Part 1-  Renowned documentarian Ken Burns talks about his latest project, a marvelous documentary series devoted to Ernest Hemingway, one of the most influential writers of the 20th century.  Part 2- From 2007-  Larry Elliot, author of "The Songs of Insects."  The book includes a companion CD with recorded examples of insect songs.   

National Wildlife Week with David Mizejewski, a naturalist with the National Wildlife Federation.

From 2007-  Gary Geddes, author of "Kingdom of Ten Thousand Things: An Impossible Journey from Kabul to Chiapas."  

From 2010:  Temple Grandin talks about her book "Animals Make Us Human:  Creating the Best Life for Animals."  

From 2009 - Philip Jenkins, author of "God's Continent: Christianity, Islam, and Europe's Religious Crisis." 

From 2007-  Tom Bissell, author of "The Father of All Things: A Marine, His Son, and the Legacy of Viet Nam." 

L. Annette Binder discusses her remarkable new novel "The Vanishing Sky," which tells the story of a German family trying to hold everything together as their country disintegrates around them. Certain elements of the story are drawn from the real life experiences of her own father. 

Part 1-  Bonnie Blodgett, author of "Remembering Smell:  a memoir of losing - and discovering - the primal sense."    Part 2:   Steven Phillips and Dana Parish, co-authors of "Chronic: The hidden cause of the autoimmune pandemic and how to get healthy again."   

Dr. Stephanie Mitchell, Professor of History at Carthage College,  and two Carthage students -  Petula Walsh-Grant  and Kiah Martin - discuss Governor Evers' proposal for undocumented immigrants in Wisconsin to be permitted to get drivers cards, a proposal which they support. 

Part One-  previewing the American Experience documentary "The Blinding of Isaac Woodard."  Part Two-  from 2005-  former New York governor Mario Cuomo.