Brian Dumaine is a contributing editor at Fortune magazine.  His newest book is titled "Bezonomics:  How Amazon is Changing our Lives and Waht the World's Best Companies are Learning From It."  It examines the story of Amazon creator and CEO Jeff Bezos, who is now the richest man in the world - and discusses some of the unconventional ways in which Amazon functions.  

From 2009:  David Blight, author of "A Slave No More:  Two Men who escaped to freedom= including their own narrations of emancipation."  

From 2006:  Sgt. Daniel Hendrex, author of "A Soldier's Promise:  The Heroic True Story of an American Soldier and an Iraqi Boy."   

We speak with Angela Downs,  co-owner of Chit Chaat, an Indian-Pakistani restaurant in downtown Racine .... Steve Torcaso, the manager of the Italian-American Club in Kenosha .... and Tim and Kathy Dinan, co-owners of Bill's Corner Club, a small bar in Kenosha,  to find out how they have contended with the challenges of COVID-19. 

Dr. Thomas Carr, Associate Professor of Biology and Director of the Paleontology Program at Carthage College,  talks about the publication of his groundbreaking work on the growth of Tyrannosaurus Rex.

Zachary Moore, the choral director at Waukesha West High School,  talks about the virtual choir he created with the collaboration of 1,403 young singers from across the state of Wisconsin .... singing his piece "I have had Singing."     

From 2013:  Lucy Bethbridge's book is "Servants:  A Downstairs History of Britain from the 19th Century to Modern Times."   

Kate Anderson Brower's new book is "Team of Five:  The President's Club in the Age of Trump."  She explores what it means to be an ex-U.S. President and how different ex-presidents have tried to find meaning and purpose after relinquishing the presidency.  Her book also examines the close friendships that have sprung up between certain ex-presidents, often surmounting differences of philosophy, personality or political affiliation.  She also talks about President Trump's antagonistic rhetoric when it comes to his predecessors.  

Economist Howard Steven Friedman's new book is "Ultimate Price:  The Value We Place on Life."   

From 2003 comes this interview with Alex Wellen,  author of "Barman:  Ping Pong, Pathos, and Passing the Bar."  In this entertaining memoir, Wellen recounts much of what he experienced as he struggled to pass the bar exam.