One day after Super Bowl 57, we have excerpts from two football-themed interviews..... 1) Jason Reid, author of "Rise of the Black Quarterback."  Super Bowl 57 was the first Super Bowl to feature two black starting quarterbacks.  2)  Casey Sherman, author of "12: The inside story of Tom Brady's Fight for Redemption."   The primary focus of the book is on the controversy known as 'Deflategate," the most difficult chapter in Brady's long career.  

For Lincoln's Birthday (from 2008) -  Phillip B. Kunhardt Jr., co-author of "Looking for Lincoln:  The Making of an American Icon."    The book actually begins in the spring of 1865 and the assassination of Lincoln- and ends with the dedication of the Lincoln Memorial in 1922 - and traces the how the world came to terms with Lincoln and his extraordinary legacy.  

Each Saturday in February, we are replaying memorable Morning Show conversations with the late Dr. Yuri Maltsev, long time Economics Professor at Carthage College, who passed away on January 25th.  This 2018 conversation was primarily about Chernobyl.   (Maltsev was living and working in Moscow at the time of the 1986 disaster.)  

In anticipation of Sunday's Super Bowl:   Part 1:  From 2015,  Austin Murphy (Sports Illustrated), author of "Super Bowl Gold: 50 Years of the Big Game."   Part 2:  Richard J. King, author of "Meeting Tom Brady: One Man's Quest for Truth, Enlightenment, and a Simple Game of Catch with the Patriots' Quarterback."  

For Nan Calvert's February visit to the Morning Show,  we talk about Native Plants (and the danger of invasive plants) with Regina Harders, president of the Root River Area Chapter of Wild Ones, and Joann Sustachek, coordinator of the group's native plant sale, which is currently underway.   

From the archives, (2019) for Black History Month:    Melba Pattillo Beals,  one of the so-called Little Rock Nine .... the nine young black students who were the first blacks to attend Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas.   Their dramatic entry into the school in the fall of 1957 was one of the most crucial events in the civil rights movement.  In this interview, Beals discusses her memoir "March Forward, Girl: From Young Warrior to Little Rock Nine." 

Nick Brooks, author of a social thriller titled "Promise Boys."  

Part One:  Chris Whipple talks about his much-discussed book "The Fight of his Life: Inside Joe Biden's White House."  Part Two:  Eric Schaeffer, founder and director of the Environmental Integrity Project, talks about his concerns regarding the effectiveness of the EPA (the Environmental Protection Agency.)

In memory of Dr. Yuri Maltsev, longtime Professor of Economics at Carthage College (who passed away on January 25th) we are sharing a number of archival Morning Show interviews with him during the month of February.  This particular interview was recorded and initially broadcast in April of 2013.  [His first-ever Morning Show interview, from 2001, was shared on Saturday February 4th.  On subsequent Saturdays for the remainder of February, we will share more interviews with Professor Maltsev.]

From 2005-  Robert Kurson, author of "Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two Americans who risked everything to solve one of the last mysteries of World War II."