Part 1- John Winn Miller, author of "The Hunt for the Peggy C: A World War II Maritime Thriller."  Part 2 - (from 2002) -  Philip Gerard, author of "Secret Soldiers: The Story of World War II's Heroic Army of Deception." 

For Martin Luther King Day -  from the archives (2014) -   Todd S. Purdum, author of "An Idea Whose Time Has Come: Two Presidents, Two Parties, and the Battle for the Civil Rights Act of 1964."  

From 2002 -   H. Avery Chenoweth, author of "Art of War: Eyewitness U.S. Combat Art from the Revolution through the 20th Century."  

From 2005 -  Doris Christopher, the founder of Pampered Chef, talks about her book "The Pampered Chef: The Story of One of America's Most Beloved Companies" 

Bob Glauber, author of "Guts and Genius: The Story of Three Unlikely Coaches who came to Dominate the NFL in the 1980s.)  The coaches in question:  Bill Walsh, Bill Parcells, and Joe Gibbs.  

Stacy Riley, Vice President for Student Services and Enrollment at Gateway Technical College, talks about a new initiative at GTC to identify and reach out to so-called Stop-Out Students ....  past students who for whatever reason did not finish whatever degree they were pursuing.  We also talk about all that falls under the auspices of Student Services.  

from the archives-  Lea Burnam and Jeremy Bernard, who served as Social Secretary for the George W. Bush and Barack Obama administrations, respectively, talk about their book "Treating People Well: The Extraordinary Power of Civility at Work and in Life."  

We talk with photographer and activist Heidi Wagner about her Passions Project.   It began ten years ago with her photographing senior citizens engaging with their passions.  The current iteration of the project focuses on people from the LBGTQ+ community in Racine.   The project is about to go on display in the library at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside.    

Part One:  Holly Stanfield talks about Kenosha Unified's most recent musical theater production:  "Trevor: The Musical."  The title character is a high school student struggling to fit in and to understand who he is and his own sexuality.  Part Two:   from the archives,  Tim Federle talks about "Better Nate than Ever," a book intended for young readers that tells the story of a high school student named Nate who loves music theater and dreams of performing in a Broadway production.  Federle himself as a young man sang in two Broadway productions:  "The Little Mermaid" and "Gypsy."   

Katie Anderson Brower discusses her new book 'Elizabeth Taylor: The Grit and Glamour of an Icon."