, author of "This Land is Our Land:  An Immigrant's Manifesto" 

Howard Means, author of "Splash!  10,000 Years of Swimming."  

Nan Calvert - from Root-Pike WIN - and Mary Ann Feist, curator of the Wisconsin State Herbarium and president of the Wisconsin Botanical Club. 

 Part One:  Ingrid Newkirk, co-founder of PETA, and coauthor of "Animalkind: Remarkable Discoveries about Animals and Revolutionary New Ways to show them Compassion."  Part Two:  Soman Ch

Bryan Albrecht, president of Gateway Technical College,  Ray Koukari, Dean of Manufacturing, Engineering and IT at GTC, and entrepreneur Jeff Daniel.

Brian Dumaine, author of "Bezonomics:  How Amazon is Changing Our Lives and what the world's best companies are learning from it." 

How have local restaurants contended with the restrictions of COVID-19?  Our guests include Steve Torcaso, manager of the Italian-American Club in Kenosha.  

Dr. Thomas Carr, head of the paleontology program at Carthage College.

Change of schedule:   Our guest is Zachary J.

Kate Anderson Borwer, author of "Team of Five:  The President's Club in the Age of Trump."

Economist Howard Steven Friedman, author of "The Ultimate Price:  The Value We Place On Life."  

Area clergy talk about the possibility of moving towards in-person worship.  

Chad Seales, author of "Religion Around Bono."   The book is an illuminating look at the beliefs, principles and influence of Bono, lead singer for the group U2.

Sam Sacket shares his story as a nursing student at Gateway Technical College. 

Helen Sampson, quality coordinator for the Kenosha County Aging and Disability Resource Center, talks about the services they are continuing to provide during COVID-19 ...

No Morning Show broadcast because of Memorial Day.  <On today's Podcast of the Morning Show,  Thomas Childer's "Soldiers from the War Returning." 

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From the archives-  David France's book "How to Survive a Plague:  The Inside Story of how Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS." 

Dr. George Archibald, Co-founded of the International Crane Foundation.  

Karen Brunssen,  president of NATS (the National Association of Teachers of Singing) 

Part one:  Kenosha mayor John Antaramian.  Part two:  Scott Turow, author of "The Last Trial."  Turow is one of the country's most successful authors of legal thrillers.

Rescheduled from last Friday-  Nan Calvert (Root-Pike WIN) and Kevin Doyle, Rare Plant Botanist with the WI DNR.

Part One:  Marlo Thomas and Phil Donahue talk about their book "What Makes a Marriage Last:  40 Celebrated Couples Share With Us the Secrets to a Happy Life."  Thomas and Donahue are about to celebrate their

Jody Sekas, a member of the theater arts faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, talks about teaching classes like Scenic Painting online, along with Lynsey Gallagher, a sophomore theater major at UW-Parkside.&nbs

Beth Dugan, Division Chair and Instructor for the Hospitality Management Program at Gateway Technical College, talks about the challenges being faced by the hospitality industry during the COVID-19 ...

We speak with three art professors at Carthage College: Kimberly Greene, Ryan Miller, and Jojin Van Winkle, about teaching courses like ceramics, drawing, sculpture and 3-D Design in online virtual format.

Author Fern Schumer Chapman.  She has written a new children's book titled "Happy Harper Thursdays:  A Grandmother's Love for her Granddaughter during the Corona Virus."   Her previous books include "Mo

Kevin Crosby,  Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Carthage College - and Director of the Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium. 

Bryan Albrecht, president of Gateway Technical College - and Patrick Booth, President and CEO of CCB Technologies, who is GTC's keynote speaker for its upcoming virtual commencement. 

Frank Snowden, author of "The Conquest of Malaria: Italy 1900-1962." 

Part One: Natasha Gregson Wagner, daughter of actress Natalie Wood, talks about a new documentary film "Natalie Wood:  What Remains Behind," that  premieres tonight on HBO.  

Pawan Dhingra, author "Hyper Education: Why Good Schools, Good Grades, and Good Behavior are Not Enough."

Benjamin Teitelbaum, author of "War for Eternity:  Inside Steve Bannon's Far-Right Circle of Global Power Brokers."  

Part one- Dr. Debbie Ford, Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. Part two- Dr.

Rita Hagen, Executive Director of Hospice Alliance - and Jennifer Sytkowski, Bereavement Coordinator.  They will talk about the work that continues to be done at Hospice Alliance even during COVID-19.

Dr. Art Cyr, Clausen Distinguished Professor of Political Economy and World Business.

Part 1 - Dr. Sarah Pina, Assistant Professor of Latin Literature at UW-Parkside and Gabby Richardson, a pre-med student minoring in Spanish talking about their experience with online teaching/learning.

Tom Clavin, author of "Tombstone" - and Ed Ruggero, author of "Blame the Dead."  

Bryan Albrecht,  President of Gateway Technical College. 

Part One: Guida Brown, Executive Director of the Hope Council on Alcohol and Other Drugs, talks about the challenges that the COVID-19 crisis is posing to people struggling with addiction.  Part Two:  Michael Mah

Part One: Dr. Thomas Noer, Valor Distinguished Professor of the Humanities and Professor of History at Carthage talks about the most serious epidemics that have been part of American history.

Peter Dennee,  Associate Professor of Music at Carthage, about the Fulbright Scholar Grant he was awarded to do research in Tanzania next year. 

We hear from Gateway Technical College instructors about the challenges of online teaching during the COVID-19 Crisis.

Therapist Amy Sprague Champeau offers some thoughts on how we can remain emotionally and mentally healthy through the stresses of the COVID-19 Crisis. 

We remember Professor John Buenker, a history professor at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside for 33 years, who was also a frequent Morning Show guest.  We replay an interview from February 2, 2001

 No Morning Show broadcast because of Easter Monday.  There will be a podcast version of today's Morning Show.