We speak with a young tenor named Alek Schrader, a 2007 winner of the Metropolitan Opera Auditions who was featured prominently in Susan Froemke's award-winning documentary "The Audition." He is about to star in performanc
The Morning Show
In our first new morning show interview of the year, we preview this weekend's performances in Racine of "Amahl and the Night Visitors," which are being presented as a benefit for SEWPA- the Southeast Wisconsin Performing
We rebroadcast our interview with actor Alan Arkin, talking with him about his highly regarded memoir.
In another rebroadcast from 2011 - We hear again from Douglas Edwards, author of "I'm Feeling Lucky," which recounts his experiences as an employee at Google in its exciting early years.
We begin the year with a couple of rebroadcasts of memorable interviews from 2011- starting off with Jane Leavy, author of "The Last Boy: Micky Mantle and the End of America's Childhood."
Professor Lloyd Dumas, author of "The Peacekeeping Economy: Using Economic Relationships to Build a more Peaceful, Prosperous and Secure World."
Erin Aubry Kaplan, author of "Black Talk, Blue Thoughts and Walking the Color Line: Dispatches from a Black Journalista."
Harvey Frommer, author of "Remembering Fenway Park: An Oral and Narrative History of the House of the Boston Red Sox."
We'll preview Sunday afternoon's concert of the Kenosha Symphony Orchestra featuring guest conductor Alan Heatherington.
It's the monthly visit of the UEC- the United Environmental Council. We'll also talk with environmental activist Erin Brockovich about her latest book, titled "Hot Water."
Our guest is a gifted African-American writer named Erin Aubry Kaplan, who has collected some of her most highly regarded essays into a book titled "Black Talk, Blue Thoughts, and Walking the Color Line: Dispatches from a
Gateway Technical College President Bryan Albrecht pays his monthly visit to the program and is joined by Ron Stevens from the Kenosha Girls and Boys Club.
We speak with Law Professor Leo Kotz, author of "Why the Law is So Perverse," which examines some the bedrock principles of our legal system that at a glance seem illogical.
Dr. Lloyd J. Dumas, author of "The Peace-Keeping Economy" - who believes that the key to security lies in harnessing the power of mutual self-interest rather than military might.
Dr. Thomas Carr from Carthage College and student Megan Saitz talk about their dinosaur dig in Montana this past summer.
Ian Toll, "Pacific Crucible: War at Sea in the pacific, 1941-1942." Also, a rebroadcast of part of the interview earlier this year with Veteran Bill Roth, recalling his service in the Pacific theater during WWII.
Brook Hauser, author of "The New Kids," a fascinating and inspiring look at the students who attend the International High School in Brooklyn, NY - a public high school designed for students from other countries needing to
We'll spend most of the hour with best-selling novelist Patrick Taylor about his latest book, "Dublin Street Doctor."
We'll speak with the editor of the brand new Cook's Illustrated Cookbook, with recipes created in America's Test Kitchen. Also we'll replay a past interview with renowned chef Eric
We're joined live in the studio by Dr. James Kinchen from the UW-Parkside, to talk about their upcoming performances of Handel's Messiah and Bach's "Magnificat"- and Dr.
Michael Holley, author of "War Room: The Legacy of Bill Belichick and the Art of Building the Perfect Team." Also, Joe Garner - co-author of "100 Yards of Glory," a survey of the greatest moments and accomplishments over t
Dr. Steven Balch, talking about the importance of teaching the history of our own Western Civilization.
In anticipation of this coming Saturday's HD simulcast from the Metropolitan Opera of Phillip Glass's "Satyagraha," we replay a couple of recent interviews about the subject of the opera: Gandhi.
We speak with Michael Wallis, the author of "David Crockett: The Lion of the West." The book carefully separates fact from fiction in the colorful life of Davy Crockett.
We spend most of the hour with actor Kevin Sorbo, best known for portraying the title character in TV's "Hercules: The Legendary Journeys." His new memoir, "True Strength," includes the amazing story of how he suffered sev
We preview a screening this weekend at Carthage of a film called "Making Peace with Viet Nam" by speaking with Dr.
Postponed from two weeks ago: We finally air an interview with Josh Baron, co-author of "Ticket Masters: The Rise of the Concert Industry and how the Public Got Scalped," which examines the ways in which the entertainment
We preview the production which opens the newest season of the Milwaukee Florentine Opera, Puccini's final opera "Turandot." The program will include a conversation with soprano Lisa Lindstrom, who will be undertaking the
We speak with Paul Starr, author of "Remedy and Reaction: The Peculiar American Struggle Over Health Care Reform." He traces the history of efforts in this country to make health care available to all citizens and examines
We begin the week with photographer Mariana Cook, responsible for a new book titled "Stone Walls: Personal Boundaries." She traveled all over the world to photograph stone walls constructed without mortar - some of them th
Our guest is Sam Wasson, author of "5th Avenue, 5 A.M," which talks about the making of the film "Breakfast at Tiffany."
We'll speak to David Baskerville, Carthage College's executive-in-residence for the fall semester, about a variety of issues related to business and economic issues.
We'll spend part of the hour with Gale Childs-Daly from the UW=Parkside, talking about Parkside's production of Shakespeare's Henry V, which opened last weekend.
Robert Schneider from the Greater Kenosha Foundation joins us to talk about the foundation at about two major fundraisers coming up.
We talk with Stephen Mitchell about his new translation of "The Iliad" and discuss what makes this work such a monument in the history of literature.
Rescheduled from last Friday: Patricia Botsworth, author of Jane Fonda: The Private Life of a Public Woman."