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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.)

Maryanne Roach- "Six Women of Salem: The Accused and the Accusers in the Salem Witch Trials."

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.

W. Michael Blumenthal, U.S.

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.

(Rescheduled from last week:) Katie Hafner, author of "Mother, Daughter, Me: A Memoir."

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.