From 2012- Chris Paine talks about his documentary film "Revenge of the Electric Car," which examines the work of several different trailblazers .... including Elon Musk .... toiling tirelessly to bring electric cars into the mainstream. The interview was done just as the film was about to air on the PBS series Independent Lens. The film can now be…

One of our favorite interviews from 2024- Aime Alley Card, author of "The Tigerbelles: Olympic Legends from Tennessee State." The book chronicles the rise of the women's track team at Tennessee State in the 1950s, culminating in the spectacular successes of runners like Wilma Rudolph at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome.…

We remember renowned folk singer and composer Peter Yarrow, who passed away earlier this week, by replaying a 2012 interview about his children's book based on his song "Puff, the Magic Dragon."

Part One: Beth Bush is the guest director of the Racine Theater Guild's newest production, Joe Di Pietro's "Over the river and through the woods," which opens this coming weekend. Part Two: (one of our favorite interviews from 2024)- We talk about the Cameron Boyce Foundation, created in memory of the child actor who died several years ago from com…

(Rescheduled) - This is a preview of next week's 3rd annual Carthage Arts Symposium, titled "Peace, Parity, a New Cold War?" which takes place next Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday - January 14, 15, and 16. This is an interview with four Carthage faculty who are participating: Leslie Brothers, Visiting Assistant Professor and the current manager of …

One of our favorite interviews from 2024 (originally airing during Banned Books Week) ..... Karl Weber, author and editor of "Why Books Still Matter: Honoring Joyce Meskis: Essays on Books, Bookselling, and Publishing." Joyce Meskis was the founder of the Tattered Cover Bookstore in Denver, CO - one of the most famous independent bookstores in the …

(one of our favorite interviews from 2024) - David Lapp, co-founder of the group Braver Angels (originally known as "Better Angels) - which seeks to help people from different sides of the political divide to find ways to communicate with each other and come to a more thoughtful understanding of each other's perspectives. He came to Southeastern Wi…

(one of our favorite interviews of 2024) - Award-winning lyricist Sir Tim Rice (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Evita, Aida, etc.) The interview came right before the opening of a production of "From Here to Eternity" in Milwaukee.

(One of our favorite interviews from 2024) - Gerry Cooney, author of "Gentleman Gerry: A Contender in the Ring, a Champion in Recovery."

In memory of former U.S. President Jimmy Carter, who died on December 29th at the age of 100, we replay my 2005 conversation in which we talk about his book "Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis," which examines the importance of the separation of church and state. After that, we replay a 2021 conversation with Chuck Dalaklis, executive pr…

One of our favorite Morning Show interviews from 2024: Alexander R. Brash talks about his book"A Whaler at Twilight: A True Account of Whaling and Redemption." The book is based in large measure on a long-forgotten account written by his great-grandfather about his own experiences as a whaler.

From 2004 - Best-selling author of columnist Anna Quindlen talks about her book "Loud and Clear.

From 2010, journalist Jim Moret talks about his deeply personal book "The Last Day of my Life."

From 2013- actor and writer Eric Pierpoint talks about his book "The Last Ride of Caleb O'Toole."

From 2002- Deep sea photographer Paul Skerry talks about his book "Lost Subs: from the Hunley to the Kursk, the greatest submarines ever lost - and found."

From 2012- In another followup to Thursday's program, which featured a reunion of young men who had performed the title role of Menotti's Christmas opera "Amahl and the Night Visitors" with the Choral Arts Society over the years, we replay the 2012 interview with Nathan Engstrom, recorded just before he undertook the role. Also in the interview is …

In a follow-up to yesterday's Amahl reunion, we replay a 2002 conversation with one of those past Amahls - Michael Weideberg - along with Beth Bush, who portrayed his mother in that production, and Jeri Smith, who was the producer of the production.

From 2017 - a preview of what was a very special performance of Gian Carlo Menotti's Christmas opera "Amahl and the Night Visitors" by the Choral Arts Society - in which three past performers of the role of Amahl - Brett Angel, Michael Weideberg, and Nathan Engstrom - were invited to return to Racine for a special audience Q&A. All three participat…

From the archives: Bruce Littlefield, author of "Merry Christmas, America: Mega-watt Displays across the U.S.A."

From 2017- Martha Brockenbrough talks about her delightful children's book "Love, Santa - The Beautiful Truth About Santa."

From 2004 .... Catherine Scott-Clark talks about her book "The Amber Room: The Fate of the World's Greatest Lost Treasure."

In the wake of a tragic school shooting in Madison, Wisconsin, we are re-sharing a 2005 conversation with Katherine Newman, author of "Rampage: The Social Roots of School Shootings."

We remember John Stewig, who had a long and distinguished career in the field of library science with a specialty in children's literature. He helped to create the Center for Children's Literature at Carthage's Hedburg Library and served as director of the center from 2004 to 2014. This is a rebroadcast of our first conversation.…

We replay a 2013 conversation with Dr. Thomas Noer, long time history professor at Carthage, who passed away earlier this year. Carthage has created a special fund in memory of Professor Noer. In this interview, Professor Noer reflects on the legacy of John F. Kennedy.

From 2018- Curt Smith, author of "The Presidents and the Pastime: The History of Baseball and the White House." Smith's professional resume includes a stint as a presidential speech writer.

