For President's Day-  Pulitzer Prize winning writer Edward J. Larson, author of "Franklin & Washington:  The Founding Partnership."  The book explores the relationship between Benjamin Franklin and George Washington over the course of four decades.  

From 2003-  Best-selling author Po Bronson talks about his book "What Should I Do With My Life: The True Story of People who Answered the Ultimate Question."  

From 2011: an interview with renowned engineer Joe Sutter, author of "747:  Creating the World's First Jumbo Jet- and Other Adventures from a Life in Aviation."   

Carthage College is celebrating the 25th anniversary of its Women and Gender Studies program with a special event on Tuesday, Feb. 18th.   The program begins with a portion of an archival interview with Professor Pamela Smiley, who helped to create the program.   Second is a conversation with writer and speaker Zahira Kelly-Cabrera, who is speaking at the event on February 18th.  This program ends with more archival material- this time from retired art professor Carolyn Hudson, who was one of the first faculty members to teach in the program.  

Nan Calvert's guest is E. Shedden Farley, with the Farley Center for Peace, Justice and Sustainability in Verona, WI.   The 25th acres of their Natural Path Sanctuary has been platted as natural burial grounds.  We talk about what Natural Burial or Green Burial is.  

On Lincoln's Birthday, a treat from the past-  this is a  Morning Show conversation recorded back in the mid 1990's by long-time WGTD news director Bill Guy, the original host of The Morning Show - talking with a local Abraham Lincoln expert named Steve Rogstad.  

For Black History Month- a conversation with Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Isabel Wilkerson about her book "The Warmth of Other Suns:  The Epic Story of America's Great Migration."  It tells the story of the massive migration of Southern blacks into other parts of the U.S. over the course of decades, which dramatically reshaped our nation.

Kenosha author Michael Schumacher joins us to talk about the book he has just edited:  Allen Ginsberg- South American Journals- January-July 1960.  

For Black History Month, here is an archival interview with the great American bass-baritone William Warfield, who is best known to the American public for his memorable appearance as Joe in the 1951 MGM film "Showboat" - and for his historic performances as Porgy opposite the Bess of Leontyne Price.  After the end of his singing career, he was a distinguished voice teacher at Northwestern University.   This interview was recorded sometime in the late 1990's.  

Stephan Pastis (creator of the award-winning comic strip "Pearls before Swine") talks about his wildly popular and hilariously entertaining  Timmy Failure books.  The first one, "Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made," has been made into a film by Disney, and it premieres this weekend on Disney+.   The Timmy Failure books are intended for young readers.