Synopsis
One-of-a-kind interviews with locally and nationally-renowned authors, regional newsmakers, opinion leaders, educators, performers, athletes, and other intriguing members of the community.
Episodes
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12/12/21 'Sign Me Up!"
12/12/2021 Duration: 18minFrom 2003 - Stacey De Broff, author of "Sign Me Up: The Parent's Guide to Sports Activities, Music Lessons, Dances Classes, and other Extracurriculars." (By the way, the website momcentral.com mentioned in the interview is still active.)
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12/11/21 Antiques
11/12/2021 Duration: 25minFrom 2003- Antiques expert Judith Miller talks about DK's 2003 Antiques Price Guide.
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10/10/21 "Stanley"
10/12/2021 Duration: 47minFrom 2008 - Tim Jeal, author of "Stanley: The Impossible Life of Africa's Greatest Explorer."
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12/9/21 Christmas with the Kenosha Symphony
10/12/2021 Duration: 45minPart 1- a preview of the KSO's upcoming concert "Christmas with the Kenosha Symphony Orchestra" on Saturday, December 11th, at 3:00. Part 2- (from the archives) the creator and editor of Yes! magazine, Sarah van Gelder, talks about her book "The Revolution Where You Live: Stories from a 12,000-mile Journey Through a New America."
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12/8/21 Valerie Tripp (Izzy Newton)
10/12/2021 Duration: 18minValerie Tripp, best-selling author of books for young readers, talks about "Newton's Flaw," the latest in her wildly popular series "Izzy Newton and the S.M.A.R.T. Squad." Izzy is a middle-schooler who loves science and uses science to solve various mysteries and challenges.
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12/7/21 "Untapped Talent"
08/12/2021 Duration: 47minJeffrey Korzenik, author of "Untapped Talent: How Second Chance Hiring works for your business and the community." In a time when more and more businesses are finding it increasingly difficult - if not impossible - to fill all of their job vacancies, Korzenik presents the case for hiring the formerly incarcerated - and offers suggestions on how best to engage in such 'second chance hiring.'
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12/6/21 The Prizefighter and the Playwright
07/12/2021 Duration: 33minJay Tunney, one of the sons of former heavyweight boxing champion Gene Tunney, talks about his book "The Prizefighter and the Playwright," which talks about Tunney's close friendship with George Bernard Shaw.
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12/5/21 "What it takes to pull me through"
05/12/2021 Duration: 53minFrom 2005 - David Marcus, author of "What it takes to pull me through: 4 troubled teenagers and fourteen months that transformed them."
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12/4/21 "Scandals, Vandals and da Vincis"
04/12/2021 Duration: 30minFrom 2007- Harvey Rachlin, author of "Scandals, Vandals and da Vincis: a Gallery of Remarkable Art Tales."
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12/3/21 Barbie and Ruth (a history of the Barbie Doll)
04/12/2021 Duration: 25minFrom 2010 - Robin Gerber, author of "Barbie and Ruth: The Story of the World's Most Famous Doll and the Woman who created her."
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12/3/21 RTG's "A Christmas Story"
04/12/2021 Duration: 20minDoug Instenes, managing and artistic director of the Racine Theater Guild, talks about the RTG's production of "A Christmas Story," with which the RTG's is finally opening its doors to the general public since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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12/2/21 COVID-19 / Phobias
02/12/2021 Duration: 45minPart 1- Trista Piccola, Deputy Director of the Walworth County Department of Health and Human Services, gives a COVID update. Part 2- Allen Shawn, author of "Wish I Could Be There: Notes from a Phobic Life."
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12/1/21 Dr. James Kinchen/ Dr. Peter Dennee
02/12/2021 Duration: 46minWe discuss Carthage's Christmas Festival ... and UW-Parkside's performances of Handel's Messiah ... which are occurring this weekend. Dr. Peter Dennee is an Associate Professor of Music at Carthage and coordinator of the Christmas Festival. Dr. James Kinchen is coordinator of choral activities at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside.
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11/30/21 "The Thanksgiving Play" / "Eurydice"
30/11/2021 Duration: 32minPart one: Brian Gill, Assistant Professor of Performance at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, talks about their production of "The Thanksgiving Play," a delightful satire about well-meaning political correctness. Part two: from the archives (2019) former UW-Parkside faculty member Lisa Kornetsky talks about Sarah Ruhl's play "Eurydice." The Metropolitan Opera's next HD simulcast (this Saturday) is of a brand new operatic version of Sarah Ruhl's play (she herself crafted the opera's libretto.)
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11/29/21 "The Good Kings"
29/11/2021 Duration: 11minKara Cooney, author of "The Good Kings: Absolute Power in Ancient Egypt and the Modern World." The book examines the legacy of five notable Egyptian pharaohs - and also seeks to explore how a given leader could attain that degree of power - and whether or not such a thing could still occur in the 21st century.
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11/28/21 The Tender Bar
28/11/2021 Duration: 26minFrom 2005 - J.R. Noehringer talks about his best-selling book "The Tender Bar: a Memoir."
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11/27/21 Letters to a Young Therapist
28/11/2021 Duration: 26minFrom 2006- Mary Pipher talks about her book "Letters to a Young Therapist."
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11/26/21 Mike Lemens - Kenosha City Streets
26/11/2021 Duration: 50minFrom 2001 - a conversation with Mike Lemens, Director of Engineering for the city of Kenosha- talking about city streets, how they are constructed, and how determinations are made about when and where road reconstruction occurs.
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11/25/21 Peace Corps Recruiter
25/11/2021 Duration: 39minFrom the archives - sometime in the early 2000's - Erica Zager, a recruiter for the Peace Corps.
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11/24/21 Song for Jimi
24/11/2021 Duration: 14minWe talk with the author and illustrator of an amazing new children's picture book about the legendary Jimi Hendrix, titled "Song for Jimi."