The Morning Show

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

Best-selling author talks about her most recent novel, "You Don't Want To Know."

Local author and film historian James Niebaur talks about his latest book, which examines the silent films of Harry Langdon.

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.