Sarah Hays Coomer, author of "The Habit Trip:  A Fill-in-the-blank Journey to a Life on Purpose."  The book explores how habits are made and remade.  

For Nan Calvert's first monthly visit to the Morning Show in 2021,  she brings along Jason Meekma,  executive director of Focus on Community, a non-profit agency in Racine that works for Substance Abuse Prevention-  and is helping to implement a program called "Take Back Your Meds" that encourages and facilitates the safe disposal of unused medications.

From 2004-   Award-winning journalist Joseph Treaster (New York Times)  discusses "Paul Volcker: The Making of a Financial Legend."  Volcker was a highly-regarded economist who served as chair of the Federal Reserve from 1979 until 1987.   Volcker passed away in 2019.   

From 2007 - "Carved in Sand:  When Attention Fails and Memory Fades in Midlife" by Cathryn Jakobson Ramin.   The author writes about something she herself experienced - significant and noticeable memory loss shortly after turning 40 -  and chronicles her efforts to deal with the problem with an array of different strategies.  She also talks about how memory functions for the typical person. 

Dr. Jerald Mast, Professor of Political Science at Carthage College,  offers analysis of the shocking events in our nation's capitol on January 6th - and shares thoughts on the challenges confronting the administration of incoming president Joe Biden.

From the archives: Steven Kleinedler, an editor for the American Heritage Dictionary

From 2000 -  a conversation with acclaimed novelist Jane Hamilton, author of "The Book of Ruth" and "A Map of the World."  

From 2008-  Joe Bageant talks about his book "Deer Hunting with Jesus: Dispatches from America's Class War."   Bageant shares thoughts on what it has been like as a liberal to live in an extremely conservative community in rural Virginia.    This book is an illuminating look at the kind of lines along which America is so sharply divided today. 

Timothy Caulfield, author of "Your Day, Your Way: The Fact and Fiction Behind Your Daily Decision."  

Wte speak with Chana Gazit, director/producer of the documentary film "The Codebreaker" which airs next week on the PBS series American Experience.  It tells the largely-unknown story of Elisabeth Friedman, a talented codebreaker who played a role in the United States' victory in both World War I and World War II.   The government's files on her work were classified until very recently.