Jessica Joan

Matthew Reed discusses his play "I Remember," which is being performed this coming weekend at Kenosha Rhode Center for the Arts.   

We talk about the Fleeing Artists Theater's production of Sophocles' Oedipus Rex, which takes place this weekend and the following weekend in the Lincoln Park Floral Gardens.   

Best-selling author Earl Swift talks about his latest book: "Across the Airless Wilds: The Lunar Rover and the Triumph of the Final Moon Landings." The book explores the story behind the lunar rover, an essential part of Apollo 15, 16 and 17 that helped make those three missions far more significant than the previous missions to the moon.  

From 2008:   Brooks Hansen, author of "The Brotherhood of Joseph:  a Father's Memoir of Infertility and Adoption in the 21st Century." 

From 2017-  Sportswriter John Feinstein talks about "The Legend's Club: Dean Smith, Mike Krzyzewski, Jim Valvano, and an Epic College Basketball Rivalry."  

Cynthia Fisher, founder of Patients Right Advocate, a non-profit that seeks greater transparency in the health care industry. 

Trumpeter Tim Burke, born and raised in Racine, has an impressive resume that includes stints with the Stan Kenton Orchestra and Woody Herman's Thundering Herd- as well as extensive experience playing trumpet in a plethora of Broadway musical productions in Chicago.  He returns to his hometown this Sunday night as soloist with the Racine Concert Band.  (This is the unabridged interview- and also includes an additional bonus question at the end about Tim's participation in the upcoming national tour for "Frozen.") 

Richard Lui, author of "Enough about Me: The Unexpected Power of Selflessness."  Lui learned something about selflessness after having to care for his father as he struggled with Alzheimer's Disease.  

We speak with Lynda Guttormsen Guy from the Four Seasons Garden Club about the organization's Secret Garden Walk, which is coming up this Saturday, July 10th.  Five beautiful private gardens are on this year's tour.