This 2006 interview is with Shakespeare scholar James Shapiro, author of "1599: A Year in the Life of William Shakespeare."  Shapiro chronicles this single (and quite significant) year in Shakespeare's with an astounding amount of detail.  

Two new author interviews today:  Part One: Tom Clavin, author of "Tombstone: the Earp Brothers, Doc Holliday, and the Vendetta Ride from Hell."  Part Two:  Ed Ruggero, author of "Blame the Dead."   

This is a monthly visit of Gateway Technical College president Bryan Albrecht.  He is joined by Zina Haywood, Executive Vice President and Provost - and Dr. Victoria Hulback, Dean of Health Sciences at GTC, to explore how the school has made the transition into On-Line teaching - and what might be ahead.  

Dr. Jonathan Shailor, Professor of Communications at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside,  talks about an amazing project he helped create in which he and 17 colleagues from the Shakespeare in Prisons Network ... all across the country ... presented an on-line performance of Shakespeare's play "Coriolanus" - a play astonishingly timely for this COVID-19 crisis.  (Shakespeare wrote this play while England was suffering from a frightening plague which, among other things, forced the temporary closure of theaters.)  

Part One-  Guida Brown, executive director of the Hope Council on Alcohol and Other Drugs.   Part Two-  Michael Mahoney, Director of Chicago Services for Hazelden/Betty Ford.  We explore some of the special challenges posed by the COVID-19 crisis to people struggling with additions and/or on the road to recovery.

Part One:  Dr. Thomas Noer,  Valor Distinguished Professor of Humanities and Professor of History at Carthage College, looks back at some of the most serious and significant epidemics in American history.   Part Two:  Joy Cho talks about her most recent books- and shares some suggestions on how we can support small businesses that are struggling during the COVID-19 Crisis.  

From the archives comes an interview with American baritone Nathan Gunn, who has sung on most of the major opera stages of the world, including the Metropolitan Opera and the Lyric Opera of Chicago.  (He starred in the Met's first HD simulcast - of Mozart's The Magic Flute.)  The occasion of this interview was his appearance with the Milwaukee Symphony of Britten's War Requiem.  

From 2004 comes this conversation with Robert Sullivan, author of "Rats: Observations on the History and Habitat of the City's Most Unwanted Inhabitants."     One comes away from this book with a deep appreciation for how amazing rats are. 

Dr. Peter Dennee, a member of the music faculty at Carthage College,  shares the story of earning a Fulbright Grant to work and do research in the nation of Tanzania next year.  He describes the arduous application process and the kind of work he is hoping to do in Tanzania. 

Today we present a second round of interviews with Gateway Technical College instructors sharing about what it is like to be teaching online.  Our guests are: Pat Hoppe (electrical engineering),  Maryanne Kuiper & Helene Stacy (nursing),  Tedd Lupella (surgical technology), and Rich Malloy (adult high school.)