We preview a free organ recital that is going to be played this Sunday afternoon, September 29th, 4:00 at St. Mary's Lutheran Church in Kenosha (2001 80th Street) by Brian Schoettler, a Kenosha native and Carthage alum whose family connections with St. Mary's extends back four generations. This recital is part of a weekend of festivities that kick off the congregation's 150th anniversary celebration.

We preview the newest season of the University of Wisconsin-Parkside's Foreign Film Series with its current director, Dr. Jay Mcroy, who is Professor of Film Studies at Parkside. (In an extension of the interview not heard on today's broadcast, Mcroy talks about the film studies program and his own love of cinema.)

Nick Demske, executive director of the Racine Public Library, talks about Book Banning and Censorship during National Banned Books Week.

We speak with Jeff Shinabarger, founder and executive director of Plywood People, an Atlanta-based non-profit center for social innovation. Shinabarger is one of the guest presenters for the upcoming leadership conference Inspire 2024 sponsored by KABA - the Kenosha Area Business Alliance - on October 11th. Shinabarger is the author of several books, including "Yes or No: How Your Everyday Decisions Will Forever Shape Your Life."

Dr. Art Cyr offers his thoughts on the current state of the U.S. economy, the most recent visit to Washington by the current British prime minister, recent efforts to broker peace between Israel and Hamas, and a look back at the Nixon-Kennedy debates in 1960.

Rachel Zimmerman discusses her new book "Us, After- A Memoir of Love and Suicide." The book chronicles what she and her family experienced in the wake of her husband Seth's unexpected suicide.

From 2008- we speak to the father and son who co-wrote "I Am Potential: Eight Lessons on Living, Loving, and Reaching Your Dreams." Patrick Henry Hughes was born without eyes and with other severe physical deformities - but was also born with an exceptional talent for music that he was able to explore with the help of his father.

From 2011- Astronaut Al Worden talks about his memoir "Falling to Earth: An Apollo 15 Astronaut's Journey to the Moon."

Mark O. Hubbard discusses his new book "Ara: The Life and Legacy of a Notre Dame Legend" .... the authorized biography of renowned football coach Ara Parseghian.

Moe Cason, one of the country's best-known and most highly regarded experts on all matters related to BBQ, talks about his new book "Big Moe's Big Book of BBQ: 75 Recipes from Brisket and Ribs to Cornbread and Mac & Cheese."