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Nan Calvert has been contributing interesting environmentally-themed Morning Shows on a monthly basis for the past eighteen years. She recently stepped away from that responsibility. In gratitude for her great contribution to the show, we are replaying some favorite Nan Calvert shows from the past. This one is about Lichens with Kathleen Thompson.

Aime Alley Card discusses her book "The Tigerbelles: Olympic Legends from Tennessee State." The book chronicles the spectacular women's track and field athletes from Tennessee State University .... including the legendary Wilma Rudolph .... who scored such a stunning success at the 1960 Olympic Games under the leadership of their coach, Ed Temple.

Dr. Art Cyr, from the faculty at Carthage College, joins us for the first time in 2024. The topics we discuss include Secretary of State Blinken's recent visit to Africa, Sweden's long-sought entry into NATO, Houthi attacks in the Red Sea, and the most recent presidential election in Taiwan.

Rev. Darren Utley is the pastor at First Presbyterian Church in Racine, which is about to celebrate its 185th anniversary. Its long history includes a commendable commitment to abolition; the church was actually part of the Underground Railroad. The celebration kicks off this coming Sunday, February 18th.

We talk about the play "Wherever You've Been" with playwright (and Carthage alum) Caitlin Di Giacomo and stage director Adrianna Jones. The play concerns the disappearance of a homeless woman - and tackles such issues as how we view people contending with homelessness.

Five years ago this month (Feb. 2019) a fascinating exhibit opened at the Kenosha Public Museum titled "From Curiosity to Science." This interview was done shortly before the exhibit opened. The guests were Dan Joyce, who at the time was the museum's executive director, and Nancy Mathews, a longtime member of the museum staff who was largely responsible for the creation of this exhib...

Ann B. Parson, author of "The Birds of Dog: An Historical Novel Based on Mostly True Events." The book is set in early 19th century Boston and delves into the fascinating world of museums- which in that period were reinventing themselves and rethinking their mission and their relationship with the natural world. NOTE: During the interview, you will hear me make mention of a fascinating e...

From 2020- Steven K. Rogstad, author of "Lincoln Among the Badgers." The book explores the many and various connections that our 16th president had with the state of Wisconsin. Among other things, the book looks at the many statues of Lincoln that can be found around the state.

In gratitude for Nan Calvert's monthly contributions to the Morning Show for the past 18 years, here is a favorite- from March 2021 - concerning the Meachem Road Habitat Restoration Project. Nan's guest was Joe Pfeiffer from KCI Technologies.

In honor of Nan Calvert's 18 years as a contributor to the MS, we're rebroadcasting some favorite Nan programs from the past. This undated interview features Kevin Doyle, Rare Plant Botanist with the Wisconsin DNR.

Part One: An update on Holy Rosary's Sports Night with Grey Pawell and Tony Geliche. The event celebrates its 60th anniversary this year just as it is about to undergo some dramatic changes. Greg Pawell and Tony Geliche are co-chairs of the event. Part Two: From 2015- "Super Bowl Gold," a book that celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Super Bowl.

Nan Calvert welcomes to the program Dave Giordano (executive director) and Kristine Heuser (storm water consultant) for Root Pike WIN (Watershed Initiative) to talk about a couple of exciting projects, including one that involves a partnership with Microsoft. NOTE: Nan Calvert has been arranging for monthly environmentally-themed Morning Show interviews for the past 18 years. This is her final suc...

From 2004 - Ron Clark, author of "The Excellent 11: Qualities Teachers and Parents Use to Motivate, Inspire and Educate Children."

Dr. Kathleen Corley talks about her book "The Magical Place We Call School: Creating a Safe Space for Learning and Happiness in a Challenging World." Dr. Corley has served as the first principal for four different public schools. She started out her career as an elementary music teacher.

Part 1 - David Anderson, music director of the Lake Geneva Symphony Orchestra, talks about recent and future projects with the ensemble (whose members are all volunteers.) The group has an Around The World gala fundraiser this weekend. Part 2- (from the archives) Joanne Lipman, author of "Strings Attached: One Tough Teacher and the Gift of Great Expectations."

Roger Moreano, founder and president of Bridges 4 Justice (and former staff member at Carthage College) talks about Racism. He will be facilitating a so-called Courageous Conversation about racism this Thursday evening at Kenosha's Civil War Museum. - -- The program finishes out with an excerpt from a 2014 interview with Debby Irving, author of a memoir called "Waking Up White- and findin...

From the fall of 2022 - Kenosha's own John Hambrock and Ann Morse Hambrock discuss their comic strip "The Brilliant Mind of Edison Lee" shortly after it received the highest award given to newspaper comic strips- the Silver Reuben from the National Cartoonists Society.

From 2017 - Marc Elliot discusses his biography "Charlton Heston: Hollywood's Last Icon."

From 2016- Howard Sounes talks about his book "27: A History of the 27 Club thru the lives of Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain, and Amy Winehouse." These six music superstars share something tragic in common- all six of them died at the age of 27.

We talk with Dr. James Ripley, director of instrumental activities at Carthage College, and five members of the Wind Orchestra that has just returned from its tour of Japan. The group plays its homecoming concert this Sunday afternoon, February 4th, 2:00 in Siebert Chapel. (Joining Dr. Ripley were Jack Kelley, Rosie Ehle, Ella Monk, Vinnie David and John Cargille.)

Simon Shuster, correspondent for Time magazine, talks about his new book "The Showman: Inside the invasion that shook the world and made a leader of Volodymyr Zelensky." Zelensky was an entertainer before his unlikely rise to power as the leader of Ukraine. Shuster was granted remarkable access to Zelensky and was actually on the ground in Ukraine when Russia launched its full-scale inva...

Mike Frontier and Mark Hertzberg talk about the proposed ice arena in Racine County and what it would mean for the community.

Rich Smith, managing artistic director of the Over Our Head Players in Racine, talks about the Snowdance 10-Minute Comedy Festival, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary this year. It has been a blockbuster success, with hundreds and hundreds of submissions coming from writers all across the country. (As of this posting, there appear to be a few seats available for some of the March performanc...

Part One: Dr. Ritu Raju, the president of Gateway Technical College, pays her first visit to the Morning Show. Part Two: (from 2011) Activist-turned-author Erin Brockovich talks about her novel "Hot Water."

Julie Farnam, author of "Domestic Darkness: An Insider's Account of the January 6th Insurrection and the Future of Right-Wing Extrermism." Farnam was an intelligence office for the Capitol Police at the time of the insurrection- and her warnings of the likelihood of such an attack went largely unheeded.