Dr. Art Cyr, from the faculty at Carthage College, pays his monthly visit to the program - offering his thoughts on the Hamas attack on Israelis in the Gaza Strip, an historic accord reached between the U.S. and Viet Nam, and the ongoing struggles of the Republicans in the House of Representatives to select a new Speaker to replace ousted Kevin McCarthy.

Ed Haddon's book is "The Modern Maverick: Why writing your own rules is better for you, your work, and the world." Haddon argues in his book that adhering to the tried-and-true or conventional way of doing things can be a trap that prevents us from realizing our full potential.

From 2004- Peter Smith, author of "Two of Us: The Story of a Father, a Son, and The Beatles." This memoir is the story of how Smith and his son became much closer to each other through their mutual love for the music of The Beatles.

From 2005- Michael Finkel talks about his riveting book "True Story: Murder, Memoir, and Mea Culpa." Finkel's was fired from New York Times Magazine in a very public and embarrassing professional reversal - and shortly thereafter, his identification was stolen by a fugitive wanted for murder. It's an incredible story that became a major motion picture of the same name in 2015.

Gail Merrifield Papp talks about her fascinating memoir "Public/Private: My Life with Joe Papp at the Public Theater." Joe Papp's remarkable theatrical career included creating free performances of Shakespeare in Central Park- and creating and running NYC's Public Theater, where groundbreaking works like "Hair" and "A Chorus Line" had their world premieres. Gail Papp was an indispensable assistant to her husband until his death in 1995.

For Nan Calvert's monthly visit to the Morning Show, she welcomed back Dr. Marissa Jablonski from the Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin and the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee to talk about the enormous damage done to the environment by plastics- and what we can do to reduce our own usage of plastics in our daily lives- and what needs to be done in the realm of public policy and industrial practices to effectively confront the crisis.

Nadia Steinzor from the Environmental Integrity Project talks about their new report titled "The Aluminum Paradox" that outlines some of the environmental damage that is done in the way we currently produce aluminum, a material that - ironically - figures prominently in some alternative energies.

Michael D. Smith, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University, discusses his new book "The Abundant University: Remaking Higher Education in the Digital World." Smith offers up some provocative ideas about how higher education should reevaluate its mission and priorities as we move further and further into the Digital Era.

The Choral Arts Society of Southeastern Wisconsin is performing Adrian Snell's "The Cry: A Requiem for the Lost Child" this Saturday night at 7 p.m. We speak with conductor James Schatzman, violinist Rebecca Engstrom, soprano soloist Talia Engstrom, and baritone soloist Leif Olsen. The performance will feature projected images of artwork by Ukrainian children.

We preview the next concert of the Kenosha Symphony (coming up this Saturday) with Maestro Robert Hasty, conductor and artistic director- Peter Rodriguez, president of the board and member of the horn section- and Desiree Ruhstrat, violin soloist for the Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto.