Marcos Fernandez was entered in to the Illinois State University College of Applied Science and Technology Hall of Fame in 2015. Fernandez tells Steve Fast about the journey he and his family took as exiles from Cuba during the Cold War. #IllinoisStateUniversity #HallofFame #Technology

Preeminent Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro joins the Steve Fast Show to discuss the momentous year of 1606, during which the Bard wrote three of his great tragedies. #Shakespeare #JamesShapiro

Bestselling mystery writer Sue Grafton joins The Steve Fast Show to discuss her "Alphabet Series" of novels. #NYTimesBestSeller

Historian Susan Cheever joins The Steve Fast Show to discuss the role that alcohol has played in shaping American History. #alcohol

Author Sarah Vowell joins The Steve Fast show to discuss the history of Revolutionary War hero the Marquis de Lafayette. #France #RevolutionaryWar

Lt. Col. T. Mark McCurley, a former Predator drone pilot and squadron commander joins the Steve Fast Show. MCCurley led the drone strike mission that killed Abu Musab al-Zarqawi. #drones #Predator

Major Daniel Sjursen joins the Steve Fast Show to discuss his experiences in Iraq, what he calls "the myth of the Surge" and what he tells his students at West Point about recent military history. #Iraq #Baghdad

Rolling Stone contributing editor Steve Knopper discussed the life and music of Michael Jackson on the Steve Fast Show. #MichaelJackson #RollingStone #KingofPop

Roberta Kaplan successfully argued against the Defense of Marriage Act in front of the Supreme Court. She joined The Steve Fast Show to talk about her clients and the history making case that cleared way in Federal law for same sex marriage. #marriage

Psychologist and media scholar Sherry Turkle talks to Steve Fast about the negative effect that smartphone use is having on conversation. Turkle says that the digital age may be connected to a lack in empathy among younger generations. #smartphone #conversation