Valerie Tripp, best-selling author of books for young readers, talks about "Newton's Flaw," the latest in her wildly popular series "Izzy Newton and the S.M.A.R.T. Squad."  Izzy is a middle-schooler who loves science and uses science to solve various mysteries and challenges.  

Jeffrey Korzenik, author of "Untapped Talent: How Second Chance Hiring works for your business and the community."  In a time when more and more businesses are finding it increasingly difficult - if not impossible - to fill all of their job vacancies,  Korzenik presents the case for hiring the formerly incarcerated - and offers suggestions on how best to engage in such 'second chance hiring.'  

Jay Tunney, one of the sons of former heavyweight boxing champion Gene Tunney,  talks about his book "The Prizefighter and the Playwright," which talks about Tunney's close friendship with George Bernard Shaw.  

From 2005 - David Marcus, author of "What it takes to pull me through:  4 troubled teenagers and fourteen months that transformed them." 

From 2007-  Harvey Rachlin, author of "Scandals, Vandals and da Vincis:  a Gallery of Remarkable Art Tales."  

From 2010 -   Robin Gerber, author of "Barbie and Ruth:  The Story of the World's Most Famous Doll and the Woman who created her."  

Doug Instenes, managing and artistic director of the Racine Theater Guild, talks about the RTG's production of "A Christmas Story," with which the RTG's is finally opening its doors to the general public since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.  

Part 1- Trista Piccola, Deputy Director of the Walworth County Department of Health and Human Services, gives a COVID update.  Part 2-  Allen Shawn, author of "Wish I Could Be There: Notes from a Phobic Life."  

We discuss Carthage's Christmas Festival ... and UW-Parkside's performances of Handel's Messiah ... which are occurring this weekend.   Dr. Peter Dennee is an Associate Professor of Music at Carthage and coordinator of the Christmas Festival.   Dr. James Kinchen is coordinator of choral activities at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside.  

Part one: Brian Gill, Assistant Professor of Performance at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, talks about their production of "The Thanksgiving Play," a delightful satire about well-meaning political correctness.  Part two:  from the archives (2019) former UW-Parkside faculty member Lisa Kornetsky talks about Sarah Ruhl's play "Eurydice."  The Metropolitan Opera's next HD simulcast (this Saturday) is of a brand new operatic version of Sarah Ruhl's play (she herself crafted the opera's libretto.)