We talk about the current production of Kenosha's Lakeside Players, "Puffs - or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic," a thinly veiled parody of a certain popular series of books and films about a certain bespectacled young wizard-in-training and his friends and adversaries. The production opened this past Friday and runs for the next two weekends. I speak with two members of thecast - Hannah Wade and Sam Simon - who are music theater majors at Carthage College.

Doug Instenes, managing and artistic director of the Racine Theater Guild, talks about their current production - a stage adaption of Agatha Christie's "Murder on the Orient Express" - and about the rest of the RTG's current season, which includes "Little Women," "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever," and "Legally Blonde."

Dr. Thomas Carr, director of the paleontology program at Carthage, talks about their most recent field expedition to rural Montana. Andrew Goebel, a recent Carthage grad who has been a valued part of the program and has been working as a preparator, joins us as well.

This is a correction to an earlier posting of the Morning Show from September 12th. For Kailyn Palomares's September visit to the program, she wanted to talk about the Heide Observatory at Hawthorn Hollow - as well as the concern of Light Pollution and its effects not only on stargazing but also on the well-being of nocturnal creatures and other living things. Joining her was Dr. William Parker, Professor of Physics at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, and director of the Heide Observatory.

Carol Mithers talks about her book "Rethinking Rescue: Dog Lady and the Story of America's Forgotten People and Pets." The 'Dog Lady' referenced in the subtitle is Lori Weise, who for decades has done dog rescue in some of L.A.'s poorest neighborhoods. What has set her work apart from that of others engaged in pet rescue is that she has tried to help struggling dog owners as much as the dogs they own - and Weise's hope has always been that pets and owners might remain together or be reunited someday.

From 2005 - Tom Downey, author of "The Last Men Out: Life on the Edge at Rescue 2 Firehouse." The book is an extraordinary portrait of NYC firefighters and the culture of this particular firehouse. Downey was in the midst of studying them and their story when the unthinkable events of 9-11 occurred. This book includes a riveting account of what happened on that nightmarish day - and the profoundly moving story of what followed for those who survived 9-11.

From 2018 - We speak to Suzann Pileggi Pawelski and James Pawelski, who are the husband & wife co-authors of "Happy Together: Using the Science of Positive Psychology to Build Love that Lasts."

John Talty, co-author of "The Price: What it takes to sin in college football's era of chaos." The book explores how college football and the experience of student-athletes in large colleges and universities has drastically changed in recent years with the infusion of big money.

Kailyn Palomares brings to our studios Dr. William Parker, Professor of Physics at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, and director of the Heide Observatory at Hawthorn Hollow. We also spend some time talking about Light Pollution- which is a problem not only for stargazers but even more seriously for nocturnal creatures.

(From 2011) Genelle Guzman-McMillan, the last survivor pulled from the rubble at Ground Zero, talks about her memoir "Angel in the Rubble." She was working for the Port Authority in the Twin Towers on 9-11. She was caught in the collapse as she and coworkers were attempting to leave the building. She was buried alive for 23 hours.