We preview a production of "Heathers: The Musical" being done by the Lakeland Players community theater in Elk Horn, WI. Performances are happening the first three weekends in October. We speak with the director and two members of the cast.

From the archives, we talk to the author of a book titled "Carlisle vs. Army" which tells the story of an epic football game back in 1912 that had participants such as future Olympic gold medalist Jim Thorpe, future president and general Dwight D. Eisenhower, and renowned football coach Pop Warner. In part two, also from the archives, we talk with the author of a series of books for young readers that tells the story of some extraordinary athletes.

We speak with Ruchira Gupta about "The Freedom Seeker," a novel intended for young readers - in which the main character .... a young teenage girl .... is forced to leave her homeland in search of a place where she and her parents can live in peace.

We speak with Ashley Hanson, Vice President for Enrollment from Carthage College- which has just welcomed the largest freshman class in its history despite the very challenging environment in which higher education is operating right now.

Best-selling author Mary Roach is back to talk about her most recent book, "Replaceable You: Adventures in Human Anatomy- 17 Glimpses at Human Fabrication." The book explores things like hair transplants, dentures, skin grafts, prosthetic limbs, hip transplants, and more.

We speak with Dr. Jay McRoy, Professor of English at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, about UW-P's Foreign Film Series, which is now in its 44th season. The season has already opened, but nine more outstanding foreign films remain. (Next up is a Fellini classic.) We talk about each film- and about the exciting change of venue that will occur after the first of the year when the series will move to the mainstage auditorium in The Rita.

With the film Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale showing in movie theaters across the country, we are replaying an interview from the archives in which I speak with the current occupant/owner of Highclere Castle, the beautiful castle where Downton Abbey was filmed.

As part of this weekend's homecoming festivities, four people were inducted into the school's Athletic Hall of Fame ... including longtime Carthage baseball coach Augie Schmidt, who recently retired after 38 years as coach. In honor of his legacy, we are replaying an interview that date's all the way back to the late 1990s. It was conducted by the original host of the Morning Show, Bill Guy.

We speak with longtime Kenosha journalist Karl Frederick, who for 38 years worked for the Kenosha News. In his retirement, he has become active with the Kenosha County Historical Society and has had a major hand in an oral history project called Kenosha Voices. 173 interviews have been recorded on video- most of the by Frederick - and they have included conversations with officials, company owners, educators, as well as members of the community. We are talking about this today because of the 175th anniversary of the City of Kenosha.

We preview Carthage College's groundbreaking production of the Andrew Lloyd Webber/Tim Rice rock opera JESUS CHRIST SUPERSTAR, which will be performed the next two weekends in Carthage's Wartburg Theater. (This first weekend coincides with the school's Homecoming festivities.) We speak with Matthew Hougland, director of the school's musical theater program..... (who is also the stage director of this production) .... and three students who are headlining the cast: Annaliese Ruhs (Jesus), Vivian Alexander (Judas) and Lorelai Amborn (Pontius Pilate.)