Calling all artists, doodlers, writers, painters, drawers, and comic book lovers! This hour, we’re getting inspired. From 8-8:30, a drawing teacher helps us learn how to get started. Then bestselling graphic novelist Raina Telgemeier joins us from 8:30-9 to tell us how she became a professional cartoonist.

Pompeii. The Great Chicago Fire. World War II. Lauren Tarshis writes about hardships and the kids who lived through them in her I SURVIVED series. She joins us to talk about the most difficult times throughout history and why kids from hundreds and thousands of years ago weren’t so different from kids today.  

Alie Ward, co-host of Netflix’s Brainchild, is here to answer your questions about all things science. Wondering about animals, sleep, germs, emotions, volcanoes, the human body, anything else? 

Joe Palca has been a science correspondent at NPR for nearly 3 decades. He joins The Morning Show to answer kids’ and teens’ questions about coronavirus. Wondering about viruses, germs, face masks, pandemics, lungs or anything else? Give us a call and Joe will answer. 

Every week Mystery Doug releases a 5-minute video answering a science question from students around the world. Mystery Doug brings his knowledge to The Morning Show. We take live calls from Wisconsin kids who are curious about germs, animals and more.