Stephen Dando-Collins is the author of "Tycoon's War:  How Cornelius Vanderbilt Invaded a Country to Overthrow America's Most Famous Military Adventurer."   This interview originally aired in 2009.   

Three authors are interviewed:  Part One- Martin Sandler, author of "1919: The year that changed America."   Part Two- David Baldacci, author of "A Minute to Midnight."  Part Three-  Eleanor Cripps, author of "The Countess Choir Woman."  

For Gateway Technical College President Bryan Albrecht's monthly visit to the program, we speak with Kelvin Alfaro, Executive Director of the Wisconsin Campus Compact, a consortium of 25 colleges and universities from around the state that seek to foster opportunities for their students to engage in service learning in their respective communities.  

Doug Instenes, artistic director of the Racine Theater Guild, talks about the RTG's amazing production of "The Wizard of Oz" - which was completely sold out several days before its opening night performance.   Following the interview is a musical bonus:  the original concert suite of composer Harold Arlen,  which was specially composed and performed for the official premiere of the film in 1939;  the suite's score lay lost and forgotten for decades until it was uncovered by conductor John  Mauceri and recorded for a CD titled "Hollywood Dreams."  

Part One of today's Morning Show is a preview of the intriguing production of Charles Dickens's "A Christmas Carol" by Kenosha's Fleeing Artists Theater, in which a cast of 8 actors will portray 45 different roles.   Part Two is a conversation with Fern Pessin,  author of "I'll Be Right There:  A Guidebook for Adults Caring for their Aging Parents."  

Lydia Pine's book is "Genuine Fakes: How Phony Things Teach Us About Real Stuff."  

From 2008 comes this conversation with Michael Gates Gill, author of 'How Starbucks Saved My Lie:  A Son of Privilege Learns to Live Like Everybody Else."  In the book, he recounts the experience of losing his job at a high-profile advertising firm - and how he rebuilt his life by getting a humble new joy at Starbucks.  

This 2005 interview is with Bob Gleeson, author of "What Healthy People Know - the the 7 Things They Do to Stay Healthy and Live Long."  

We preview Sunday evening's Sing Along Messiah performance at First United Methodist Church in Kenosha with Jessica DeBoer, coordinator of the Fine Arts at First series.  After that, we preview Saturday afternoon's concert by the Kenosha Symphony Orchestra.  We finish with a reminder about the Kenosha Pops Concert Band's Saturday night Christmas concert.   

For Nan Calvert's monthly visit to the program,  she welcomes three scientists from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources to talk about the effects of climate change in Wisconsin-  with a special focus on how climate change is worsening the problem of invasive species.