From the archives: Andrew Roberts, author of "Napoleon: A Life."

From 2022 - We speak with Dr. Laura Gellott, Professor Emeritus of History at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, about her book Helen Perry Curtis and the European Trip of a Lifetime." Ms. Curtis was the author of "Jean and Me," which once upon a time was an extremely popular book for young readers- and a book that Professor Gellott dearly loved…

From 2021 - Livia Blackburne talks about her beautiful children's book "I Dream of Popo."

We speak with Eddie Williams III, a corps officer and pastor with the Salvation Army Racine Chapter and Community Center, about their famous Red Kettle Campaign. We also learn a little about the history of the Salvation Army.

From 2023- April Genevieve Tucholke talks about her children's book "Merry and Hark: A Christmas Story." It's based on the true story of a small owl that accidentally traveled into New York City with that year's Christmas tree in Rockefeller Center.

In a startling role reversal, Gregory Berg is the guest .... interviewed by his longtime colleague Dave McGrath, WGTD news director - talking about the next Signature Spotlight Concert at the Racine Theater Guild which is co-hosted by Greg and his wife Kathy ..... called a Berg Christmas Special. Some family members as well as some of Greg's former…

From earlier this year- Best-selling author Earl Swift talks about his book "Across the Airless Wilds: The Lunar Rover and the Triumph of the Final Moon Landings."

From 2010 - Doug Stewart, author of "The Boy Who Would Be Shakespeare- A Tale of Forgery and Folly." It's the story of a frustrated young writer named William Henry Ireland who (beginning in the spring of 1795) produced a large number of Shakespearean fabrications that were widely accepted as authentic- for a while.…

Kailyn Palomares joins us with two of her colleagues from Racine County Land and Water Conservation Division - Chad Sampson and Jon Grove - to talk about what conservation is and what it takes to conserve two of our most precious resources: water and topsoil.

We speak with Craig Gall, director of the Kenosha Pops Band, about their Christmas concert coming up this Saturday evening 7 pm at Carthage's Siebert Chapel.

We preview the Sing Along Messiah that is coming up this Sunday evening, 6 pm, at First United Methodist Church in Kenosha. We speak with Jessica DeBoer, who is the coordinator of the event and also plays viola in the orchestra.

Debbie Slevin, author of "Unpregnant Pause: Where are the babies?" The book is a very thoughtful exploration of what goes into a woman's decision about whether or not to have children - and why more and more women are delaying having children, choosing not to have children at all, or choosing to have fewer children then was once common.…

We preview the Christmas concerts of the Belle City Brassworks on December 11th and 18th with Doug Johnson, director of the group .... and Katie Humphrey, president of the board (and member of the french horn section.)

We preview the Candlelight Christmas Concert coming up this Saturday night at First Presbyterian Church in downtown Racine with Pat Badger, co-producer of the event, and Mark Paffrath, one of the musicians who will be performing.

Joseph Tenuta, Assistant Professor of Marketing and Management at Carthage College, talks about his book "The Starting Bluprnt: What you can expect when you start your own business." This is a book that Tenuta wishes would have been available for him to read when he was first launching his own small business. The book offers up a lot of suggestions…

From 2002 - Dr. Linda Harper talks about her book "Give to your heart's content - without giving yourself away." The book explores how one can be a giving, generous person without compromising your own well-being.

From 2015 - Jane Bryant Quinn, author of "How to make your money last- The Indispensable Retirement Guide."

We preview the two performances this weekend of Handel's MESSIAH at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside ... performances that are dedicated to the memory of Frances Bedford, longtime member of the UW-P music faculty who played harpsichord for every Parkside Messiah performance for more than two decades. Frances Bedford passed away in February 2023…

We preview this weekend's performances of the Carthage Christmas Festival - billed this year as the 150th anniversary festival. We speak with Matthew Hougland and Maggie Burk, co-directors of the festival. They talk about all that goes into coordinating this massive production and talk about some highlights from the program, including an exquisite …

Curzio Caravati talks about his non-profit KUFI Farm .... KUFI stands for Kenosha Urban Farm Institute, a research farm that explores how we can raise crops more effectively and sustainably to better feed the world.

We preview Sunday afternoon's concert by the Spirit of Racine Music Makers with board president Laura Sumner Coon as well as their new artistic director, Margaret Stetka Girdzius. We also talk about the scholarship that has been created in memory of the group's founder and former artistic director, George Baumgardt, who passed away earlier this yea…

We preview this weekend's holiday concert of the Kenosha Symphony Orchestra- which will also feature the Kenosha Chamber Choir.

Lawrence Spinelli discusses his new book "Watergate's Unexpected Hero: The Life of Peter Rodino Jr." Rodino was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New Jersey for forty years- and was chair of the House Judiciary Committee for the impeachment hearings against President Richard Nixon in 1974. Those televised hearings made Rodino one o…

In this interview, we hear from both Clive Cussler (one of the most successful novelists in recent decades) and his son Dirk Cussler talking about collaborating on a thrilled titled "Arctic Drift."

From 2016 - J. Ryan Stradel talks about his bestselling debut novel "Kitchens of the Great Midwest."