Dr, Temple Burling, Associate Professor of Biology and Physics at Carthage College, chronicles his recent experience with the COVID-19 scare.  In early March, he was in the UK and Belgium on a research trip that he was forced to cut short when President Trump announced the travel ban.   He describes what he saw and experienced once he landed at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport and what it is like for him to be in precautionary  self-quarantine. 

The day before the birthday of Jerry Lewis, we replay a 2005 conversation with James Kaplan,  who assisted Jerry Lewis in the writing of his memoir "Dean & Me: a Love Story," which chronicles the memorable partnership between Jerry Lewis and Dean Martin.

From 2004- a conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist Anna Quindlen about her best-selling book "Loud and Clear."  

Jill Tietjen and Barbara Bridges are the co-authors of "Hollywood: Her Story- An Illustrated History of Women and the Movies."  The book explores, among other things,  the remarkably rich role that women played in movie-making during the Silent Era.  

Nan Calvert's monthly visit is a look at stormwater runoff and an innovative means of dealing with it that's called Regenerative Stormwater Conveyance.  

Part 1:  Russell Johnson, director of UW-Parkside's Jazz Studies program, previews their Jazz Week (coming up next week.)   Part 2:  Steve Mussenden from the Racine Literacy Council talks about their upcoming fundraiser.  Part 3:   Dr. Mike Picco, from the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, FL, talks about Colo-Rectal Cancer.  Part 4:  a CNA study on why the U.S. military is facing escalating challenges with their recruitment efforts. 

Noe Alvarez's book is titled "Spirit Run- a 6,000 Mile Marathon through North America's Stolen Lands."  This is Alvarez's illuminating chronicle of his experience of joining other indigenous runners in something called "Peace and Dignity Journeys" which took them all of the way from British Columbia all the way to the border between Mexico and Guatemala.  

Best-selling author James Brown talks about his most recent book,  "Apology to a  Young Addict- a Memoir."  The book touches on Brown's own history of addiction and his road to sobriety as well as the work he has done with other addicts in recent years.  

From 2008 comes a remarkable conversation with Brooks Hansen, author of "The Brotherhood of Joseph: a Memoir of Infertility and Adoption in the 21st Century."  

From 2008 comes this wide--ranging interview with Larry Olmsted, author of  "Getting into Guinness: One Man's Longest, Fastest, Highest Journey Inside the World's Most Famous Record Book."