From 2015- Kristy Woodson Harvey talks about her debut novel "Dear Carolina."

We talk with Colleen Walker, director of "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" that's being performed the next two weekends. at Badger High School by Christian Performing Arts.

From 2024- Jonathan Scott, author of "Into the Groove: The History of Sound from Tin Foil to Vinyl."

We talk about Regenerative Farming with Amy Greil, executive director of the Kenosha Community Foundation - Paul Maggio, owner/operator of Starry Nights Farm in Kenosha County and leader of the Kenosha Regenerative Producers Group - and Ken Stock, a family farmer in Jefferson County and a staff member for Glacierland Resource Conservation and Development, a non-profit that works with farmers who would like to engage in regenerative practices.

Because so much of northern hemisphere is experiencing record-breaking heat waves this summer, we are replaying this interview with Eric Klinenberg, author of "Heat Wave: A Social Autopsy of Disaster in Chicago." The book examines the devastating heat wave in July 1995 when hundreds of people in Chicago perished from the heat. Klinenberg did a careful study of where in the city people were more apt to perish from the heat- and why. (This interview was recorded in 2002.)

As a memorial to Frank Egerton - a beloved Professor Emeritus from the University of Wisconsin-Parkside and devoted community activist who died on July 14th at the age of 90 - we are replaying a 2022 Morning Show conversation where he talks about his book "Gun Crazy America: A History and Critique of our Gun Culture."

Part One- Dan Werb, author of "Our Wild Familiars: How Animals are Adapting to Cities and Reshaping the Natural World." The book examines the ways in which more and more wild animals are living within urban settings. Werb examines special instances of this- the raccoons of Toronto, the rats of New York City, the bats of Boston, and more. Part Two:- from 2009- Michael D'Orso, author of "Plundering Paradise: The Hand of Man on the Galapagos Islands."

From 2004- Patrick J. Kiger, author of "Poplorica: A Popular History of the Fads, Mavericks, Inventions and Lore that Shaped Modern America."

From 2005 - Maria Housden, author of "Unraveled: The True Story of a Woman who Dared to Become a Different Kind of Mother."

In anticipation of Sunday afternoon's championship match between Spain and Argentina for the FIFA World Cup, we are replaying an interview from earlier this year with Nick Greene, author of "How to Watch Soccer like a Genius."