From 2009- Seth Shostak, author of "Confessions of an Alien Hunter: A Scientist's Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence." [the originally announced interview concerning a true story of a real life rescue at the Kenosha lake shore will be shared later]

Lydia Pyne, author of "Genuine Fakes: How Phony Things Teach us about Real Stuff." (from the archives)

For Nan Calvert's August visit to the Morning Show she arranged for a visit from Dr. Marisa Jablonski, executive director of Freshwater Collaborative of Wisconsin, which is working on the crucial issue of fresh drinking water in an amazing array of ways.

Doug McIntyre talks about his intriguing and entertaining novel "Frank's Shadow." In it, the main character's father has died the same day that the famed singer Frank Sinatra dies - and the character realizes that he knows more about Frank Sinatra than he does about his own father- and seeks to discover who he was.

We talk with Doug Instenes about his thirty years with the Racine Theater Guild as well as his upcoming 100th production that he has directed there - "The Cemetery Club" - which, by complete coincidence, is also the very first play that he directed there.

Luke Nichter, author of 'The Year That Broke Politics: Collusion and Chaos in the Presidential Election of 1968." The book examines the presidential race of 1968 from the perspective of the four chief participants: Lyndon Johnson, Richard Nixon, Hubert Humphrey, and George Wallace.

From 2007 - Bruce Littlefield, author of 'Garage Sale America.'

From 2010- David Vann, author of "Legend of a Suicide"

In honor of the blockbuster film "Barbie" currently in theaters.... Part one: (2010) Robin Gerber, author of "Barbie and Ruth- The Story of the World's Most Famous Doll and the Woman Who Created Her." Part two: (2009) Jerry Oppenheimer, author of "Toy Monster- The Big, Bad World of Mattel."

Jayne Herring, coordinator of the Racine Art Guild's Starving Artists Fair, gives us a preview of this year's event ... which is this Sunday 9:00-4:00 on the grounds of the DeKoven Center. She also gives us a behind-the-scenes peek at all that has to take place to make an event like this happen.