Dan Good, author of "Playing Through the Pain: Ken Caminiti and the Steroids Confession that Changed Baseball Forever."  Caminiti was one of the first major league baseball players to confess to extensive steroid use.  

From 2015-  Mark Segal, author of "And then I Danced: Traveling the Road to LGBT Equality."  (Unlike the version that was broadcast,  this is the unabridged interview.) 

From 2009 -  Ian Stewart, author of "Professor Stewart's Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities."  

From 2006-   Lloyd Allen author of "Being Martha:  The Inside Story of Martha Steward and Her Amazing Life."  

E.C. Hanes (or Eldridge Hanes) is the author of "The Bus to Beulah,"  a suspense novel based on the unhappy reality of human trafficking. 

 Christopher Rosow discusses his latest novel,  "Vital Deception," the fourth in his Ben Porter series.   His first Ben Porter novel was a best-seller despite being self=published.  

We preview this weekend's performances of Caryl Churchill's much-discussed play "Far Away," which is being presented by the Fleeing Artists Theater.  Joining us will be Alex Metalsky, co-founder and artistic director of the Fleeing Artists Theater, and Mike Zimmerman, who is directing this production.  

Dr. Art Cyr, Clausen Distinguished Professor of Political Economy and World Business at Carthage College,  offers his analysis of current events and issues.  He offers some thoughts on Memorial Day,  Vladimir Putin's provocative statements about nuclear weapons,  the prospect of Sweden and Finland joining NATO,  President Biden's trip Asia, the recent school shooting in Texas,  and the most recent elections in France and Great Britain.  

Tripp MIckle, tech reporter for the New York Times, discusses his newest book,  "After Steve:  How Apple Became a Trillion-Dollar Company and Lost its Soul." 

For Memorial Day-  from 2018-  Patrick O'Donnell, author of "The Unknowns:  The Untold Story of America's Unknown Soldier and World War One's Most Decorated Heroes Who Brought Him Home."