Part Two:  We speak with Stephen Rebello, author of "Dolls! Dolls! Dolls!  Deep Inside Valley of the Dolls- the Most Beloved Bad Book and Movie of all Time." 

We hear about four virtual performances this weekend of Shakespeare's "Much Ado About Nothing" by the Fleeing Artists Theater in Kenosha.  We speak with Alex Metalsky, the director of the production- and with three of the actors:  Kaila Bingen, who is part of the Rose cast (all actors from Southeastern Wisconsin and Northeastern Illinois) and Kayla Ryan Walsh and Gloria Huang from the Globe cast (whose actors are from all over- Kayla is from Bend, Oregon and Gloria is from Vancouver, Canada.)  

Part 3-  This 2012 conversation is with Charles Ogletree, author of "The Presumption of Guilt:  The Arrest of Henry Louis Gates Jr. and Race, Class, and Crime in America."   

Part 2-  Broadcast journalist Soledad O'Brien previews the documentary "Outbreak: the First Response,"  a look at how the city of Seattle tried to cope with COVID-19 as the United States' first hotspot.   O'Brien was already in Seattle making another documentary when the crisis hit.   The film airs tonight on Milwaukee's WISN, channel 12. 

We get an update from Cory Mason, the mayor of Racine- a city which continues to be hard hit by COVID-19.   

Dr. Art Cyr, Clausen Distinguished Professor of Political Economy and World Business, offers his analysis of current events.  

Best-selling author Larry Tye talks about his latest book,  "Demagogue:  The Life and Long Shadow of Senator Joe McCarthy."   Tye was given access to an enormous wealth of documents that have never been available to previous authors and researchers.  This has allowed him to craft an exceptionally vivid and fresh portrait of one of our country's most infamous politicians. 

For Father's Day.  From 2012,  Matt Logelin talks about his book "Two Kisses for Maddy: a Memoir of Loss and Love."  

From 2007-  Phillip Lerman talks about his book "Dadditude:  How a Real Man Became a Real Dad."  

E. Dolores Johnson was born in the mid 1940's to a mother who a white and a father who was black.  This was at a time when inter-racial marriage was illegal in many states in the country- and even in places where it was legally permitted, it was widely frowned up by blacks and whites alike.  Johnson's memoir explores both the experience of her parents as well as her own experiences as a mixed race woman.