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."

This interview was actually most recently broadcast a week ago, on November 22nd. Cody Keenan served for a time as head speech writer for former president Barack Obama. In this interview, he discusses his remarkable book "Grace: President Obama and Ten Days in the Battle for America."

Because we associate our 16th president with Thanksgiving (he was the president who signed the bill that made Thanksgiving Day a federal holiday) we are sharing three Lincoln-related interviews to celebrate .... including part of an interview with historian Ronald C. White talking about his acclaimed biography "A. Lincoln." These three interview ex…

This is an extended version of the tribute to Norm McPhee that aired on Wednesday, November 27th. Norm McPhee served the Racine Theater Guild as its managing and artistic director from 1969 to 2001. He passed away in early November at the age of 88. This extended edition of the tribute features unabridged interviews with Jo Nissen, George Mangold, …

From 2010- Best-selling author Michael Schumacher talks about his book "Will Eisner: A Dreamer's Life in Comics."

Dr. Thomas Carr joins us - Associate Professor of Biology at Carthage College and director of their Paleontology program. Joining him: Brett Jackson, a senior biology major, and Andrew Goebel, a recent Carthage graduate. All three of them recently attended the most recent meeting of the Society of Invertebrate Paleontology.…

From 2010- Annie Murphy Paul, author of 'The Cult of Personality: How personality tests are leading us to mis-educate our children, mismanage our companies, and misunderstand ourselves."

From 2020- Bruce Boyce, author of "Cold Comfort: One man's struggle to stop the illegal marketing of powerful opioid drugs and save lives."

In observance of Epilepsy Awareness Month, we speak with Victor and Libby Boyce - whose son Cameron was a gifted child actor who was part of a couple of Disney programs. Cameron contended with epilepsy the last four years of his life before dying from epilepsy-related complications at the age of 20. His parents created the Cameron Boyce Foundation …

We talk with Robert Creamer, who has worked on a wide variety of political campaigns over the last half century, about his new book "Nuts and Bolts: The Formula for Progressive Electoral Success." We spend a few minutes looking back on former president Donald Trump's victory over Vice President Kamala Harris and some of the reasons for it.…

Brad Ricca, author of "True Raiders: The Untold Story of the 1909 Expedition to find the legendary Ark of the Covenant."

Dr. Art Cyr joins us for his monthly visit to the program. He offers his thoughts on what he believes are some mistakes made by the Kamala Harris campaign - the significance of NATO in its 75th anniversary year - and talks about the new leader of the conservative party in Britain, the first black person to hold that position.…

In memory of Lois Van Dahm, who passed away earlier this month: This is a conversation that Lois and her husband Tom wanted to have with me about how they were taken in by somebody who - over the phone - pretended to be their grandson, begging for emergency financial assistance. They thought that by sharing their story, it might serve as a helpful …

From 2006 - David M. Oshinsky, author of "Polio: An American Story"

Norm McPhee, managing and artistic director of the Racine Theater Guild from 1969 to 2001, passed away on November 3rd at the age of 88. In his memory, we are replaying this Morning Show conversation recorded in the spring of 2001, right around the time of his retirement. Later this month, we will be airing a tribute to Norm McPhee in which a numbe…

Acclaimed sportswriter John Feinstein talks about his most recent book, "The Ancient Eight: College Football's Ivy League and the Game They Play Today." Also, from the archives, Don Snyer talks about his memoir "Walking with Jack: A Father's Journey to Become His Son's Caddie."

Kailyn Palomares's November visit to the Morning Show features Marty Johnson from the Wisconsin DNR. He is senior wildlife biologist at Richard Bong State Recreational Area in Kansasville. We talk about hunting in Wisconsin - the ways in which hunting is regulated - how hunting is an important means for managing wildlife populations - and other rel…

Simon Parkin, author of "The Forbidden Garden- The Botanists of Besieged Leningrad and their Impossible Choice." This is an amazing story from World War Two concerning the Plant Institute in Leningrad and how the staff there valiantly safeguarded the archive of seeds from being plundered during the Siege of Leningrad. We follow up with Curzio Carav…

For Veteran's Day- I am sharing an interview that I recorded back in December 2003 with Craig Birkholz, a corporal in the U.S. Army who at the time was stationed in Iraq as a member of the military police ... and his mother, Gay Birkholz. Corporal Birkholz survived his deployment in the Middle East, but tragically, he was killed in the line of duty…

From 2017 - Michael Leahy, author of "The Last Innocents: The Collison of the Turbulent Sixties and the Los Angeles Dodgers."

From 2010 - Stefan Klein, author of "Leonard's Legacy: How Da Vinci Reimagined the World."

From the archives: Jeff Pearlman, author of "Football for a Buck: The Crazy Rise and Crazier Demise of the USFL." By the way, Donald Trump figures in this story.

Gary E. Parker talks about his newest novel "The Playbook" - which tells the story of a woman who is a high school football coach - and the intriguing and unlikely friendship that develops between two quarterbacks on the team.

We talk politics and recap the results of the presidential election with Dr. Jeffrey Roberg, Professor of Political Science at Carthage College .... and two students in his Campaigns and Elections course, Kaeleen Smith and Lorin Bucur.

From 2018- Historian and best-selling author Jon Meachem talks about his book "The Soul of America: The Battle for our Better Angels." It is tempting to say that America has never been more divided than it is right now- but in the book, he discusses how bitterly divided our nation has been at many points in its history.... and that division and con…