The Morning Show

Part 1- Kara Erst Schalk and Rob Kroes talk about classes they are teaching to children for the Racine Theater Guild this summer.   Part 2-  Gerald Koeppel, author of "Not a Gentleman's Work." 

J. Chester Johnson,  author of "Damaged Heritage:  The Elaine Race Massacre and a Story of Reconciliation." 

Dr. John Swallow and Dr.

No Morning Show due to the July 4th Holiday. On the Morning Show Podcast, a 2003 interview with Carl Reiner (who died on Monday.)  

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Michelle Ferrari, Director/Writer/Producer of the American Experience documentary "The Vote" airing on July 6th and 7th. 

The Racine Theater Guild's Doug Instenes (Managing & Artistic Director) and Joycelyn Fish (Director of Marketing and Development) take us behind the scenes of the RTG's deliberations on what to do about their upco

Dr. Jerald Mast, Associate Professor of Political Science at Carthage College. 

Steve Benen, author of "The Impostors:  How Republicans Quit Governing and Seized American Politics."  Benen is a digital producer for The Rachel Maddow Show on MSNBC.

John Feerick, author of "That Further Shore: A Memoir of Irish Roots and American Promise."

Part One:  a preview of the Fleeting Artists Theater virtual production of Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing, which opens this weekend.   Part Two:   Stephen Rebello, author of "Dolls! Dolls!

Part One:  Cory Mason, the mayor of Racine, gives an update on COVID-19 in the city - as well as matters related to police reform.  Part Two: Soledad O'Brien talks about the COVID-19 documentary she has produced

Current event analysis from Dr. Art Cyr, Clausen Distinguished Professor of Political Economy and World Business at Carthage College.

Larry Tye, author of "Demagogue: The Life and Long Shadow of Joe McCarthy."

E. Dolores Johnson, author of "Say I'm Dead:  A Family Memoir of Race, Secrets, and Love."  

Dr. Ron Cronovich,  Professor of Economics at Carthage College.   

Marc Freeman, author of "Modern Family: The Untold Oral History of one of Television's Groundbreaking Sitcoms." 

Julian Lester, author of "Let's Talk about Race" - a book intended to help parents and teachers talk with children about issues related to race, prejudice, and justice.   Also-  Lawrence Gonzales, author of

Suketa Mehta, author of "This Land is Our Land:  An Immigrant's Manifesto" 

Howard Means, author of "Splash!  10,000 Years of Swimming."  

Nan Calvert - from Root-Pike WIN - and Mary Ann Feist, curator of the Wisconsin State Herbarium and president of the Wisconsin Botanical Club. 

 Part One:  Ingrid Newkirk, co-founder of PETA, and coauthor of "Animalkind: Remarkable Discoveries about Animals and Revolutionary New Ways to show them Compassion."  Part Two:  Soman Ch

Bryan Albrecht, president of Gateway Technical College,  Ray Koukari, Dean of Manufacturing, Engineering and IT at GTC, and entrepreneur Jeff Daniel.

Brian Dumaine, author of "Bezonomics:  How Amazon is Changing Our Lives and what the world's best companies are learning from it." 

How have local restaurants contended with the restrictions of COVID-19?  Our guests include Steve Torcaso, manager of the Italian-American Club in Kenosha.  

Dr. Thomas Carr, head of the paleontology program at Carthage College.

Change of schedule:   Our guest is Zachary J.

Kate Anderson Borwer, author of "Team of Five:  The President's Club in the Age of Trump."

Economist Howard Steven Friedman, author of "The Ultimate Price:  The Value We Place On Life."  

Area clergy talk about the possibility of moving towards in-person worship.  

Chad Seales, author of "Religion Around Bono."   The book is an illuminating look at the beliefs, principles and influence of Bono, lead singer for the group U2.

Sam Sacket shares his story as a nursing student at Gateway Technical College. 

Helen Sampson, quality coordinator for the Kenosha County Aging and Disability Resource Center, talks about the services they are continuing to provide during COVID-19 ...

No Morning Show broadcast because of Memorial Day.  <On today's Podcast of the Morning Show,  Thomas Childer's "Soldiers from the War Returning." 

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From the archives-  David France's book "How to Survive a Plague:  The Inside Story of how Citizens and Science Tamed AIDS." 

Dr. George Archibald, Co-founded of the International Crane Foundation.  

Karen Brunssen,  president of NATS (the National Association of Teachers of Singing) 

Part one:  Kenosha mayor John Antaramian.  Part two:  Scott Turow, author of "The Last Trial."  Turow is one of the country's most successful authors of legal thrillers.

Rescheduled from last Friday-  Nan Calvert (Root-Pike WIN) and Kevin Doyle, Rare Plant Botanist with the WI DNR.

Part One:  Marlo Thomas and Phil Donahue talk about their book "What Makes a Marriage Last:  40 Celebrated Couples Share With Us the Secrets to a Happy Life."  Thomas and Donahue are about to celebrate their

Jody Sekas, a member of the theater arts faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, talks about teaching classes like Scenic Painting online, along with Lynsey Gallagher, a sophomore theater major at UW-Parkside.&nbs

Beth Dugan, Division Chair and Instructor for the Hospitality Management Program at Gateway Technical College, talks about the challenges being faced by the hospitality industry during the COVID-19 ...

We speak with three art professors at Carthage College: Kimberly Greene, Ryan Miller, and Jojin Van Winkle, about teaching courses like ceramics, drawing, sculpture and 3-D Design in online virtual format.

Author Fern Schumer Chapman.  She has written a new children's book titled "Happy Harper Thursdays:  A Grandmother's Love for her Granddaughter during the Corona Virus."   Her previous books include "Mo

Kevin Crosby,  Professor of Physics and Astronomy at Carthage College - and Director of the Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium. 

Bryan Albrecht, president of Gateway Technical College - and Patrick Booth, President and CEO of CCB Technologies, who is GTC's keynote speaker for its upcoming virtual commencement. 

Frank Snowden, author of "The Conquest of Malaria: Italy 1900-1962." 

Part One: Natasha Gregson Wagner, daughter of actress Natalie Wood, talks about a new documentary film "Natalie Wood:  What Remains Behind," that  premieres tonight on HBO.  

Pawan Dhingra, author "Hyper Education: Why Good Schools, Good Grades, and Good Behavior are Not Enough."

Benjamin Teitelbaum, author of "War for Eternity:  Inside Steve Bannon's Far-Right Circle of Global Power Brokers."  

Part one- Dr. Debbie Ford, Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside. Part two- Dr.