(from 2014) for Women's History Month.... John Oller, author of "American Queen: The rise and fall of Kate Chase Sprague- Civil War Belle of the North and Gilded Age Woman of Scandal."   At one point in her life,  Kate Chase Sprague was by far the most famous woman in America.  

From 2003 -  Greg Tate, author of "Everything but the Burden:  What White People are Taking from Black Culture" 

Journalist Sharon Tubbs discusses her memoir "They Got Daddy: One Family's Reckoning with Racism and Faith." In the book, Tubbs recounts her efforts to uncover information about why her grandfather, a rural Alabama preacher named Israel Page, was brutally beaten by white supremacists (and nearly died) back in 1959.  She also examines the ongoing affects of the attack on the family and subsequent generations.   

Richard Hurowitz, author of "In the Garden of the Righteous: The Heroes Who Risked Their Lives to Save Jews During the Holocaust."   The book recounts ten instances of people who courageously acted to save Jews who might have otherwise been killed by the Nazis.  

(From 2013)  Leonard Mlodinow, author of "Subliminal:  How Your Unconscious Mind Rules Your Behavior." 

Today's podcast episode is the fourth time this month that we have re-shared a past interview with Dr. Yuri Maltsev, longtime Economics Professor at Carthage, who passed away in late January.  This 2017 conversation touches on economic policies of the Trump administration.  Professor Maltsev also talks about the continent of Africa and a trip he had just taken there with Carthage students.  

(from 2015) for Black History Month:   Christina Vella, author of "George Washington Carver: A Life."  Carver was one of the most important scientists of the late 19th and early 20th century - and one of the most significant black scientists in history.   He was a scientist, inventor, educator, and environmentalist. 

We preview Carthage College's production of Sarah Gubbins' play "fml: How Carson McCullers Saved My Life," an engrossing play about a young person's search for identity and a sense of belonging.   We speak with Herschel Kruger, chair of the theater faculty at Carthage,  and Samantha Martinson, who has been brought in as guest director for the production.   

From 2003 -  Roanne Weisman, author of "Own Your Health:  Choosing the Best from Alternative and Conventional Medicine."  

We preview the Racine Theater Guild's production of Shawn Grennan's "The Tin Woman," a play that tells the story of a woman whose life has been saved by a heart transplant - but who is wrestling with terrible feelings of guilt that she is only alive because a young man has been killed in a car accident.  It is only through meeting the donor's family - who are wrestling with their own pain - that she gains resolution.  We speak with Doug Instenes, director of the production, and Katie Gleason, who plays the character of Joy, the heart recipient.  (Katie also describes her real-life connection to some of the themes that are explored in the play.)