The Morning Show

Mitchell Zuckoff, author of "Frozen in Time: An Epic Story of Survival and a Modern Quest for Lost Heroes of World War II."

Professor Art Cyr from Carthage College's Clausen Center joins us to offer analysis of current news events.

We look at the colorful city of Las Vegas - the most famous and familiar tourist attraction in the world - through the eyes of a former Nevada governor who grew up there. His memoir is "Son of a Gambling Man."

Jamie Cheathem joins us from the dramatic arts department at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside to talk about the production of "Twelfth Night" which is about to open there.

We'll look at the sonnets of William Shakespeare and talk with Carthage English Professor Maria Carrig about the event occurring Tuesday afternoon which specifically celebrates these delightful works.

Several different environment-related interviews will be aired in honor of Earth Day.

Scientist and Science Writer Leonard Mlodinow talks about his most recent book, "Subliminal: How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior."

For the monthly visit of the UEC, we talk about the importance of wetlands and meet a farmer from Dover who has converted over 60 acres of his property to wetlands .

On the day of Margaret Thatcher's funeral, we replay our interview with the author of "The Iron Lady," which saved as the basis of the Oscar-winning film of the same name which starred Meryl Streep.

Our guest is Marilyn Yalom, author of "How the French Invented Love: 900 Years of Passion and Romance."

We spend most of the morning show with renowned chef Curtis Stone (host of Bravo's "Top Chef Masters"), whose latest cookbook is called "What's for Dinner?" He visits Milwaukee Tuesday night.

We speak with Wendy DuBoe, President and CEO of the United Way of Metropolitan Chicago while she visits the campus of Carthage College.

We spend part of the hour with singer Michael Feinstein, whose PBS series "Michael Feinstein's American Songbook" is in its third season.

Gateway Technical College President Bryan Albrecht is joined by three Gateway students who are part of the school's local chapter of BPA - the Business Professionals of America.

Author Tim Federle talks about his novel "Better Nate than Never," which is about a young teenage boy whose greatest dream is to sing in a show on Broadway.

In honor of Holocaust Remembrance Day, Gregory Berg replays some memorable past programs on the topic, including a conversation with Alexandra Zapruder, editor of "Salvaged Pages," a collection of Holocaust diaries of youn

We preview the upcoming third season of the PBS series "Michael Feinstein's American Songbook" by talking with series producer/director Amber Edwards.

Local author James Neibaur talks about his latest book, which examines some of the silent short films of the great Buster Keaton.

We speak with sportswriter Tim Wendel about his book "Summer of '68," which focuses on the some of the most dramatic sports stories of 1968, including the dramatic World Series victory of the Detroit Tigers, which brought

We preview several upcoming arts events, including a concert performance of Verdi's opera "La Traviata" by the Lake Geneva Symphony Orchestra, and two choral concerts at Carthage College including a homecoming concert by t

Actor Brian Gill (recently on the program to talk about a UW-Parkside production he recently directed) returns to talk about his experiences of teaching acting.

Hope Edelman, author of "Motherless Daughters: How Losing a Mother Shapes the Parent you Become."

We speak with representatives of the Lakeside Players about the beauty of the Rhode Opera House as well as its need for renovation.

David Browne, author of "Fire and Rain: The Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, James Taylor, CSNY, and the Lost Story of 1970."

Dr. Salvatore Iaquinta, author of "The Year They Tried to Kill Me: Surviving a surgical internship... even if the patients don't."

Professor Art Cyr, Director of the Clausen Center at Carthage, offering commentary on current events.

Historian Walter Bourneman, author of "The Admirals," a look at the 5-star U.S. admirals who played such a crucial role in the Allies' victory in World War Two.

We speak to Guida Brown, the most recent recipient of the Susan B. Anthony Award.

From the archives: Seth Schulman, "The Telephone Gambit," which tells the fascinating story of the invention of the telephone and how someone other than Alexander Graham Bell perhaps deserves credit for this world-changing

For the monthly visit by the UEC (the United Environmental Council) we'll speak with Jean Demehl, executive director of the River Bend Nature Center.

John Elder Robison, author of "Raising Cubby: A Father and Son's Adventures with Asperger's, Trains, Tractors, and High Explosions." Both Robison and his son live with Asperger's Syndrome.

We preview the Milwaukee Florentine's upcoming production of BenjaminBritten's comic masterpiece "Albert Herring." We'll have several interviews, including one with the Florentine's general director, William Florescu, who

We replay a conversation with local artist Eric Houghton, whose written and illustrated a children's book titled "Katrina" which recounts his family's harrowing escape from New Orleans just ahead of the hurricane.

Professional actor Brian Gill, who is directing UW-Parkside's production of "The Book of Days."

Robert Miola, theater professor at Loyola University (Baltimore, Maryland) who speaks at Carthage this afternoon at Carthage on the challenges of editing Shakespeare's Macbeth.

We speak with Howard Rosenblatt, who has translated the work of Nobel Prize-winning Chinese author Mo Yan.

We talk about the legacy of Theodore Geissel as we preview this weekend's Seuss-a-thon at Carthage College.

Kenosha author Michael Schumacher returns to the morning show to talk about his most recent book: "Al Capp: A Life to the Contrary." Capp is most famous for his comic strip "Li'l Abner," which ran for 43 years.

Our guest is Professor David Schultz (Hamline University), the author of "American Politics in the Age of Ignorance: Why Lawmakers Choose Belief over Research."

We speak with John Barylick, author of "Killer Show: The Station Nightclub Fire, America's Deadliest Rock Concert." The tragic fire, which took place 10 years ago on the 20th of this month, claimed 100 lives.

We'll spend part of the hour with writer and activist Sister Souljah, talking about her latest novel.

We will examine the hidden and unconscious biases which nearly all of us have and about which we are scarcely aware. Our guest is a psychologist and co-author of the new book "Blind Spot.

We will find out about the Racine Art Museum's Spark program, which offers up artistic opportunities to persons suffering from the early to mid stages of Alzheimer's Disease.

Professor Art Cyr from Carthage College joins us to talk about current events.

For President's Day- Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham talks about his newest book, a biography of our third president, Thomas Jefferson.

Gateway Technical College President Bryan Albrecht pays his monthly visit to the program; he'll be joined by Joseph Whiten, John Dahms, and Terry Simmons, who are all with the Public Safety program at Gateway.

This month's visit of the UEC- the United Environmental Council- concerns the Caledonia Conservancy.

To observation of National Heart Month, we speak with Dr. Joel Kahn, Director of Preventive Cardiology at the Detroit Medical Center and a professor at Wayne State University School of Medicine.

We'll air several different interviews pertaining to our 16th president, Abraham Lincoln, on his 204th birthday.

We speak with Neil Scharnick, a member of the theater faculty at Carthage College, and several theater students at Carthage who recently returned from a trip to Ireland, where they collaborated in the creation and mounting