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The Morning Show

We reconnect with best-selling Wisconsin author Michael Perry, whose latest book is titled "Visiting Tom: A Man, A Highway, and the Road to Roughneck Grace." He will be signing books in Milwaukee Friday night.

We preview a P.O.V.

Our guest is Kenosha attorney Michael Cicchini, who has written a book about how our civil liberties are being steadily eroded in our modern criminal justice system and what can be done to reverse the trend.

Gateway Technical College president Bryan Albrecht pays his monthly visit to the program, and joining him is Dan Clancy, outgoing president of the state technical college system.

Jeff Roberg and Jerald Mast, members of the Carthage College political science department, join us in the studio to talk about Obama vs. Romney and how the recent Paul Ryan VP announcement might affect the race.

For the first time, we welcome to the program the new President of Carthage College, Dr. Gregory Woodward.

Dr. Art Cyr pays his monthly visit to the program to offer analysis of current events.

We speak with Kenosha native Tom Vignieri, who is music producer for the award- winning program "From The Top," which showcases spectacularly talented young musical prodigies.

Our guest is Francis Slakey, author of "To the Last Breath: A Memoir of Going to Extremes." The book explores how the author set out to climb the highest mountains of each continent and surf all of the world's oceans.

We talk about education reform with David Drew, author of "Stem the Tide: Reforming Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Education in America." The book addresses mounting concerns about America falling behind its co

From the archives: Charles C. Mann, author of "1491: New Revelations of the Americas before Columbus," which has just been released in paperback.

It's the monthly visit of the UEC- the United Environmental Council.

We preview this week's P.O.V. telecast, which is actually a collection of short documentaries.

Ken Budd, author of "The Voluntourist: A Six-Country Tale of Love, Loss, Fatherhood, Fate, and Singing Bon Jovi in Bethlehem."

Postponed from two weeks ago: Robert Zorn, author of "Cemetery John: The Undiscovered Mastermind Behind the Lindbergh Kidnapping."

From the archives: Steven Squires, author of "Roving Mars"

We talk about this weekend's Relay for Life for the American Cancer Society.

We preview the Kenosha Public Museum's Pike River Rendezvous, which is coming up this weekend.

Therapist Amy Champeau joins us to discuss how best to confront someone in your life about some sort of difficult issue.

Postponed from two weeks ago: "Green Bay Packers: Trials, Triumphs, and Tradition" by William Povletich.

Our guest is Gateway Technical College President Bryan Albrecht. paying his monthly visit to the program.

We'll spend most of the program on the monthly visit of the UEC- the United Environmental Council. We'll also preview that night's P.O.V.

Dr. Art Cyr, director of the Clausen Center for World Business, and Clausen Distinguished Professor of Political Economy and World Business, pays his monthly visit to the program to offer commentary on current events.

Our guests today are Deborah Harkness, author of "A Discovery of Witches," and also Erin Morgenstern, author of "The Night Circus."

We speak with Craig Johnson, author of "The Cold Dish: A Walt Longmire Mystery" and the subsequent books in the best-selling series. The books inspired the new program "Longmire," a highly-rated series on A&E.

We will discuss a new non-profit school scheduled to open this fall in Kenosha, Open Wings, which is designed to service a wide range of young learners including children who are autistic.

We talk with Bill Povletich, the author of "Green Bay Packers: Trials, Triumphs and Tradition."

We preview the next documentary on the PBS series P.O.V. - this time a film about the educating of women in Syria.

We speak with Dr. F. Gregory Campbell one last time before he steps down after twenty-five years as president of Carthage College.

From the archives: James Gleick, author of "The Information: A History, a Theory, a Flood." The book explores how the nature of information, how we secure it, and how we share it with each other has changed over the course

From the archives: David Browne, author of "Fire & Rain: The Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, James Taylor, CSNY, and the Lost Story of 1970." This best-selling book has just been re-released in paperback.

We preview the next P.O.V. documentary, "Guilty Pleasures," which airs tonight on PBS. It examines the world of harlequin novels.

Carthage College's Thomas Carr and Megan Seitz join us in the studio to talk about the newest dinosaur expedition to Montana which they are about to lead.

Phillip McFarland, author of "Mark Twain and the Colonel: Samuel L.

Elesbeth Schoenberger, author of " Birgitte's War: A Novel of the Danish Resistance." The novel is based upon the author's real-life experiences of living through the Nazi occupation of Denmark and of her becoming part of

Eric Kester talks about his hilarious memoir "That Book About Harvard" which recounts his many misadventures as a Harvard freshman.

We speak with Ricki Lewis, author of "Forever Fix," which examines the development of gene therapy to treat chronic life threatening conditions.

No program because of the holiday.

We preview the 25th anniversary season of the Bristol Renaissance Faire with Stacy Nicks, who has worked there for 23 years in various capacities, including performer and head costumer.

Travel expert Rick Steves talks about his newest series of E-books- and we meet best-selling novelist Richard Greener, who talks about how his life-threatening heart disease was the impetus for taking up writing.

We spend the hour talking about retirement- and specifically the authors of "The 7 Most Important Equations for your Retirement" and "The Retirement Maze."

We'll introduce you to Robin Gold, a local author whose book "Once Upon a List" has just been published by Harper Collins.

Bonnie Prochaska, Executive Director of the Racine Symphony, joins us to talk about the 25th anniversary season of Lakeside Pops, which begins this Friday.

We spend most of the hour with John C. McManus, author of "September Hope: The American Side of a Bridge Too Far."

We speak with Frederick C. Harris, author of "The Price of the Ticket: Barack Obama and the Rise and Decline of Black Politics."

We spend most of the hour with historian Walter Borneman, whose latest book is titled "The Admirals: Nimitz, Halsey, Leahy and King: The 5-Star Admirals who won the War at Sea."

We highlight the 25th anniversary season of P.O.V., the PBS series which presents independently-produced documentaries. The first program of this new season airs tonight.

We speak with Seth Shulman, author of "Cooler, Smarter: Practical Steps for Low-Carbon Living." The book offers suggestions on how each of us can live with a smaller carbon footprint.

Bryan Albrecht, the president of Gateway Technical College, pays his monthly visit to the program, and is joined by Gordy Kacala, Todd Battle and Mike Van Den Bosch, the heads of the leading economic development organizati

Christie Mellor talks about his book "Fun Without Dick and Jane," which offers advice to parents who suddenly find themselves with an "empty nest" on their hands.