We speak with Christi Geidner, a theater teacher at Bradford High School in Kenosha, and the stage director of a production there of the musical "The Hello Girls." The show is based on the true story of the hundreds of women who served in the U.S. Army Signal Corps as telephone operators who played a crucial role in keeping lines of communication open during critical battles.

From the archives- Evan Ross Katz, author of "Into Every Generation a Slayer is Born- How Buffy Staked our Hearts." It's a look at the Buffy the Vampire Slayer television series and how it became such a phenomenon.

Veronique Tran, vice provost of the School of Manufacturing and Industrial Technology for Dallas College, is a finalist to be the next president of. Gateway Technical College. Go to gtc.edu and find the presidential search page to offer your input.

Phillip King, executive vice president and provost for the Milwaukee Area Technical College, is a finalist to be the next president of Gateway Technical College. (Go to gtc.edu and find the presidential search page to offer your input.)

Caron Daugherty, president of Flint Hills Technical College in Emporia, KS, is a finalist to be the next president of Gateway Technical College. (Go to gtc.edu and find the presidential search page to offer your input..).

Diana Du Pont talks about her new memoir "Fur Mama: How I found my Best Life Adopting an Ex-Racehorse and a Shelter Dog."

From the archives- Rebecca Sheir, veteran storyteller and public radio reporter (WBUR) - talks about her podcast "Circle Round" that celebrates folktales from around the world.

We preview Saturday evening's concert of the Choral Arts Society - a program titled "Fantasia" - with founder and artistic director James Schatzman, associate director Pat Badger, and guest concert pianist Randy Bush. The concert will include favorites like J.S. Bach's Prelude and Fugue in D minor, Pavane by Gabriel Faure, and Vaughan Williams's Fantasia on Greensleeves. The program's finale is an extraordinary rarity by Vaughan Williams- his Fantasy on Old 104th. The concert also marks the unveiling of First Presbyterian Church's newly restored pipe organ. (Nick Renkosik is the guest organist.)

Dr. Russell Johnson is a member of the faculty at the University of Chicago Divinity School. He is giving a talk at Carthage on April 22nd titled 'Peace, Protest and Polarization: Loving Your Enemy in Divided Times." The talk is part of the Hannibal series- and is free and open to the public. The lecture will be given at 4:30 in the Todd Wehr Center (Jockey Room A.). The event is free and open to the public.

For Kailyn Polamares's April visit to the Morning Show, she introduces us to Dr. Mila Marshall, Clean Water Advocate for Sierra Club-Illinois and a journalist for Chicago News Weekly. The interview includes a conversation about what it means to be an advocate for environmental issues.