Our guest is Murtaza Solangi, Director General of the Pakistan Broadcasting Corporation. A native of Pakistan, he studied radio broadcasting at Gateway Technical College 2001-2003 and was an intern at WGTD.
The Morning Show
A look at "The Good News Club," a Christian evangelical group that is active in public schools across the country.
In this 50th anniversary year of the Cuban Missile Crisis, we speak with the author of a book called "The Madman Theory" - a historical novel based on alternative history, built on the premise that Nixon won the 1960 presi
We preview the world premiere of a new piece commissioned by the Choral Arts Society of Southeastern Wisconsin. We also preview tonight's Multiple-Piano Monster Concert at Carthage.
We speak with the author of "The Fight for Home," a new book about the struggle to rebuild New Orleans in the wake of Hurricane Katrina.
25 years after the creation of the AIDS Memorial Quilt (under the auspices of the NAMES Project) we speak to the man who conceived the idea of the quilt, activist Cleve Jones.
We speak to two authors: Eric Greitens, a former NAVY Seal, and author of "The Warrior's Heart: Becoming a Man of Compassion and Courage," and Timothy O'Brien, author of "The Lincoln Conspiracy," a fascinating novel built
Bryan Albrecht joins us for his months morning show visit, along with Brian Agen from Modine Manufacturing in Racine.
Our guest is Nataly Kelly, a professional translator who has co-written a new book called "Found in Translation: How Language Shapes Our Lives and Transforms the World."
We'll have a preview of UW-Parkside's production of The Three Penny Opera, by Kurt Weill and Bertold Brecht, which opened this past weekend. We'll speak with the production's director, Lisa Kornetsky.
UW-Parkside English Professor Jonathan Shailor will join us to talk about his prison theater program, and the resistance which he has experienced from the administration of the Racine Correctional Facility.
The topic is politics with Carthage professors Jeffrey Roberg and Jon Summers, who co-teach a course every four years during the presidential campaigns - focusing on both the political issues at hand and the role of the me
We preview the upcoming production of Georges Bizet's "Carmen" at the Milwaukee Florentine Opera, talking with two of the lead singers in the cast.
Our guest is Alex Hitz, author of a book which is a combination cookbook and memoir: "My Beverly Hills Kitchen: Classic Southern Cooking with a French Twist." Hitz grew up in Georgia at the height of the civil rights movem
Author Stephen Bown talks about his book "The Last Viking: The Life of Roald Amundsen," the first man to reach the South Pole, the leader of the first successful traversal through the Northwest Passage, and the first man t
We'll be talking about a special exhibit of a portion of the Names Project AIDS Memorial Quilt at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside.
Monte Burke, author of "Fourth and Goal: One Man's Quest to Recapture His Dream." The book outlines the true story of Joe Moglia, a spectacularly successful businessman who turned his back on that world to pursue his lifel
We introduce you to Robert G. Hasty, the new music director of the Kenosha Symphony Orchestra, whose first concert is this Saturday evening.
You'll hear an interview with historian and author Harlow Giles Unger, whose latest book is a biography of one of America's most under appreciated statesmen, John Quincy Adams, who was our sixth president and served with o
We spend most of the hour with Anna Stadeck, head of archives at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside Library.
We're joined by Professor Richard Meier, who heads up the creative writing program at Carthage and has just had a new book of his poetry published.
We'll look back at some of the most memorable NFL stars of the rough-and-tumble 1970's with the author of 'The Last Head Bangers." Also, we speak with the author of "Concussions and our Kids," which examines the serious pr
We're delighted to welcome an array of talented cartoonists who are in town this weekend as participants the second annual Kenosha Festival of Cartooning.
Dr. Thomas Carr, paleontologist at Carthage College, will be joining us with a colleague and two students to talk about his most recent "dinosaur dig" in rural Montana.
Today's program includes a preview of the season-opening concert of the Arts Alive series at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. . . Five By Design. . . .which is coming up on Thursday evening, Sept. 27th.
We hope to highlight the upcoming Circles of Peace event this weekend by speaking with Clayborn Carson, author of a biography about Martin Luther King Jr.
Dr. Art Cyr, director of the Clausen Center, brings us the latest executive-in-residence at Carthage, Steve Hopp, Area Vice President for Gallagher Benefit Services.
We speak with the Jerelle Kraus, a long-time staff member with the New York Times, whose new book is called "All the art that's fit to print (and some that's not) - Inside the New York Times' Op-Ed Page."
John Ennis talks about "In the Shadow of Greatness," which gathers together 33 stories by 33 different soldiers deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan.
We preview an American Experience documentary "Death and the Civil War" by Ric Burns, who co-produced the groundbreaking PBS series "The Civil War" with his brother Ken.
From the archives: For Suicide Prevention Week, we rebroadcast an interview with Joan Wickersham, author of "The Suicide Index: Putting My Father's Death in Order." The book outlines Ms.
For the monthly visit of the UEC, the United Environmental Council, Nan Calvert brings us Nathan Aaberg, Associate Director of the Conservancy of Lake County, and Michael Sands, of the Liberty Prairie Foundation.
Bryan Albrecht, the president of Gateway Technical College, joins us for his monthly visit to the program.
We spend most of the hour with political writer/analyst James Fellows, who has a fascinating article in the current issue of Atlantic Monthly on the upcoming presidential debates and what we should be looking for.
We'll preview a performance this weekend of "Pieces: In My Own Voice," which is being presented under the auspices of the local chapter of NAMI.
Part One - Mike Freeman "Undefeated," a look at the perfect season of the 1972 Miami Dolphins. Part Two- the conclusion of Sprague Theobald, talking about "The Other side of the Ice."
Part One - Sprague Theobald "The Other Side of the Ice." Part Two - Patrick Sutton, director of the National Theater School of Ireland.
Gateway Technical College horticulture instructor Kate Jerome joins us in the studio to answer your questions about your lawn and garden.
Carthage professors Jeffrey Roberg and Penny Seymoure, co-authors of "Tourism in Northeastern Argentina: The Intersection of Human and Indigenous Rights with the Environment." The region they write about is one of the most
Doug Damman, curator of the Civil War Museum in Kenosha, joins us to talk about some exciting events coming up at the museum in the next several weeks.
Professor Alan Brandt, author of "The Cigarette Century: The Rise and Fall and Deadly Persistence of the Product that Defined America."
From the archives: New York Times reporter Joe Drape - talking about "Our Boys: A Perfect Season on the Plains with the Smith Center Redmen." This small Kansas community boasts the most successful high school football team