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The Morning Show

Today is the monthly visit of the United Environmental Council and Nan Calvert.

Our guest is Linda Flashinski, who is well-known to WGTD listeners for the programs she has hosted on Education Matters and Community Matters.

We speak to Alex John, a Carthage student who recently came out to the world as a transgender person- born male but transitioning to be a female.

We speak with professional musician Zachary Scot Johnson (originally from Racine) - whose musical exploits include a Youtube project called The Song A Day Project, in which Zach (often with various musical friends and coll

Carol Burrow GIanforte, autho of "My Heart Leads Me Home-A Daughter's Memoir," comprised of 21 stories about her life growing up on Racine's Carlisle Avenue in the 1950's and 1960's.

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

We'll talk with Courtney Greve, an instructor in GTC's horticulture department, about the school's upcoming plant sale.

You'll meet the three talented Kenosha teenagers - Joey Belotti, Michael Aiello, and Charles Aiello - who comprise the popular trio "The Bugs." They are about to release a brand new recording.

We speak with Marina Cantacuzino, author of "The Forgiveness Project: Stories for a Vengeful Age." The book is designed to help people consider what it means to offer forgiveness - and what both the cost and benefit of for

We'll take an in tour of the Kenosha Theater, a spectacular movie house built in the late 1920, which closed in 1963 - but which still stands on the south edge of downtown.

Gateway Technical College horticulture instructor Kate Jerome pays her visit to the program - and will be fielding questions from listeners about lawn and garden

We look back on the life and career of the genius who invented the Polaroid camera- and the copy infringement

Our guests are Dr. Sue Jarvis-Savaglio, superintendent of the Kenosha Unified School District ... who will also be joined by the president of the KUSD School Board.

We speak with the author of "Jimmie Lee and James: 2 Lives, 2 Deaths, and the Movement that Changed America." This is a detailed chronicle of the shocking murders of two men - one white, one black - which garnered a ground

Local psychologist Leesa Abbott talks about her new book, "Professional Patient: A Memoir of Bipolar Disorder." She is a psychologist who herself has grappled with mental illness.

We speak with Donald Sull, co-author of "SImple Rules: How to Thrive in a Complex World."

Best-selling novelist Ralph Peters talks about his latest Civil War novel, "Valley of the Shadow."

Acclaimed writer David Kherdian - originally from Racine - who returns to his hometown for a series of special events between May 19-25, including events at the Racine Heritage Musuem and Golden Rondelle Theater.

Professor Art Cyr from Carthage College offers analysis of current events.

The monthly visit of the United Environmental Council. Nan Calvert welcomes into our studios Rev. David Rhodes to talk about "Green Congregations."

A preview of the Carthage Opera Workshop performances this weekend of Puccini's verismo masterpiece "Il Tabarro" (The Cloak) and excerpts from two different settings of La Boheme.

Richard Goldstein, author of "Another Little Piece of My Heart," a memoir about his years as rock critic for the Village Voice. He was friends with many famous artists of the late 60's, including Janis Joplin.

Elizabeth Heidorn, Executive Director of the Racine Zoo.

Our program opens with astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the second man to walk on the moon. He has just written a book titled "Mission to Mars: My Vision for Space Exploration."

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

On the 100th birthday of film legend Orson Welles, we speak with film historian and author Patrick McGilligan, who is in town as part of the Centennial Festivities.

We preview the Milwaukee Florentine's upcoming production of Donizetti's beloved bel canto comedy "The Elixir of Love."

Part One: Dennis Duchene, President of the Kenosha Area Convention and Visitors Bureau.

In anticipation of the upcoming Orson Welles Centennial Celebration in Kenosha, we speak with film historical Joseph McBride, who knew Welles and worked with him.

We preview the next performance in the Fine Arts at First series - a tribute to the great Benny Goodman.

We preview the University of Wisconsin Parkside's production of "The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee," which opens this weekend

We talk about a brand new exhibit, Frank Lloyd Wright and the Wasmuth Portfolio (1910), before it opens to the public May 1.

We speak with African-American opera singer Angela S. Brown, who is coming to Kenosha and Racine this weekend form perform her one-woman presentation "Opera from a Sistah's Point of View." Ms.

We'll have several interviews, including one with best-selling novelist Steve Berry, whose latest thriller is titled "The Patriot Threat" - and is based on the intriguing scenario that it might be possible for another nati

We preview Carthage's upcoming performances of the musical "The Man of La Mancha." We'll speak with director Herschel Kruger, as well as several members of the cast.

Carthage Political Science Professor Yuri Maltsev is our guest.

We preview the next concert of the Racine Symphony by speaking with the most recent winner of their Young Artist Competition, Alex Zhu, and the RSO's composer-in-residence, Jim Stephenson.

Carthage College Professor Art Cyr joins us for his monthly visit to the program, offering his analysis of current events.

The hour includes a preview of this weekend's "Our Town" concert by the Kenosha Symphony Orchestra.

Our guest is Roseanne Montillo, author of "The Wilderness of Ruin: A Tale of Madness, Fire, and the Hunt for America's Youngest Serial Killer." Her book explores the fascinating and largely forgotten story of a young boy w

We spend part of the hour with Mary Norris, an editor at The New Yorker magazine, whose new book is called "Confessions of a Comma Queen." Also, Nick Demske talks about the Bonk Performance Series.

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

Bruce Henderson, author of "Rescue at Los Banos: The Most Daring Prison Camp Raid of World War II." Los Banos was a Japanese civilian prison camp in the heart of the Philippines.

For the monthly visit of the United Environmental Council, Nan Calvert brings to the morning show Dr. James Reinartz, from the Southeast Wisconsin Invasive Plant Consortium.

We'll spend part of the hour with two representatives of the Friends of the Kenosha Public Museum.

We begin with Dr. Norman Doidge, the author of "How the Brain Heals Itself." After that, Dr.

We speak with James Schatzman, from Racine Vocational Ministries.

Our guest is Dr. Harriet Brown, the author of "Body of Truth: How Science, History, and Culture Drive our Obsession with Weight - and What We Can Do About it."

We speak with Bonner Paddock, co-author of an inspiring memoir titled "One More Step" in which he recounts some of the extraordinary adventures he has had - including climbing Mt.

Today's Morning Show is pre-empted by a special edition of Education Matters - as Duane Olsen hosts a forum featuringcandidates for the Racine Unified School Board.